My €18 chicken feast

I’VE just returned from Bristol where I spent two days judging the Soil Association Organic Food Awards with food writers and celebrity chefs including Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, Giorgio Locatelli, Matthew Fort and Fiona Beckett.

This year there were over 1,000 entries. I chomped my way through 20 chickens, 4 ducks and 12 pieces of roast loin of pork with crackling.

The Organic Food Awards are all about rewarding and highlighting the best in organic food and drink. Special awards include the Organic Restaurant Award, Box Scheme of the Year, Best Local Food Initiative, and Producer of the Year.