SAVOUR THE FLAVOURS OF DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
FOOD
AWARDS 2006
RESULTS
 SAVOURY PRODUCTS
Winner: Ben Weatherall – Scottish Blackface 5 year old Mutton (Irongray)
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Highly commended: Galloway Farmhouse Cheese – Cairnsmore Ewes Milk cheese (Sorbie) - (pictured)
Highly commended: Marrbury Smokehouse – Wild Cree Smoked Salmon (Bargrennan)
Commended: JB Houston – Pork and apple sausage (Dumfries)
Commended: Galloway Lodge Preserves – Poachers Pickle (Gatehouse of Fleet) - (pictured)
 SWEET PRODUCTS
Winner: John Mellis – Scottish blossom honeycomb (Auldgirth)
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Commended: Ravenstone Deli – lemon tart (Whithorn) - (pictured)
Commended: Galloway Lodge Preserves – raspberry jam (Gatehouse of Fleet)
 INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS (new on market)
Winner: Galloway Farmhouse Cheese – Goats cheese (Sorbie)
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Highly commended: Marrbury Smokehouse – Light cured smoked salmon for warming and grilling (Bargrennan)
Highly commended: Sunnyside Farm – Scottish rose veal fillet (Sanquhar) - (pictured)
BEST PLACE TO SHOP
Winner: Ballards Butchers (Castle Douglas)
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Winner: Loch Arthur Creamery and Farm Shop (Beeswing)
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Highly commended: Ravenstone Deli (Whithorn)
Commended: G&M Newton (Newton Stewart)
 RESTAURANTS and CAFES
Starters
Winner: The Buccleuch Arms - Queen Scallops of the Solway (Moffat)
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Highly commended: Kirkpatricks- smoked chicken, celeriac and apple salad, with a roast beetroot and poppy seed dressing (Kirkcudbright) - (pictured)
Commended: Laurie Arms – Haugh of Urr - Cheddar & Haggis Croquettes with homemade rhubarb chutney and whisky sauce. (Lauriston)
Main course
Winner: Creebridge Hotel - Baldoon Salt Marsh Loin of Lamb with creamed Kale and roulade of braised shin (Newton Stewart)
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Highly Commended: Kirkpatricks - Medallions of Galloway Beef fillet layered with haggis, glazed with an original Galloway mustard & Bladnoch malt whisky sauce (Kirkcudbright)
Commended: The Buccleuch Arms - the Earl Steak pie (Moffat)
Commended: The Buccleuch Arms - Escallops of roe venison (Moffat)
Deserts
Winner: The Buccleuch Arms - “A celebration of Lowland Heather” - Heather honey mousse, heather-blossom chocolate cake, and heather ice-cream (Moffat)
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Highly Commended: Kirkpatricks - Sticky apple and blackberry pudding served with caramel sauce and Cream o Galloway ice cream (Kirkcudbright)
Commended: Cream o’ Galloway - Raspberry and vanilla ice cream, layered with home-made shortbread, tangy coulis, whipped cream and biscuit curls (Gatehouse of Fleet)
BEST PLACE TO SAVOUR THE FLAVOURS OF DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Winner: a cheerful, colourful family-friendly hotel, stashed with traditional local specialities, packed with helpful menus and spiked with stylish inventions, and, most importantly, superbly welcomed by cheerful and well informed waiting staff - The Buccleuch Arms, Moffat
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Highly Commended: genuinely local food cooked with pride and passion – Kirkpatricks, Kirkcudbright
Highly Commended: elegant rural-urban cuisine in a cottage - the Lime Tree, Moffat
Commended: a chic modern restaurant with superbly presented dishes – The Linen Room, Dumfries
Commended: a quirky bookshop café with good home made food – Readinglasses, Wigtown
Commended: a busy bistro-café with real flair – Designs, Castle Douglas
Commended: a stylish home-grown country-house table-d’haute - Craigadam Guest House, Crocketford.
Dumfries and Galloway Food Champion 2006:
Wilma Finlay, Cream O’Galloway
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