FOOD businesses from North Cornwall were among those enjoying success at the Great Cornish Food Awards held recently.

Deli Farm Charcuterie at Delabole scooped top prize in the food producer category, while Launceston’s Firebrand Bar and Restaurant, and the Port Gaverne Hotel each collected runners-up awards in their categories in the high-calibre shortlist.

Jean Edwards, of Deli Farm Charcuterie, said: “We won the champion producer award. It was a very strongly contested class and we were very pleased to be finalists, so we are over the moon to win this much sought after award.

“We are in our tenth year and are one of the pioneering British producers to preserve meat by air drying. Our success had encouraged many other producers to follow in our footsteps and there is now a rising ‘Charcuterie Revolution’ within the UK. We have seen a huge growth since we started but it has been organic and we have never lost sight of our original vision of producing a top quality product and our commitment to quality had been rewarded each year with achieving Great Taste and Taste of the West awards.

Firebrand Bar and Restaurant was runner-up in the breakthrough award and Port Gaverne Hotel was runner-up in the restaurant category.

Organised by Cornwall Food & Drink and timed to coincide with the week of the Great Cornish Food Festival, the awards recognise the businesses going the extra mile when it comes to local sourcing, staff development, marketing, innovation and truly outstanding customer service.

A judging panel of local and national experts got to work over the summer to choose winners from a shortlist which saw artisan start-ups rub shoulders with household names and Cornish staples.

Shortlisted businesses across the region — from the Isles of Scilly to Launceston — attended the daytime ceremony, held at the National Trust’s Trelissick House near Feock and catered by chef Fiona Were.

Guests of honour Jill Stein and Jack Stein joined BBC Radio Cornwall’s Daphne Skinnard for a Q&A on 40 years of running a successful business and what the future looks like for Cornish food and drink.