Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2010 - now open for applications

Two of Scotland's most iconic products won last year's top prizes in the 2009 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards.

• Flaky Smoked Salmon from Salar Smokehouse on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides took the Product of the Year award.
• World-renowned haggis producer Macsween of Edinburgh won the title of Business of the Year.

Who will the winners be in 2010?

The 2010 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards are now open for applications.  Please visit the Entry Forms 2010 page in order to download a form and give your business the chance to win an 'Oscar' of the Scottish food and drink industry.

The awards, now in their ninth year, are organised and co-sponsored by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland and Scotland Food & Drink.

This year, for the first time, we welcome Clydesdale Bank as our main sponsor.

We also welcome Skills Development Scotland and Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight as new sponsors as well as our returning sponsors: Envirowise, Food & Health Alliance, SAOS, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Development International (SDI), Sodexo and Visit Scotland.

The 2010 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards ceremony and dinner takes place this year at the Benromach Distillery in Forres on Thursday 6th May.

The closing date for applications for the awards is 22nd February for the product categories and 5th March for all other categories.

For any additional information, or to book tickets for the ceremony and dinner, contact awards co-ordinator David Cochrane on 0131 335 6207.

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