2009 FESTIVAL - AWARDS AND PRIZES
The Festival Sausage
The People's Choice
1st - A H Griffiths, Bull Ring, Ludlow
2nd - D W Wall, High Street, Ludlow
3rd - Andrew Francis, Market Street, Ludlow
The Experts' choice
1st - Andrew Francis, Market Street, Ludlow
2nd - A H Griffiths, Bull Ring, Ludlow
3rd - D W Wall, High Street, Ludlow
Real Ale Trail
The People's Choice
1st - Ludlow Brewing Company, Boiling Well, 4.7% Abv
served at the Ludlow Brewery
2nd - Salopian Brewery, Darwin's Origin, 4.3% Abv
served at the Unicorn
The Experts' Choice
1st - Salopian Brewery, Darwin's Origin, 4.3% Abv
served at the Unicorn
2nd - Salopian Brewery, Kashmir, 5.5% Abv
served at the Church Inn
3rd - Ludlow Brewing Company, Boiling Well, 4.7% Abv
served at the Ludlow Brewery
Beer of the Festival 2009
Cask Beer
Gold: Wye Valley Butty Bach
Silver: Wye Valley HPA
Bronze: Wood Brewery Shropshire Lass
Bottled Beer
Gold: Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody’s Wholesome Stout
Silver: Wood Brewery Triple A Bitter
Bronze: Hobsons Brewery Postman’s Knock
Overall Winner Of The Best Festival Beer
Gold: Wood Brewery Triple A Bitter
Silver: Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody’s Wholesome Stout
Bronze: Wye Valley Butty Bach
The Festival Loaf
The People's Choice
1st - De Grey's, Broad Street, Ludlow
2nd - Swifts, Parkway, Ludlow
The Experts' Choice
Traditional White
1st - Shrewsbury Bakehouse
2nd - De Grey's
Wholemeal
1st - De Grey's
2nd - Shrewsbury Bakehouse
Speciality
1st - Alex Gooch Organics
2nd - Shrewsbury Bakehouse
Sourdough
1st - S C Price & Sons, Castle Street, Ludlow
2nd - Shrewsbury Bakehouse
Best festival loaf
Overall Winner: Alex Gooch Organics for his Orgasmic Rye Bread
Home Bakers Competition
Speciality
1st - Tina Holmes
2nd - The Queens, Upper Galdeford, Ludlow
Sourdough
1st - June Tabor
2nd - Tina Holmes
Best Home Baker - Tina Holmes
The Ludlow Cake Competition
Plain sponge
1st - Ludlow Food Centre, Bromfield
2nd - Castle Lodge Buttery, Ludlow
Flavoured sponge
1st - Denise Shippam, Cleobury Mortimer - Damp Lemon & Almond Cake
2nd - Ludlow Castle Tea Room - Chocolate Red Wine Cake
Fruit cake
1st - The Simply Delicious Fruit Cake Company
2nd - The Church Inn, Buttercross, Ludlow
The Ludlow Sandwich Competition
1st - The Queens, Upper Galdeford, Ludlow - Camembert & Apple Jelly
2nd - Dali Tea Room, Quality Square, Ludlow - Smoked Salmon
Pork Pie of the Marches
1st - Mr Price (a home baker)
2nd - Ludlow Food Centre, Bromfield
Meat Pie of the Marches
1st - The Queens, Upper Galdeford, Ludlow
2nd - Rhug Organic Estate, Corwen
Ludlow Window Dressing Competition
The People's Choice
Robin Elt Shoes, Bull Ring
The Experts' Choice
1st - Hope House Hospice Shop, King Street
2nd - Pepper Lane Vintage Clothing
3rd - Precious Earth, Corve Street
Highly commended: Tiger Lily, Country Kitchen, The Wool Shop, Roundabout
The Waiters Race
1st - Alex Sandor from The Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury
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Previous years' prizes
2008 AWARDS AND PRIZES
The Sausage Trail
The People's Choice
1st - A H Griffiths, Ludlow
The Experts' choice
1st - A H Griffiths, Ludlow
2nd - Andrew Francis Butchers
3rd - D W Wall and Sons
The Ale Trail
The People's Choice
1st - Landlord (Timothy Taylor Brewery) served at The Bull Ring Tavern
The Experts' Choice
1st - Jaipur IPA (Thornbridge Brewery) served at The Church Inn
2nd - Crag Rat (Jennings Brewery) served at the Wheatsheaf
3rd - Ludlow Gold (Ludlow Brewery) served at the Feathers Hotel
The Festival Loaf
The Experts' Choice
Traditional White
1st - Robert Swift of Richard C Swift Ltd
2nd - De Greys
3rd - S C Price and Sons
Wholewheat 1st - S C Price and Sons
Malted Grain 1st - De Greys
Joint 2nd - Ludlow Food Centre & S C Price and Sons
Sourdough 1st - S C Price and Sons
2nd - Alex Gooch Organics
Best festival loaf 1st - S C Price and Sons
2nd - R C Swift Ltd
Home Bakers Competition
Wholewheat and Malted Grain - June Tabor
Sourdough - Mark Lacey
Best Home Baker - June Tabor
The Ludlow Cake Competition
Fruit cake
1st - Simply Delicious for Apple & Pear cake with Monkhide pear liqueur
2nd - Lisa Brown, Old Bakehouse Catering, for parsnip, pear and honey loaf
Sponge cake
1st - Ludlow Food centre
2nd - David Newbold, Ludlow
Flavoured cake
1st - Julia Morrell, Ludlow, for Shropshire honey and ginger cake with cardamom and lime icing
2nd - David Newbold, Ludlow for lemon cake
The Ludlow Sandwich Competition
1st - The Unicorn with honey mustard and chicken sandwich
2nd - Ludlow Food Centre
Pork Pie of the Marches
1st - Janet Jukes - Copes Farm Shop
2nd - Andrew Francis butchers
Meat Pie of the Marches
1st - A Country Kitchen for Game Pie
2nd - D W Wall and Sons for Steak and Kidney pie
Window Dressing Competition
The People's Choice
The Wool Shop
The Experts' Choice
1st - Castle bookshop
2nd - Roundabout Stationery
Joint 3rd - Poyners children's window and Florabunda
Highly commended:
The Wool Shop, The Period House Shop, Emporos and Material Gallery
The Waiters Race
Joint first - Andrea Cartwright, The Bull Hotel & Rob Kaye, Parkway Café
Winner of the 2008 ONLINE FREE COMPETITION
was Mark Henderson of Birmingham
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