THE prestigious Taste of the West Food and Drink Awards will get the Royal seal of approval when the Prince of Wales presents the 2005 awards to the best food and drink producers and retail and hospitality establishments in the region at an Awards Ceremony at Highgrove House on Friday 16th September 2005.
More than 70 guests and hopeful winners will attend the Taste of the West Awards Ceremony to hear the Prince announce the seventeen award winners. The Prince of Wales is the patron of regional food and drink organisation Taste of the West.
HRH Prince of Wales will present eleven Best of Category winners and six overall winners including Champion Product, South West Restaurant of the Year, South West Dining Pub of the Year, South West Tea Room of the Year, South West Local Retail Outlet of the Year and South West Bed and Breakfast of the Year. Prince Charles will also discuss his patronage of Taste of the West, the significance of the Awards scheme and the variety and quality of South West food and drink.
Rick Stein is the 2005 Taste of the West Champion Product judge, choosing an overall winning product from the eleven Best of Category winning food and drink products. Rick Stein will be at the Awards Ceremony to discuss the products he judged, the winning Champion Product and to voice his well-known enthusiasm for local food and drink sourcing.
West Food & Drink Awards is now in its 12th year and is sponsored by Budgens.
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