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Accreditations

Owen Taylor and Sons Ltd have a fantastic team with a cumulative 480 years experience in the butchering industry our team although large is led by a great team of highly experienced master butchers each with specialist skills.

EFSIS

EFSIS is the premier third party independent certification service. Expert inspectors tour our premises each year to ensure compliance with all food safety legislation including HACCP plans and Quality Control Systems ensuring that all products meet the most exacting standards and full traceability of products are assured from farm to plate.

NACB

Being a full and active member of the NACB guarantees to all our customers through a rigorous inspection regime that all our products conform to the highest standards for food safety. Full HACCP plans are in place and annual inspections results in year on year improvements.

STS

STS Solutions carry out full inspections of our premises on behalf of the Public Sector to ensure food hygiene standards are maintained and improved upon ensuring that the goods we provide to the most venerable sectors of our community comply with all aspects of food safety and quality.

Micron 2

Full and independent annual inspections of our premises, products and controls ensures that all goods supplied by us meet the exacting standards of the National Trust and meet their strict criteria regarding the procurement of the very best of local produce.

AHDB Beef and Lamb

The AHDB quality assurance scheme gives customers the highest levels of assurance about the Beef and Lamb they buy. Not only is quality standard Beef and Lamb produced to higher standards than required by law, the AHDB scheme is unique as the only one of its kind that includes eating quality. You can be confident in the tenderness and succulence of your meat.

AHDB Pork

The AHDB quality assurance scheme gives customers the highest levels of assurance about the Pork they buy. Not only is quality standard Pork produced to higher standards than required by law, the AHDB scheme is unique as the only one of its kind that includes eating quality. You can be confident in the tenderness and succulence of your meat

2018 - Awards

Meat Management Awards 2018

Country Taylors Sausage - Britain's Best Award

Catering Butcher Award - Finalist

Ma Taylors Gourmet Steak and Ale Pie - Finalist

Ribeye - Highly commended

Beef Burger - Highly commended

NFMFT National Products Competition 2018

Charcuterie Category Winner – Home Cured Tongue

Gold Awards
Pork Best Sausage
Venison & Mustard Sausage
Home Cured Streaky Bacon
Home Cured Back Bacon
Sugar Coated Ham
Home Cured Pastrami
Steak & Ale Pie

Silver Awards
Spicy Sausage – By Dom Knowles
Country Special Sausage
Traditional Pork Pie
Chicken, Leek & Ham Pie
Ploughman's Pie
Stilton & Pork Pie
Sausage Roll

NFMFT Premier Young Butcher

Finalist – Lennon Callister (Apprentice Butcher at our retail shop)

Q Guild Smithfield Awards 2018

Gold Awards

Chicken Ham and Leek Pie
Pastrami
Pork and Leek Sausage
Pork Best sausage
Salt & pepper belly in Plum Sauce
Smoked Streaky bacon
Steak & Ale Pie
Venison & Mustard Sausage
Salsa Sizzle Burger

Silver Awards

Honey Roast Ham

British Pie Competition 2018

Gold Award (Highly commended - top 3 in country)

Owen Taylor Steak & Stilton Pie

Silver Award

Ma Taylors Chicken Leek & Ham Pie

2017 - Awards

NFMFT National Festive Meat Products Competition 2017

National Festive Product Award 2017, Supreme Champion - Turkey & Cranberry Pork Pie

Gold Awards

Festive Chicken Cushion

Fruity Festive Lamb Cushion

Huntsman Pie

Turkey & Cranberry Pork Pie

Smokey Country Pigs in Blankets

Silver Awards

Chestnut & Apple Turkey Roulade

Honey Roast Ham

Duck & Apricot Pork Pie

Pork Pie with Stilton

Pigs in Blankets

Meat Management Magazine's Sausage Week Competition 2017

Taylors Country Special won the Best Independent Butcher: East Midlands - Traditional Catergory

East Midlands: Traditional category: Runner up for Pork Best

East Midlands: Innovative category: Runner up for the Dambuster Banger

East Midlands: Innovative category: Highly commended for the Venison & Mustard

Derby Telegraph Business Awards 2017

Finalist - Derby Company of the Year Award

Finalist - Derby Excellence in Manufacturing Award

Great Taste 2017

Homecured Pastrami - 1 star

NFMFT National Meat Products Competition 2017

Gold Award

Spicy Venison Burger

Moroccan Lamb Burger

Pastrami

Chicken Leek and Ham Pie

Beef Burger

Silver Award

Chilli Chicken Burger (retail only)

Spicy Lamb Balls

Meat Management Awards

Catering Butcher of the Year 2017

British Pie Awards

Highly commended (top 3 in the country) - Steak and Kidney Pie

Silver Awards

Steak & Ale Pie

Chicken Leek & Stilton Pie

Duck & Apricot Pie

Q Guild Smithfield Awards

Gold

Pigs in blankets

Homecured Smoked Streaky bacon

Stilton Pork Pie

Pork & Leek Sausage

Greek Passion Lamb Rump

Steak & Ale Pie

Silver

Best Pork Sausage

Turkey Roulade

Beef & Cracked Black Pepper Burger

Lamb & Red Chilli Burger

Parmesan Chicken Fillet

Haslet

Turkey

2016 - Awards

Family Business of the Year Awards 2016

Winner of Manufacturing Excellence Award

The British Pie Awards 2016

Melton Mowbray 09.03.16

Gold Awards

Steak & Ale Pie

Silver Awards

Steak & Stilton Pie

Lamb & Mint Pie

Game Pie

Bronze Awards

Pork Pie

Steak & Kidney Pie

Chicken, Leek & Stilton Pie

2015 - Awards

National Federation Meat & Food Traders Awards 2015

National Meat Products Competition 1st July 2015

Gold Awards

Home cured Smoked Back Bacon

Home cured Smoked Streaky Bacon

Large Standard Pork Pie

Traditional Pasty

Large Quiche

Q Guild Smithfield Awards 2015

Gold Awards

Best Pork Sausage

Country Taylors Special Sausage

Chilli and Sweet Red Onion Steak Burger

1lb Chicken and Ham Pie

Lamb Lollipops

Meat Management Magazine Industry Awards 2015

Finalist Britain's Best Sausage 2015 - Pork Best Sausage PDF

Finalist Catering Butcher Award PDF

Click on the link above for copies of the certificates.

NACB Foodservice Meat Craftsman Competition 2015

Congratulations to Patrick Crowder one of our shop butchers for becoming a finalist in the above competition

NFMFT National Product Competition 2015

Held at The MEATUP exhibition in Stoneleigh.

Gold Awards

Homecured Smoked Streaky Bacon

Homecured Smoked Back Bacon

English Gammon Steak

1lb Standard Pork Pie

12” Quiche Speciality Cold Eating pie

Traditional Pasty

Silver Awards

Individual Steak & Stilton Speciality Hot Eating Pie

Standard Sausage Roll

EBLEX Quality Standard Mark Excellence Awards 2015

Overall Champion of England's Best Sirloin Steak 2015

Larder Trim Sirloin Steak

Independent Butcher Category Winner

Larder Trim Sirloin Steak

England's Best Innovative Steak - Added Value Steaks Category Winner

Denver Fire Steak

England's Best Steak Pie 2015 - Highly Commended

12" Steak and Stilton Pie

2014- Awards

Q Guild - The Smithfield Awards National Product Evaluation 2014

Diamond award winning product

6oz Moroccan Lamb Burger

Gold award winning products

Country Special Sausage
Smoked Streaky Bacon
Smoked Bacon
12" Steak Pie
Huntsman Pork Pie
Traditional Pork Pie
Ploughman's Pork Pie
Spicy Meat Balls

National Meat Products Competition 2014

Gold Award Winning Products and Overall Category Winners!!!

Ready Meal- Chicken Dinner (Shop Product only)
Specialty Cold Eating Pie- Ploughman’s Pork Pie

Gold Award Winning Product

Stilton & Apricot Pork Burger

Silver Award

Traditional Pork Pie
Country Special Sausage
Beefburger

Premier Young Butcher Competition

John Rendell – Retail Shop Butcher

Highly recommended in Seam Butchery and Highly recommended in display

BPEX Regional Show – Wed 5th march 2014

GOLD

Smoked Streaky Bacon
Piri Piri Pork Tenderloin (Shop product)
Stilton & Apricot Pork Burger
Lincolnshire Sausage

SILVER

Pork Best Sausage
Wensleydale & Pickle Pork Pie

2013 - Awards

English Winter Fair

November 2013 - The Owen Taylor Home Cured Smoked Streaky Bacon won the English Winter Fair Gold Award and the best in class

November 2013 - The Owen Taylor Huntsman Pie won the English Winter Fair Gold Award

November 2013 - The Owen Taylor Stilton Pork Pie won the English Winter Fair Gold Award

November 2013 - The Owen Taylor Home Cured R/less Gammon Steak won the English Winter Fair Gold Award

Q Guild Awards 2013

November 2013 – The Owen Taylor Breakfast Mushroom won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award

November 2013 – The Owen Taylor Country Special Sausage won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award

November 2013 – The Owen Taylor Peppered Steak Burger won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award

November 2013 – The Owen Taylor Haslet won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award

November 2013 – The Owen Taylor Bacon Steaks won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award

EBLEX Best Steak Pie

Gold Award and Finalist - 12” Steak and Ale

Silver Award - 6” Steak Pie

Bacon Connoisseurs Week 2013

2013 - Gold Award- Streaky Bacon Homecured

British Pie Awards

Gold Award and Category Finalist for Chicken Leek and Stilton

Gold Award for Traditional Pork Pie

Food Service Pork Product

2013 – Supreme Champion Pork Product of the Year and Gold Award - Owen Taylor pork Collar Ribeye

2013 –Gold award - Owen Taylor Pork Parcel

2013 –Gold award - Owen Taylor Homecured Gammon

2013 –Silver award - Owen Taylor Turkey and Cranberry Pork Pie

2013 –Silver award - Owen Taylor Pork Pie with Stilton

2013 –Silver award - Owen Taylor Dambuster Roll

BPEX Foodservice ‘Pork Sausage of the Year’ competition 2013

Best Innovative Pork Sausage category – Gold Award - Pork & Chutney Sausage

Speciality Pork Sausage category – Gold Award - Pork & Leek Sausage

Traditional Pork Sausage - Gold Award - Pork Best Sausage

2012 - Awards

BPEX Foodservice ‘Pork Sausage of the Year’ competition 2012
Iconic British Banger category – Gold Award - Dambuster Banger

Best Innovative Pork Sausage category – Silver Award - Tomato & Chorizo Sausage

Q Guild Awards 2012

2012 – The Owen Taylor Beef Burger won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award
2012 – The Owen Taylor Honey Roast Ham won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award
2012 – The Owen Taylor Smoked H/Cure back bacon won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award
2012 – The Owen Taylor Steak and Stilton won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award

2011 - Awards

2011 - England’s Best Steak Pie Competition 2011
2011 - Steak & Stilton Pie – Gold Award
2011 - Steak & Ale Pie – Gold Award

BPEX Roadshow 2011

2011 - Gold Award-Taylors Country Sausage
2011 - Gold Award-Duck & Apricot Pie
2011 - Gold Award-Traditional Pork Pie
2011 - Silver Award-Pork Best Sausage

Bacon Connoisseurs Week 2011

2011 - Gold Award-Smoked Streaky Bacon
2011 - Gold Award and National Champion-Home Cured Rindless Back Bacon

Food Service Pork Product

2011 - Gold Award-Duck & Apricot Pie
2011 - Gold Award and Best in Class- Pork Cutlet Stuffed With Black Pudding and Apple
2011 - Gold Award and Second in Class-Pork Pie with Stilton Crumb Topping
2011 - Silver Award-Pork Fillet filled with Leek, Sage And Onion wrapped in Pancetta

2010 - Awards

BPEX Roadshow 2010

2010 - Gold Award-Faggots in Onion Gravy
2010 - Gold Award-Duck & Apricot Pie
2010 - Gold Award-Smoked Streaky Bacon
2010 - Gold Award-Steak & Stilton Pie

BPEX Pork Sausage of the Year

2010 - Gold Award-Pork Best Sausage
2010 - Silver Award-Taylors Country Sausage
2010 - Silver Award-Pork & Leek Sausage

Food Service Product

2010 - Gold Award – Huntsman Pie
2010 - Silver Award-Gammon Cutlet

2009 - Awards

English Winter Fair

November 2009 - The Owen Taylor Smoked Streaky Bacon won the English Winter Fair Gold Award and the Best Product in the Show
November 2009 - The Owen Taylor Steak and Stilton Pie won the English Winter Fair Gold Award
November 2009 - The Owen Taylor Pork and Leek Sausage won the English Winter Fair Gold Award
November 2009 - The Owen Taylor Best Pork Sausage won the English Winter Fair Silver Award
November 2009 - The Owen Taylor Venison and Herb Sausage won the English Winter Fair Silver Award
November 2009 - The Owen Taylor Smoked Back Bacon won the English Winter Fair Bronze Award

British Sausage Week 2009

November 2009 - Taylor’s Special Country Sausage won the East Midlands Champion in the Magical Bangor competition judged by Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee at the Jass Cafe in Nottingham as part of the British Sausage Week 2009

Q Guild Awards 2009

October 2009 – The Owen Taylor Steak and Stilton Pie won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award
October 2009 – The Owen Taylor Smoked Streaky Bacon won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award
October 2009 – The Owen Taylor Course Lincolnshire Sausage won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award
October 2009 – The Owen Taylor Thai Pork Surprise (Marinated Pork Tenderloin) won the Q Guild Smithfield Silver Award
October 2009 – The ‘New’ Owen Taylor Burger won the Q Guild Smithfield Silver Award

2008 - Awards

National Pie & Pasty Competition at the 2008 Foodex Meatex Exhibition

April 2008 – The Owen Taylor Huntsman Pie was crowned National Supreme Champion product of the show as well as its category winner of the Speciality cold Eating Pie. The Owen Taylor Huntsman Pie is based on the traditional pork pie casing recipe layered with chicken breast and topped with stuffing.
April 2008 - The Owen Taylor Steak and Ale Pie was given a gold award and 100 marks out of 100 in its category of Speciality Hot Eating Pie.

Q Guild Awards 2008

October 2008 – The Owen Taylor Homecured Back Bacon won the Q Guild Smithfield Gold Award
October 2008 – The Owen Taylor Special Country Sausage won the Q Guild Smithfield Silver Award
October 2008 – The Owen Taylor Huntsman Pie won the Q Guild Smithfield Silver Award
October 2008 – The Owen Taylor Home Cooked Honey Roast Ham won the Q Guild Smithfield Silver Award
October 2008 – The Owen Taylor 6oz Beef Burger won the Q Guild Smithfield Silver Award