Market manager Kardien Gerbrands – aka Gerb – talks about what’s going on at Swindon’s farmers’ markets

Hinton Marsh Farm, who have a stall at the Swindon Designer Outlet every Sunday, have won two gold medals at this year’s Great Taste Awards.

Great Taste, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, is the largest and most trusted awards scheme for speciality fine food and drink. Putting foods to the taste test with a panel of over 400 experts is a quick way to get honest, straightforward and impartial feedback from chefs, buyers, food writers and retailers.

It is a tough competition and to win gold is a testament to the quality and taste of your product.

Hinton Marsh Farm received gold for the Standard Honey Roast Sausage and gold for the Gourmet Pork and Leek Sausage.

The Standard sausage was added to the product range in 2013 to offer customers an alternative to the Gourmet range, which they have been making for years.

The Gourmet sausage is a lean, single milled, sausage using only the finest cuts from the pig; legs and loins and no fat. Because of the quality of the meat in them, these retail at £5.20 for a pack of six.

The standard sausage is a great all round quality sausage. A smoother texture is achieved with double milling and they contain all cuts of pork from the pig. They retail at £3.60 for a pack of six or two packs for £6.

Markets

  • Bradford on Avon, third Thursday, 9am to 1pm at Westbury Gardens, BA15 1DE
  •  Bradford on Avon, last Sunday, 10.30am to 2.30pm at Lamb Yard, BA15 1FG
  •  Calne, second Saturday, 9am to 1pm, near the library, SN11 0JU
  •  Corsham, third Saturday, 9am to 1pm, High Street, SN13 0HB
  •  Devizes, first Saturday, 9am to 1pm, Market Place
  •  Malmesbury, second and fourth Saturdays, 9am to 1pm, Market Cross
  •  Royal Wootton Bassett, fourth Saturday, 9am to 1pm, High Street
  •  Salisbury, weekly on Wednesdays, 9am to 2pm, Poultry Cross
  •  Swindon Farmers Market, every Sunday, 10am to 4pm, Swindon Designer Outlet, Kemble Road, SN2 2DY
  • l Havelock Square Farmers’ Market, Swindon, every Thursday from 9am until 2.30pm.
  •  Trowbridge, second and fourth Friday, 9am to 1pm, Fore Street, BA14 8HX
  •  Wanborough, third Saturday of the month, 9am to midday, Wanborough Village Hall
  •  Warminster, first and third Fridays, 9am to 1pm, Central car park, BA12 9BT