BURNHAM’S food festival heroes, whose superior produce has been tickling the tastebuds of the town, have been announced.


The Burnham Food and Drink Festival has just announced their 2015 winners ahead of the big event which is to be held later this month.


These include Berrow Beef, awarded for their top quality meat, and Legglands Orchards, whose preserves are made with produce fresh from the tree or bush.


Festival Director Beverley Milner Simonds told the Weekly News: “We have created these awards to celebrate the traders who we feel have backed the festival and who deserve some public recognition for their hard work and commitment.” 


The festival team is looking forward to welcoming these traders and 90 others to the festival on Saturday, May 23,  to bring the best of Somerset into the town for the day.


Sarah Welland, of Berrow Beef, told the News: “We are thrilled to be awarded the title of Local Food Hero 2015 by our local food festival.


“It’s a real honour to be recognised by others when we are so proud ourselves of providing top quality, grass fed, native breed beef to the local market, at an affordable price.”


And Louise Perrin, of Legglands Orchards, commented: “We’re thrilled to receive this award – it’s genuinely unexpected.


“We have worked very hard to develop a range of traditional and contemporary handmade preserves and this acknowledgement encourages us to continue and come up with fresh ideas. 


“People always ask us if we make it all ourselves and of course we do!


“And they also want to know where we source the ingredients – in most cases we can show you the very tree or bushes.”