BBC Food and Farming Awards 2015: The Finalists
The Food Programme
BBC
4.4 • 976 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2015
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In a special edition Sheila Dillon reveals the finalists for this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards.At the beginning of the year Radio 4 listeners were asked to nominate their favourite producers, farmers and retailers. The response was huge, and from over four thousand nominations the judges have decided on their shortlist.The categories include Best Street Food or Takeaway, You and Your's Retailer of the Year, BBC Cook of the Year, Countryfile's Farming Hero and the Food Game Changer. On 30 April in Bristol at the annual Awards ceremony we'll find out which of these finalists go on to become the winners. Producer: Toby Field.
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| 0:57.4 | this year's food and farming awards |
| 1:00.5 | finalists span the ages from young people giving new life to traditional |
| 1:05.5 | British dishes to female entrepreneurs scouring our northern coasts in search |
| 1:11.5 | of one of the most ancient of super foods. |
| 1:15.0 | If you told me this three or four years ago, I would have, you know, I would have probably left the room in astonishment. |
| 1:21.0 | To be a finalist in something like this is amazing. |
| 1:23.4 | We're just one little seaweed company to be in such esteemed surroundings, it's a real privilege. |
| 1:29.8 | It's been our privilege as judges to work our way through thousands of nominations for these |
| 1:35.8 | our 15th anniversary awards. |
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