Official 2012 Festival Sausage announced

Official 2012 Festival Sausage announced

The Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink has today announced its Official 2012 Festival Sausage. The Free Range Pork & Caramelised Onion Sausages, created by local butchers, Complete Meats, Axminster, Devon have been named the Official Sausage of the 2012 Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink following a blind taste test with over 150 people.

True to the heart of the Festival, the Official Festival Sausage is created using superb free range pork from the West Country. Selected cuts of pork are minced, seasoned and mixed with locally produced caramelised onion. The result is fantastic slightly sweet sausages which are the perfect accompaniment to mashed potato and gravy. The sausages will be available, while stocks last, at the Exeter Food Festival which takes place in Northernhay Gardens, Exeter from Friday 13^th – Sunday 15^th April 2012 and are currently on sale in Complete Meats own stores in Axminster, Honiton and Chard.

Shaun Vining of Complete Meats says, “We are thrilled to be voted as the Official Festival Sausage producers. We are dedicated to supporting our region’s farmers & passionate about the quality of the meat we sell. Free range pork is used for all cuts including all our award winning sausages. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!”

Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink returns in the school Easter holidays in 2012 from Friday 13^th to Sunday 15^th April when the Cultural Quarter of the city of Exeter celebrates the outstanding food and drink of the South West.

Michael Caines, Exeter Food Festival co-founder says: “The Official Festival Sausage sums up the best of South West food; locally sourced, lovingly made and packed with flavour. We want people to come to the Festival to try for themselves our amazing regional food and drink and watch the talented line up of fantastic chefs demonstrate tips and tricks on how best to cook it.”

Exeter’s ultimate foodie weekend includes demonstrations from TV celebrity chefs, expert masterclasses, fine dining at the new Gourmet on the Go pop up restaurants and a new Little Cookies children’s area. Visitors can also get advice on herb, vegetable and fruit gardening and BBQ cooking tips in the mini show garden in the Fermoy’s Grow Your Own area, get hands on in the Darts Farm Food is Fun theatre and enjoy the atmosphere of the South West’s famous food and drink Festival in the beautiful surroundings of Exeter castle and Northernhay Gardens. When the sun goes down, the Festival After Dark Party on both Friday and Saturday nights presents two evenings of music from outstanding local bands plus a mouth-watering array of stalls serving delicious regional fare, real ales and cider.

Now in its ninth year, Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink is supported by Exeter City Council.  

For more information about Complete Meats visit www.completemeats.co.uk

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