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JOHN PETTIT CROWNED THE UK'S FIRST BACONOLOGIST IN TIME FOR BACON CONNOISEURS WEEK

“John Pettit, owner of John Pettit butchers, in Bethlehem Street, is now charged with promoting British bacon. He will be helping shoppers, chefs and retailers recognise good-quality bacon and encouraging them to sample the mutlitude of bacon cures and smokes available in the UK.”

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BPEX PORK PRODUCT OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2010

15 Entries…12 Gold Medal Winners & 3 Silver Medal Winners

Gold Medal Winners

Best Fresh Pork Cut
Pork Chateaubriand with Moroccan Spice & Apricot Farce Pork Chateaubriand with Roast Garlic & Herb Farce Pork Chateaubriand with Chorizo & Black Olive Farce

Best Cold Eating Product
Grandpa Pettit’s Lincolnshire Haslet

Best Pork & Pastry Product
QE Lincolnshire Pork Pie
Pork & Apricot Lattice Pie

Best Cured Product
Rustic Beech Smoked Dry-Cured Short Back Bacon
Citrus & Crushed Pepper Dry-Cured Short Back Bacon
Bulleit Bourbon Glazed Bacon Chops

Best Innovative Pork Product
Lincolnshire Pork Crepinette
Toulouse Pork & Fronton Red Wine Crepinette
Lincolnshire Pork & Galloway Haggis Crepinette

Silver Medal Winners

Best Cold Eating Product
Granny Pettit’s Summer Terrine
Granny Pettit’s Country Terrine

Best Pork & Pastry Product
Mo Dixon Pork Pie

BPEX PORK PRODUCT OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2009

We were delighted to win the prestigious "National Pork Product of the Year" for the second consecutive year!

This time it was our "Lincolnshire Yellow Belly Pie" that really impressed the judges and secured the company's position as Overall Champion once more.
It's a truly local product, containing outdoor reared Lincolnshire Farm Assured Pork topped with Lincolnshire Smoked Poacher Cheese.The name "yellow Belly"Actually comes from the Lincolnshire Regiment who wore yellow tunics as part of their uniform-and the regional link along with the matching colour of the cheese seemed rather apt.

We also won the "Best Cold Eating Product" category with a "Beaujolais Terrine" and achieved second place with a "Bloody Mary Parcel" in the "Best Innovative Pork Product" category along with 11 gold awards and 3 silver awards.

BPEX FOODSERVICE PORK SAUSAGE OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2009

Lincolnshire - 1 GOLD & 2 SILVER
Cumberland - 1 SILVER & 1 BRONZE
Irish Pork - 1 SILVER
Pork, Honey & Mustard - 1 GOLD
Pork, Roast Garlic & Herb - 1 SILVER
Pork, Rhubarb & Ginger - 1 SILVER
Pork & Bulmer's Original Cider - 1 SILVER
Breakfast Whirl - 1 SILVER
"Bloody Marys" - 1 SILVER
Pork, Chorizo & Olive - 1 SILVER
Scottish Breakfast - 1 GOLD

A TOTAL OF 14 MEDALS...3 GOLD...10 SILVER...1 BRONZE!

JOHN PETTIT CROWNED OVERALL WINNER OF THE 2008 NATIONAL PORK PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

Our category winning ‘Tamarind, Maple & Maderia Stuffed Pork Loin’ fresh pork dish proved such a hit with the judges that it also went on to be crowned Overall Winner in the competition. In addition, their Lincolnshire Pork, Cider & Apple Pie was voted as the ‘Best Pork & Pastry’ product.

“The pork loin dish, which was developed by my wife Val stemmed from an idea we had for a Christmas ham. We wanted something different; the marinated ham sold extremely well over the festive period, so the marinade was utilised in new forcemeat and extended to the pork loin and has worked exceptionally well.”

Pettit’s won five gold and two silver medals at the same event.

BPEX Pork Product of the Year Competition 2008

In addition to our winning fresh pork dish, John Pettit Butchers were honoured with a number of Gold and Silver Awards.

Tamarind, Organic Maple Syrup & Maderia Stuffed Pork Loin – GOLD
Fig & Port Forcemeat Stuffed Loin Pork – GOLD
Loin Pork Stuffed with Smokey Poacher Forcemeat Forcemeat – GOLD
Lincolnshire Pork, Cider & Caramelised Apple Pie – GOLD
Tamaarind, Maple & Maderia Cooked Ham – GOLD
Lincolnshire Pork Pie – SILVER
Organic Maple & Orange Glazed Bacon – SILVER