Sunday Times Celebrates South Africa's Great Tastes with a new award

The search has begun for South Africa’s best and most innovative producers of homemade food products with the launch of the Sunday Times Great Taste Awards. The Awards, which are open to all small, micro and medium enterprises (SMME's) involved in the manufacture of South African food products, are designed to celebrate and recognize the wealth of excellent homemade and home-grown products being produced across the country by dedicated small entrepreneurs.

To ensure the widest possible participation, the awards invite entries in 12 categories, with a R10 000 cash prize for the winner in each of these. The categories are as follows:

• Dairy
  
• Olives, pastes and spreads
  
• Oils and vinegars
  
• Cured meat and charcuterie
  
• Chocolate and confectionary
  
• Honey, jams and preserves
  
• Condiments
  
• Snacks
  
• Drinks: alcoholic and non-alcoholic
  
• Dried spices and herb products (including blends and rubs)
  
• Organic products
  
• Other.