Festival platform to showcase exhibitors’ new bacon range

LAUNCH: Couple will promote two products at Taste of Grampian event

A farming couple are preparing to launch two new ranges of bacon at this year’s Taste of Grampian food and drink festival.

The award-winning event, which takes place on Saturday June 3, is often used by food and drink companies as a platform to launch new products.

Regular exhibitors Sandy and Ann Ingram, who farm at East Pitscaff, near Newburgh, will launch two new products – maple bacon and treacle bacon.

The couple run a 120-sow pig herd on their 280-acre farm, which is also home to their meat products business Ingram’s Homecure.

Launched in 1999, the business produces a range of dry-cured bacon and sausages. The farm is also a member of red meat promotion body Quality Meat Scotland’s quality assurance scheme for pork – Specially Selected Pork – which is the main sponsor for this year’s Taste of Grampian event.

“Our aim is always to meet or exceed our customers’ expectations. Initially our focus was very much on retailing direct to the public via farmers’ markets and events and as demand for our product range has grown we have developed the business,” said Mr Ingram.

“The new range has been produced after extensive new product development work. The result is an innovative product range which we are confident will both intrigue and interest our customers and, of course, tastes fantastic.”

The Ingrams are among a host of food, drink, craft and tourism exhibitors already confirmed for this year’s event.

To date more than 160 exhibitors have confirmed their attendance at the event, which is held at the Thainstone Centre, near Inverurie.

It will feature demonstrations from leading chefs including the former host of TV programme Saturday Kitchen, James Martin and Scottish chef Lady Claire Macdonald.

Picture: Graeme Hart. Sandy Ingram launched the business with his wife in 1999.