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Competition deadline is this Friday, 8th August, for UK Sausage Week entries

6 Aug, 2025

Sausage nominations for the 2025 UK Sausage Week (UKSW) competition must now be completed via the website by the final deadline, which is this Friday, 8th August.

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Sausage nominations for the 2025 UK Sausage Week (UKSW) competition must now be completed via the website by the final deadline, which is this Friday, 8th August.

There are 10 categories and all entries are free of charge. Participants can enter as many products as they wish. The additional Supreme Sausage Champion Award is chosen from one of the category winners. To enter your sausage products click here.

Nominations will then be followed by the actual entry delivery day on Tuesday, 19th August between 9.00am and 5.00pm at Milton Keynes College, Brasserie Kitchen, Bletchley Campus, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6DR.

The UKSW categories:

  • Best Traditional Pork Sausage
  • Best Beef Sausage
  • Best Lincolnshire Sausage
  • Best Cumberland Sausage
  • Best Chipolata Sausage
  • Best Gluten Free / Free From Sausage
  • Best Chicken Sausage
  • Best Speciality Sausage
  • Best Cocktail Sausage
  • Best Frozen Sausage

The full UKSW promotion returns over the 27th October – 2nd November period. A celebration lunch in London on 27th October 2025 at Butchers’ Hall, London, will kick-start the week, when the UK Supreme Sausage Champion will be revealed, alongside a host of category winners.

Once nominations are received, entrants will be sent details together with support paperwork detailing where and when to deliver sausages for judging. To enter sausage products for free, go to https://uksausageweek.com/product-entry.

The official UKSW official partners for 2025:

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