Judging has commenced for this year’s UK Sausage Week competition at the test kitchens located at Harper Adams University, with organisers reporting another substantial entry and some great quality sausage products.
UK Sausage Week is the annual initiative celebrating one of the public’s favourite meal-time ingredients, and will run throughout the last week of October (26th October – 1st November).
Judges will assess sausages of all types in both their raw and freshly cooked state, with professional home economists preparing and cooking them, following the instructions provided by entrants.
The 2026 categories are:
- 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
Sausages will be judged to an established criteria based on appearance, texture, taste, smell, juiciness, as well as whether they undergo any splitting or excessive shrinkage in the cooking process.
UK Supreme Sausage Champion 2026
Hundreds of products across all ten categories will be judged, and from the winners of these categories one sausage will be awarded the title of UK Supreme Sausage Champion.
Winners of the annual competition are announced at the start of UK Sausage Week, during an awards luncheon held at Butchers’ Hall in London on Monday 26th October attended by the Master of the Worshipful Company of Butchers.
- For more information about the initiative, including downloadable poster and logos, click here.
- Tickets to the 2026 UK Sausage Week awards luncheon can be purchased here.
Thank you to the 2026 UK Sausage Week partners:
