Ardgay Game 'proud' to be nominated for BBC food award
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A Sutherland venison producer has received a nomination in this year's BBC Food and Farming awards.
Ardgay Game has made it through to the finals of the 2022 competition, in the running for the title of Best Food Producer.
Th nomination comes as the company prepares to celebrate it’s 40th anniversary on September 2.
The company was originally founded in 1982 by Les Waugh, the father of current managing director, Ruaridh Waugh.
The family owned business supplies Scottish wild venison collected from 130 sporting estates across the north Highlands and processed at their factory.
With 35 staff employed, Ardgay Game provide venison nationally and internationally, using wholesale suppliers in Norway, Holland, Italy, France, Belgium and Germany.
They have also exported to locations as far flung as Bharain.
Mr Waugh said: "We are enormously proud to be representing Scotland’s wild game industry in the finals of the BBC Food and Farming Awards as a Best Food Producer.
"The longevity of our success can be attributed to the relationships we have built with the estates of Scotland who supply us with venison and game; the skill, dedication, and expertise of the butchers and staff at our site in Bonar Bridge; and a growing appreciation for wild game as an ethical and sustainable food source."
There are three finalists in the Best Food Producer category and the winner will be announced at a ceremony in Cardiff in November.
They are up against fellow finalists, the Edinburgh Butter Co, who produce cured butter using traditional methods, and Tablehurst Farm, a social enterprise which produces meat, poultry, vegetables, raw milk and arable crops to biodynamic and organic standards.
