The Guild of Fine Food's annual Great Taste 2022 Golden Fork winners have been announced, with Fermented Fresh Green Kampot Peppercorns named the Great Taste Supreme Champion for 2022. The awards ceremony, help on 5th September, saw a range of national and regional awards announced, as well as accolades including Charcuterie Product of the Year, Best International Food and Drink and a Lifetime Achievement Award.
As one of the 633 brands to have entered from overseas, Cambodia's Kadode Kampot Pepper UK also took home the award of Best International Food and Drink, while its Fermented Fresh Red Kampot Peppercorns were also awarded a 3-star Great Taste recognition making for a successful evening for the team.
In becoming the Great Taste Supreme Champion, the brand staved off competition from 2,243 other producers, and topped a record list of 14,205 products entered into this year's Great Taste awards, which were judged blind by a panel of more than 500 food and drink professionals over 90 days.
In total, 4,078 products were awarded a Great Taste 1-star, 1,237 a 2-star and 241 a 3-star recognition, from which 14 crowned Great Taste Golden Fork winners.
Kadode Kampot Pepper is described on its website as being not just any pepper – it's a pepper of true distinction. It will tantalise your tastebuds, bringing an unmistakable new dimension to all your culinary creations. Great Taste judges described the peppercorns as "an extremely interesting product with a delicate scent of salt on the nose", while enjoying the "soft crunch of the peppercorns and the layers of flavour that started salty, then fruity, then a kick of heat".
Great Taste Golden Fork awards went to products from all around the UK, with regional awards presented. Find out who took these awards home and for which products on the Guild of Fine Food's website here.
You can also find out more about the award-winning Kadode Kampot Peppercorns here.