National Chilli Awards 2011
The Amateur Sauce Contest
Thank you to all of you who entered your chilli products into the National Chilli Awards 2011 Amateur Sauce Contest. The judges had a hard time deciding who should win this prestigious award as the quality was so high but the ultimate winner was Harry McCormick with his Skull Burner sauce. Congratulations Harry! Chillipepperpete will see you soon for your sauce-making masterclass so that you can go into mass production and join the chilli clan!
Congratulations too to Ben Kulchstein for his 'Ben Kei's Fucking Hot Sauce', which came 2nd, and John Hazell's 'John's Danger Jam' which took 3rd place. I believe that both Ben and John are heading for chill stardom and are planning on going into mass production so we look forward to seeing them on the shelves of Chillipepperpete's Chilli Shop soon.
Other entries that need special mention are:
Russell Knight - ' Lucifer's Moonshine'
Chris kirby & Antony Brodnicki - all the OTT sauces
Russell Maddin - 'Findon Fiery Chutney'
Kaz Willmott (Mrs Chutney) - 'Marrow Medley with Chilli' & ''Chunky Troot and Chilli'
Steven Venter - 'Singularity Sauce' & 'Arabian Desert Heat'
Garry Moore - 'Tomato & Chilli Chutney'
Dario Florio - 'Kaboom'
Peter Louw - 'Satan's Lung Butter'
Paula & Jenny - Chilli Cupcakes
So, for everyone out there, please carry on being inspired by those wonderful chillies and see you and your sauces next year - Sunday 16th September, for the next NCA Amateur Sauce Contest!
National Chilli Awards 2011
The Professionals!
Welcome to the FFUK National Chilli Awards 2011, the awards to celebrate the world
of chillies and you, the chilli growers and producers.
We had a good turnout for the Awards and our judges were blown away by the variety and quality of the products. James Beck of Eat More Heat.com in the USA was particularly impressed and is now spreading the word that the UK is a force to be reckoned with. This should encourage more UK producers to enter not only our NCAs but also the US competitions (the Scovies and Hot Pepper Awards) which are huge in comparision to ours.
Anyway, thanks you to our judges - James Beck of Eat More Heat, Dave Floyd and Tony 'Darth Naga' Ainsworth of The Chile Foundry, Jason Stevens of Burning Desire Foods - for their selflessness in the face of constant burning mouths and their valuable comments, and many thanks to all the entrants into the National Chilli Awards 2011.
The winners of the NCAs 2011 are:
Best chilli jam/sweet chilli sauce - Trees Can't Dance 'Sweet Chilli Sauce'
Best chilli pickle/chutney/ketchup - Chinthe 'Burmese Prawn Balachaung'
Best bottled drink - Fallen Angel 'Ginger Beer'
Best non-bottled product - Grim Reaper 'Purgatory White Chocolate'
Best naga sauce - The Chilli Jam Man - 'Bhut Jolokia Jam'
Best sauce with extract - Gaby's Hot Stuff - 'Hot Stuff'
Best label - Sinful Sauces range
Best chilli grower - Edible Ornamentals
Best chilli newcomer - Sinful Sauces
Best chilli company - Chillipepperpete
