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Welcome to the Dorset
Blue Soup Company
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The Dorset Blue Soup Company introduces a comprehensive range of
fresh. farmhouse soups that uses locally produced ingredients (where
possible) enabling us to bring a real taste of the countryside to
your table.
Many
of our recipes have been devised using our unique award
winning Dorset Blue Vinny cheese
as the base ingredient but for those of you who prefer soups without
cheese we have a delicious range of other flavours too..... see
our soup page and our news
page for all this season's range.
Our
aim is to offer you a fresh soup that is packed full of the flavour
and feel of the countryside. A genuinely homemade soup that you
could claim you had made yourself!
All
of our soups freeze extremely well - ideal for that last-minute
or emergency meal.
Read
all about how the cheese
and the soup are made on our family
Dorset farm, right from milking the cows to packing the products
- we hope you enjoy the 'Blue Experience'! You can also check out
what we've been up to and what we've got in store on our News
page.
Around
10,000 visitors came to the 7th Cheese festival last September which
was a great success. We were particularly pleased with sales of
our West Country Ploughmans. Check out the festival site www.cheesefestival.co.uk
for more reports and next years dates.
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New range of soups called "BOLT FROM
THE BLUE"
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"BOLT
FROM THE BLUE" is
our range of delicious soup that reflects seasonality even more
closely and gives us a great excuse to introduce different flavours
for short periods of time! Some will include our Dorset
Blue Vinny cheese and some won't so look out for the new seasonal
special flavours. Here's a sample of some of the delicious seasonal
soups to tempt your taste buds and look out for!!
Curried
Pumpkin and Apple
Cream of Mushroom
Cream of Onion
Cauliflower, Cider and Blue
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Dorset
Blue & River Cottage
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Have
you seen us on TV?
Did you know we also make soup for River Cottage?
See our River Cottage page or log
on to www.rivercottage.net
to find out more.
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We
are a Rick Stein Food Hero!
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We are proud to be a " Rick Stein Food Hero".
Our
famous Dorset Blue Vinny is featured on the front cover & inside! |
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Emily's
recipe ideas!!
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Asparagus
will soon be in season so why not try our delicious recipe for
Asparagus
with Dorset Blue Vinny Cheese Soup...
More
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AWARDS:
We
have won !!!!
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We
have just been awarded a Silver from Taste of the West for our Woodbridge
Chutney and a Bronze for our Roasted Mediterranean soup
We have also won a silver award for our cheese and the following
awards for our soups...
"Pea & Blue" Gold
"Roasted Mediterranean" Bronze
"River Cottage Parsley" Bronze
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Try
them and see if you like them too!
Click here to go to
the Taste of the West web site where you can read
all about the awards and the local produce that has won awards.
We
featured recently on the BBC Dorset website www.bbc.co.uk/dorset
see our news page!
We have also been awarded a medal for the cheese in the British
Cheese Awards in the PGI class...more to be announced in
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Press Release - August 2007
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Dorset
Blue Soup Company wins three Golds
in Great Taste Awards
The Dorset Blue Soup Company based at Woodbridge Farm near Sturminster
Newton in the heart of rural Dorset is celebrating after winning
three prestigious Great Taste Awards for its soups and chutney.
This
adds to the recent announcement that the chutneys have also become
the first products to be included in the Genesis Farmers home delivery
service, which offers locally produced fresh meat to households
across Dorset. Genesis is a group of farmers who want to deliver
their high quality meat to customers direct significantly reducing
the food miles it travels.
The
Dorset Blue Soup Company has been presented with a much-desired
one star Great Taste Award for its chilled Gazpacho soup, Pea 'n'
Blue soup (using the farm's own Dorset Blue Vinny cheese) and Spiced
Tomato Chutney. All the company's soups and chutneys are hand made
on the farm using fresh, seasonal vegetables.
Regarded
as the industry Oscars, The Guild of Fine Food's annual Great Taste
Awards are the UK's largest independent evaluation of fine food
and drink.
Each year, almost 4,500 foods are blind-tasted by up to three separate
teams of experts before the awards are made. Since May there have
been nearly two weeks of tasting by over 400 independent judges.
As a result, 530 Great Taste Awards have been given out for excellence
in taste, texture and flavour.
Bob Farrand of the Guild of Fine Food, said: "These awards have
been running for 14 years now and are a recognised mark of excellence
that consumers can trust and rely on.
"The winning products have been through a thorough judging process
and we are able to assure consumers that the Great Taste logo, which
all award winners can use, signifies genuine, proven fine food.
It's not just a supermarket premium marketing slogan that bears
almost no relation to the quality of the food in the packet.
"The Great Taste Awards reflect what is happening in the fine food
halls, delicatessens and farm shops throughout the UK and during
judging we tasted some fantastic gourmet delicacies from all over
the world."
The Dorset Blue Soup Company was formed almost five years ago and
produces a wonderful collection of soups that mirror our seasons
using only the freshest vegetables as they become available. The
Summer season of soups also includes a rich Roasted Red Pepper &
Fennel, a delicate Watercress & Orange, fulfilling Roasted Mediterranean
and a Tomato, Basil 'n' Blue which uses the creamy, flavourful tones
of Dorset Blue Vinny.
The chutneys are a recent addition to the range. Woodbridge Chutney,
a delicious blend of local pears with Cayenne pepper and ginger,
was the first to be launched last year. This year has seen the launch
of the award winning Spiced Tomato Chutney combining the sweet flavours
of tomatoes and red onions, with a subtle kick from red chilli,
mustard seeds and Garam Masala. Meanwhile the Sweet Pickled Cucumber
blends the crunch of locally produced cucumbers with Turmeric and
mustard seeds to give it a hint of the sub-continent.
Emily Davies of the Dorset Blue Soup Company said, "We are thrilled
to have won this recognition for three of our creations, and it's
a great reward for the truly dedicated team we have here at the
farm who put their heart and souls into creating our soups and chutneys.
Each pot of soup is lovingly made using our own stocks and local
vegetables where possible - and that's it. We don't believe in unnecessary
additives, preservatives or colourings."
Dorset Blue Soups and Dorset Blue Vinny can be found in delis and
farm shops across the South and South West.
Testimonials for the Great Taste Awards:
'The GTA represent the gold standard of British food production.
They are a sign of the highest quality, where taste is more important
than the quick buck.'
Tom Parker Bowles
'It's no longer a food trade issue. The British public now demand
proven standards. We are giving it!'
Bob Farrand
'The Great Taste Awards is the best benchmark of quality in food
today - look for their stamp when you shop'
Matthew Drennan, Editor, Delicious Magazine
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