Local Food Hero

Local Food Hero
Starring Gary Rhodes, Ollie Rowe and Rosemary Shrager
Original language(s) English
No. of series 3
Release
Original network UKTV Food
Original release 2006
External links
Website

Local Food Hero is a competition to find, celebrate and award Britain’s best independent food businesses - those who champions local produce with a strong connection to their community. In 2009, the competition was hosted by the television programme Market Kitchen, on the channel Good Food. Businesses from 10 regions in the UK were nominated and voted for by the public on the Good Food Channel website. After voting ended, the 10 businesses from each region with the most votes were assessed by a selection panel. The panel shortlisted three businesses from each region.

Presenters Matt Tebbutt and Matthew Fort visited the shortlisted businesses for a feature on Market Kitchen. A panel of expert judges then chose one winner from each the 10 regions, all of whom appeared as guests on Market Kitchen. The overall national winner for 2009 was The Dinner Ladies who received a trophy and £5000.[1]

In previous years, celebrity chefs Gary Rhodes, Ollie Rowe and Rosemary Shrager presented and judged the competition as a stand-alone show.

Changes

The first season would have a celebrity "regional scout" visit eight businesses in their locality, who they would talk to and sample their produce. The scout would then choose their favourite three who would then go on to the regional finals, where the three chefs and judges would pick their first second and third placed contestant, the winner of the regional heat would then be chosen by combining the judge's and public votes.

The second season saw a slight change where five finalists are chosen to go on the regional finals.[2]

Series 1 (2006)

Regional finalists and winner

The following are the three regional finalists for 2006:[3]

East Anglia

East Anglia's regional scout was Danny Boome.

London

London's regional scout was celebrity chef, Aldo Zilli

Midlands

The regional scout for the Midlands was Terri Dwyer.

North East

The regional scout for the North East was Brian Turner.

North West

Edwina Currie stepped up as regional scout for the North West.

Northern Ireland

Paul Rankin was the regional scout for the Northern Ireland area.

Scotland

The scout for Scotland was Kaye Adams.

South East

Sarah Cawood scouted the South East region.

South West

Michael Caines chose the eight finalists from the South West.

Wales

The scout for the Wales region was Angela Gray.

Overall Winner

The overall winner for Local Food Hero 2006 was the Letheringsett Watermill[4]

Series 2 (2007)

The overall winner for Local Food Hero 2007 was the Daisy’s Farm Fresh Milk[5]

Series 3 (2008)

The overall winner Local Food Hero 2008 was Richard Ord from Colman's Fish and Chip Shop in South Shields.

Market Kitchen (2009)

The overall winner Local Food Hero 2009 was The Dinner Ladies,[1] school caterers from Wilmslow in Cheshire.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Local Food Hero 2009 winner: Good Food Near You: Good Food Channel
  2. ↑ UKTV Food: Local Food Hero 2008: About the awards
  3. ↑ UKTV Food: Features: East Anglia
  4. ↑ UKTV Food: Local Food Directory: Local Food Hero 2006 Winners!
  5. ↑ UKTV Food: TV Highlights: South East - finalists 2007
  6. ↑ The Dinner Ladies: Good Food Near You: Good Food Channel
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