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Tuesday, 27 September 2022
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Monday, 26 September 2022
Mutti's Golden Tomato Cook Competition Returns
The winner will not only pick up this prestigious culinary award, but they will also receive an incredible prize of a trip to Parma, Italy, the home of Mutti.
The Golden Tomato Cook competition launched in 2021 in reverence to Mutti’s Pomodorino d’oro (Golden Tomato) award which, for over two decades, has been presented each year to the farmer who supplies the best quality produce whilst using sustainable practices, and the cooking competition is back again to recognise and reward the home cook who creates the best three course menu using Mutti tomatoes.
Anyone who loves to cook at home and has a passion for creating exciting dishes is invited to enter. Mutti is challenging home cooks to discover and experiment with the Mutti Essentials range - Polpa Finely Chopped Tomatoes, Peeled Tomatoes, Passata and Double Concentrated Tomato Puree. Each of these Mutti products have unique characteristics and so are best suited to different styles of recipes and Mutti wants to see contestants letting their imaginations run wild and deciding which Mutti product they will make the star of their show. To enter, you'll just need to create and submit a delicious starter, main and dessert with each dish using a different and perfectly matched Mutti tomato product.
This year’s judging panel includes Head judge and Head Chef at Mutti, Italy, Carlo Casoni, food broadcaster and journalist Nigel Barden, Chef and author Ben Tish, and Chef and influencer Gabriella Margiotta.
They will be looking for the best menus based on key criteria including originality, taste, presentation, overall appeal and of course making the tomato the hero of the dish. Five shortlisted menus will be put to the public vote before the three selected finalists are invited to cook in front of the judges during a live final at Sauce, by The Langham in London on 27th October 2022.
Carlo Casoni said: “Chefs from all over the globe tell us Mutti is the gold standard when it comes to tomato products.
"At Mutti we passionately believe every great recipe deserves a great tomato, and that there’s a best fitting tomato product for every dish.
"Last year’s competition was a great success, with a high number of extremely accomplished menus which really did make the tomato the hero of the dishes. We can't wait to see and try the menus people will be producing this year, and just like our 2021 winner, Hannah Such from Kilburn London, you too could be crowned our champion and win a trip to our home in Parma, Italy, including a private cooking lesson with me. Good luck to everyone!"
Fantastic prizes to be won. 1st prize is a trip to Parma, Italy for 2 people for 5 nights including accommodation, return economy flights, car hire and a cooking lesson with Carlo head chef, Mutti Italy. 2nd prize is a private virtual cooking class with Gabriella Margiotta, head chef at Cucina di Vincenzo. 3rd prize is a 3-course meal for 2 at one of the Eataly restaurants. 4th and 5th place will receive a product hamper from Mutti.
You have until 23:59 16th October 2022 to create and submit your menus online so, there’s no time to lose, get creating and get those entries in. To enter, visit here where you can also discover recipe inspiration and tips too. Full terms and conditions apply.
Mutti products are available now at leading supermarkets including Waitrose, Ocado, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Booths, and Tesco.
For full details of prizes and competition terms and conditions please visit competition website here https://mutti-parma.com/en/golden-tomato-cook-2022-entry.
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Agua de Madre. It's vegan, naturally fermented, sparkling and low in sugar
The globally recognised International Wine & Spirit Competition is one of the world’s largest, foremost and highly influential drinks awards.
All the IWSC awards are blind tasted by a specially selected panel of experts and Agua de Madre Blood Orange Bitters kefir water secured a stunning, but well-deserved, 95 points out of a possible 100 and was awarded a gold medal.
According to the IWSC, to win a gold medal a beverage must be: “Superb with great personality, character and complexity, but that is also true to its origins. An example that stands out among its peers as a supreme drinking experience.”
In the blind taste test judges found “Strong citrus notes that help create a sparkling drink with a delicate character. It has a light and gentle carbonation, great structure, an attractive bitterness, and wonderful punch. A real delight.”
Agua de Madre is at the forefront of a new and very exciting category of live feel-good drinks. This award is a wonderful accolade for the brand.
Blood Orange Bitters is created in partnership with Mindful drinks expert Camille Vidal and is one of their best selling flavours.
Carefully fermented in London, Agua de Madre was founded and launched by dedicated foodie and film producer Nicola Hart.
It's jam-packed with great taste and flavour and it is the sole water kefir on the market with billions of live cultures per 100ml and merely traces of alcohol.
It’s newly developed recipe means it has under 9 kcals per 100ml. It's a delightful and truly sophisticated thirst quencher of a drink, which is packed full of goodness, is organic, vegan, naturally fermented, delightfully sparkling and is low in sugar, too.
Agua de Madre has the same amount of live cultures as most milk-based kefir, with none of the somewhat vinegary mouth feel of kombucha, it's the ultimate super food which as well as being ultimately drinkable, also promotes a healthy gut and positive mental wellbeing, too.
The key ingredient is the mother culture which was discovered some 2000 years ago in Mexico.
Following the Madre’s secret recipe, the live culture is added to organic fruit and ginger and left to do its own thing, creating a naturally probiotic water kefir. As a result of this entirely natural process it also becomes delightfully effervescent, too.
A study conducted by the University of Huddersfield confirmed the dominant strains of lactobacillus culture within Agua de Madre. These natural live micro-organisms are easily absorbed, helping to restore or improve our gut flora.
Water kefir is currently seen as one of the best sources of dietary probiotic, which studies have shown boost cognitive and mental wellbeing, reduce IBS symptoms and improve digestion.
Film producer Nicola Hart, founded Agua de Madre in 2017.
To learn more visit aguademadre.co.uk.
It's our belief that this drink will make an ideal drink over the Chirstmas and New Year period, so may we suggest that you make this a part of your Christmas drink order as soon as possible?
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