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UK Sausage Week competition confirms extended deadline of 2nd August

23 Jul, 2024

Organisers of the 2024 UKSW have confirmed the nomination deadline will be extended to Friday 2nd August.

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Nominations to enter products into this year’s UK Sausage Week competition are exceeding expectations and, to allow a little more time to cope with the volume of product entries, organisers have confirmed a few days deadline extension to Friday 2nd August.

This will be the last day when sausages can be nominated. All entries are free of charge and there are eight categories, plus the additional Supreme Sausage Champion Award. To enter click here.

Organiser Libby Goodwin commented: “We have had another outstanding response this year and we have also had a number of requests for a bit more time, hence the decision. We are all really looking forward to the judging process.”

UK Sausage Week (UKSW) returns over the 28th October – 3rd November period, its first staging since just prior to the Covid pandemic, and as usual, supermarkets, butchers, foodservice and manufacturers across the UK are participating.

A celebration lunch in London on 28th October 2024 at Butchers’ Hall will kick the week off, when the UK Supreme Sausage Champion will be revealed, alongside a host of category winners.

The 2024 categories:

  • Best 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
  • UK Sausage Week – Supreme UK Champion

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

Actual delivery day for entries is Tuesday 13th August between 9.00am and 5.00pm at Milton Keynes College, Brasserie Kitchen, Bletchley Campus, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6DR.

For more information about UKSW contact Libby Goodwin: libby.g@yandellmedia.com

UKSW partners for 2024:

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