Market is up for an 'oscar' award

2:30pm Friday 10th October 2008

BURY Market has been shortlisted in the prestigious BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards.

The town’s ‘jewel in the crown’ is up against Stroud Farmers’ Market and Queens Market in Newham, London, for the title of Best Food Market in the UK.

Described by Jamie Oliver as the ‘Oscars of the food world’, the awards were created in 2000 to celebrate the people who produce and promote the best of British food.

The awards, nominated by listeners, set out to find the best local food retailer, best takeaway, the farmer of the year, the best dinner lady, the best food producer, the best retail initiative, the best food market, and the Derek Cooper Award.

They also feature the BBC Food Personality of the Year, awarded in previous years to Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and James Martin.

The ceremony is held on November 26 at the Birmingham NEC, hosted by Sheila Dillon, presenter of The Food Programme, on whose show it will be broadcast.