It's that time of year when I get on my FreeFrom-Food-Awards-Disguise and hot foot to Foods Matter Towers for some very secret food tasting. Before I get started you will be delighted to hear that the Shortlist for the FreeFrom Food Awards is now out. More nut free products please! This year I changed it around a bit and did the nut free category - an area which I think … [Read more...]
Another year of freefrom food awards judging
You may be thinking that it's the life of riley, swanning up to Foods Matters head quarters and tasting a bit of this and bit of that. Well you'd partly be right, it is one of the high lights of my allergy calendar, but not because it's easy. We arrive early and get started straight away with categories packed with different products entered. Sometimes 30 different freefrom … [Read more...]
How to be a FreeFrom Food Awards judge
Not not just anyone gets to be on the panel of FreeFrom Food Awards judging. Places are very sought after and only the lucky few get chosen - it's certainly something I look forward to every year and it's so much fun, but there are certain rules you MUST obey. To be a good FreeFrom Food Awards judge you must: Love Good Food - That's the easy bit. Judges come from very … [Read more...]
FreeFrom Food Awards 2013 – deadline 12th Dec 2012
OK all of you FreeFrom Manufacturers out there!! You only have ten days left to enter this year's FreeFrom Food Awards... The benefits? Well, the honour, glory and very definite marketing advantage of being able to use one of those bright yellow logos on your products and your sites – and don't forget that you don't have to win to get a logo, we give them to shortlisted … [Read more...]
FreeFrom Food Awards – bigger, better – and back for 2013
This year's FreeFrom Food Awards brought us some amazing new undiscovered freefrom food stuffs. Amongst my highlights were coconut butter, coconut yogurts and real gluten free and dairy free pies. You can read my review FreeFrom Food Awards 2012 – my highlights. I'm already getting excited about next year's awards and being invited to judge again, so here is some news from … [Read more...]