THREE FOOD NI REGIONAL STARS
Three Food NI members have been awarded all of the Speciality Food Magazine
Regional Stars prizes for Northern Ireland. They are Alana McKeever from Long
Meadow Cider, Patrick Black from Clandeboye Estate Yoghurt and Michelle Wilson
from Crawford’s Rock Seaweed.
The project is designed to uncover the businesses most passionate about sharing an
authentic taste of their region with food lovers far and wide. 25 were chosen across
Britain.
Alana McKeever from Long Meadow was singled out for the tree to bottle philosophy
of her family’s apple juice and cider business. Their food tourism experience was
also praised.
Patrick Black from Clandeboye Yoghurt was recognized for the company’s
commitment to sustainable farming and production models and an “honest taste of
County Down”. The brand was founded by Lady Dufferin in 2008 using milk from the
estate’s pedigree herd.
Michelle Wilson’s family have harvested seaweed from the same bay in the Mournes
for more than 300 years. They resolutely stick to wild seaweed, never cultivated, to
retain the quality of their range and the health of the region’s ecology. Visitors can
bathe in the waters and cook and eat the seaweed and local catch.
Well done to all!
