EAST MIDLANDS FINDS ITS LEGENDARY BANGER

LAKINGS OF LOUTH BUTCHERS TRIUMPHS AT BRITISH SAUSAGE WEEK 2011

Local butcher Laking of Louth was today announced as the East Midlands winner with their Lincolnshire Sausage by rock legend and British Sausage Week 2011 ambassador, Noddy Holder.

This year, the competition received hundreds of entries and Lakings of Louth won the East Midlands regional heat to receive their much deserved Golden Sausage Disc and a place in the British Sausage Week Hall of Fame. Slade frontman, and true British legend, Noddy Holder, has led the search to find Britain’s Legendary Bangers.

Commenting on Laking of Louth Butchers’ winning sausage, Noddy said: “The standard of entries was incredibly high in the East Midlands, with many sausages worthy of the title of legendary sausage. Laking of Louth's Lincolnshire sausage was among the best I have tasted. They truly deserve a spot in the Sausage Hall of Fame.”

J.R Laking of Laking of Louth Butchers’ said: “We are very proud to have won. This sausage recipe is an original made by my grandfather in 1938 that has been passed through the generations. It was great to meet Noddy and this feels like such an achievement.”

BPEX AWARDS FOR EAST MIDLANDS BUTCHER

The East Midlands leg of the BPEX regional roadshow and product evaluation event for 2011-2012 tour was recently held at the Newark Showground where the Awards included a trio of category champion products from Lakings of Louth, plus 7 Gold Awards and 5 Silver Awards.

Enjoying the success was Chris Smith from Lakings of Louth, The seasoned evaluation entrant was celebrating his best result to date of three category champion titles "Dry Cured Back Bacon", Home-made Lasagne", and multi-winning "Lincolnshire Stuffed Chine"

Chris said: "It's been an exciting time and we're so pleased with our success. The products we put forward are the same as we have on sale everyday in the shop - so it means a lot to know that they are so highly regarded by the judges. Our recipes remain largely unchanged, but the secret to our success is the quality of ingredients and the fact that we pay a great deal of attention to detail."