Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) was the main sponsor of the recent Guild of Food Writers Awards, celebrating the very best of those who inform and inspire the public about great food.

QMS was the main sponsor at the Guild of Food Writers Awards, where Rick Stein OBE was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.

QMS was the main sponsor at the Guild of Food Writers Awards, where Rick Stein OBE was the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

During an address to the food writer attendees, Carol McLaren, QMS’s head of communications, thanked the writers, authors, researchers and programme makers for the work they do to raise the profile of the top quality food which farmers throughout the country are committed to producing.

McLaren also emphasised the quality of Scotland’s food larder: “Scotland’s beef and lamb has earned a global reputation for taste and quality and benefits from the Scottish terroir which is a key factor in eating quality.

“Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb were among the first European red meat products to be granted the coveted PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) status in recognition of their European gastronomic heritage,” she added.

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