East YorkshirePoultry business wins three Great Taste Awards

The team at aMiddleton on the Wolds-based chicken business is celebrating after winning three prestigious awards for the taste of its chicken.

Soanes Poultry's Red Tractor-assured Grain Fed and Higher Welfare chicken were awarded the accolades in the Guild of Fine Foods' Great Taste competition 2025.

The business's Higher Welfare Whole Chicken and Grain Fed Skin Off Chicken Breast Fillets won one star awards, and its Grain Fed Bone In Thighs won a coveted two-star award. Of the thighs, the judges said: "Nicely sizeable thighs suggest the chickens grew to a sound maturity. The meat proved moist, nicely resilient while amply tender, and pleasingly savoury, with something of a sound Sunday roast flavour. The crisp, golden skin is an added pleasure.

"We are always advocating using thighs instead of breast for their succulence and flavour. These are lovely, meaty chicken thighs, have really crisp skin and offer the promised taste and juiciness. One would be ample for a portion, which is also great. We think these have an exceptional flavour, which is a big and delightful surprise."

Soanes Poultry's MD Ben Lee said: "We're delighted and proud to have won more Great Taste awards, which prove how tasty our chicken is. Over the last 10 years, our chicken has won 22 of these prestigious awards that are dubbed the Oscars of the food industry."

Soanes Poultry's chickens are reared by its sister company, Clive Soanes Broilers. MD Claire Wright is equally delighted with this year's Great Taste success:"These awards are testament to our farmers' high welfare standards and to the skill of our operations team. It's a real team effort, and I couldn't be more pleased."

The Great Taste Awards judging panels consist of over 500 food writers, chefs, producers, and buyers who evaluate products through a blind-tasting process.The awards support and promote food and drink producers, large and small, giving buyers and food lovers in the UK and overseas reliable recommendations for great-tasting food.

Due to Soanes Poultry's success in the competition over the years, the business can use the coveted Great Taste Producer logo in its marketing materials.

Soanes Poultry is a family-owned business that has been rearing and preparing chicken since 1947. It employs over 160 people and sells its chicken to butchers and independent retailers in Yorkshire, and to wholesalers and catering butchers nationwide.

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Photo:Claire Wright and Ben Lee Claire Wright and Ben Lee

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1.      For more information aboutSoanes Poultry, please visitwww.soanespoultry.co.uk.