21 September 2020 | Results and feedbackAvailable to view online |
22 October 2020, 10am - 6pm | Golden Forks virtual eventDiscover the 2020 Golden Forks |
22 October 2020, 6pm | Supreme Champion announced |
Great Taste 2020 entrants: Great Taste results have now been released and you can login to your MyGuild account to view your feedback and results Access MyGuild .
Any member of your company attached to your company account within MyGuild can login to see your results and feedback. You can administer access for your team within your account.
If you are an award winner, make sure you make the most of your stars. This year, we’re making it even easier for you to start promoting your award straight away.
Log in to your MyGuild account now to:
Click on the links below to:
All Great Taste 2020 results are now also live on greattasteawards.co.uk. The list can be filtered by award-type, category, company name, product name and region.
For help with logging in, please see our FAQs section, email myguild@gff.co.uk
or call Guild House, Dorset (HQ): +44 (0)1747 825200 +44 (0)1747 825200 option 4 during working hours (9.30 – 17.30 GMT, Monday to Friday).
If our HQ number is busy, please call No. 42 (our London office): +44 (0)20 7403 0214 during working hours (9.30 – 17.30 GMT, Monday to Friday).
Ordering Labels & Digital Logos
If you have achieved awards for your products in the last three years (2020, 2019, 2018) you can order labels or the electronic award artwork to display on your product’s packaging. You can also order Great Taste branded bunting and aprons. Download a copy of the current Great Taste brand guidelineshere for information on how the Great Taste labels and logo artwork can be used.
Labels
The Guild of Fine Food buys award labels in bulk to ensure these labels are an inexpensive way to increase sales. You can also buy Great Taste bunting and aprons to ensure visitors to shows, markets or your shop know you are selling Great Taste accredited food and drink.
To order your labels, aprons & bunting, please login to your My Guild account and head to our online order section.
If you would like more information on the size and specifications of the labels, please find label specifications here.
Great Taste branded aprons
Great Taste aprons are designed to work hard and wash well. 
65% polyester and 35% cotton twill. The essential bib apron is classic black with sliding adjustable buckles with wording “Ask me about Great Taste” and a pocket to front. One size fits all. Self fabric waist ties.
Great Taste bunting
Made of high quality PVC which is weatherproof and spillage r
esistant the bunting can form part of retail displays or help add some colour and recognition at consumer shows. 7ft/2.14m length of triangular pennants printed both sides.
Logo artwork (electronic format)
Award logo artwork in digital format (1-star, 2-star & 3-star) You can request the relevant 1-star, 2-star & 3-star award logo(s) as digital artwork to incorporate into your own packaging designs, to use on your website and in marketing materials. Please go to your My Guild account to order any applicable logo artwork.
Great Taste Producer/ Retailer logo artwork in digital format
If your company has achieved Great Taste awards in at least three years out the last five years, or your deli or farm shop sells a range of Great Taste award-winning products long-term, you can apply for the electronic version of either the Great Taste Producer or Great Taste Retailer logo artwork. Please note these are not for use on products. You can order your Producer or Retailer logo artwork in your My Guild Account.
**Please note: All label and logo orders are processed in order of receipt. If payment is applicable, orders cannot be dispatched until payment is received. **
For help with logos and labels, please see our FAQs section, email myguild@gff.co.uk
or call Guild House, Dorset (HQ): +44 (0)1747 825200 +44 (0)1747 825200 option 4 during working hours (9.30 – 17.30 GMT, Monday to Friday).
If our HQ number is busy, please call No. 42 (our London office): +44 (0)20 7403 0214 during working hours (9.30 – 17.30 GMT, Monday to Friday).
Terms & Conditions* | Category List | Quantity guidelines | Example Entry Form You will receive an email when your delivery instructions are available to download from your MyGuild account. Please do not worry if you have not yet received your delivery instructions, these are sent out over a period of three months. Please do not send any products until you receive your delivery instructions. Please take careful note of the quantity guidelines.
* Please read the addendum to our terms & conditions in relation to the delay in judging due to coronavirus (added May 2020).
A one, two or three-star accreditation means your food will stand out on the overcrowded retail shelves. Coupled with the extensive consumer and trade promotion by the Guild of Fine Food it will lead to increased sales and brand awareness. Quite simply Great Taste encourages greater confidence and commercial success in small businesses locally, regionally, nationally and internationally whilst helping to improve the food and drink of those who don’t quite make the grade.
“Our Great Taste stars have transformed our business, and we’re so grateful to you.”
Mount Mayon Pili Nuts
Please ensure that you read through the guidance documents in the How to enter section above before you submit your entries. Below we have provided some answers to frequently asked questions about entering Great Taste:
Entering Great Taste 2020 The following information is for reference only.
How do I enter Great Taste 2020? All entries are made via your company’s online MyGuild account. Once Great Taste opens for entry a link to the 2020 entry form will become available in your MyGuild account – please see the Key Dates section above for entry dates for Great Taste 2020. The entry form is a series of questions about each of the products you wish to enter into Great Taste. There will be a link at the end of the entry form to make payment for your entries via Sage Pay.
What is MyGuild? MyGuild is your company’s online account, through which you enter Great Taste. To login to MyGuild you will need a user account (an email address and password). The MyGuild account contains your Company Profile, where you provide contact details and further information about the company, and links to your company’s previous entries to Great Taste, including results and judging feedback.
If your company does not already have a MyGuild account:
You will need to create a user account (email address and password) and then the Company Profile Create a MyGuild account.
If your company already has an existing MyGuild account and Company Profile:
We can link up multiple user accounts to this MyGuild account. To create a new user account click here Create user account and enter your email address and a password. You will receive an email with a link to verify your email address – please click the link, login and enter your name then logout without creating a new company profile and send an email to myguild@gff.co.uk to advise the company name, previous contact there and your email address, and we will link up your user account to the existing company account.
How can I make sure I receive reminders about entering Great Taste next year? Please fill in the contact form in the Mailing List section below. We will add you to our mailing list, so that you will receive reminders about Great Taste. Ensure you add our domain gff.co.uk to your safe senders list, to help our emails to reach you.
Login Issues
My colleague entered Great Taste last year but has now left the company, so I can’t login to our MyGuild account. Please help! To access MyGuild, you need a user account and a Company Profile. If there is already an existing Company Profile for your company we can link up multiple user accounts to this Profile. To create a new user account click HERE . You will receive an email with a link to verify your email address – please click the link, login and enter your name then logout without creating a new company profile. Please then send an email to myguild@gff.co.uk to advise the company name, previous contact there and your email address. We will link up your user account to the existing company account.
I have a user account for MyGuild but can’t remember my password. What do I do? If you already have a user account for MyGuild it will recognise your email address and prompt you for a password. If you cannot remember your password, enter your email address and simply click the Forgotten Your Password? link.
I’ve tried to reset the password for my user account, but I have not received the email. What do I do? The email contains a link to click and reset the password. Please ensure that the domain gff.co.uk is added to your safe senders list, and check that the email has not been sent to your Spam or Junk Mail folder. If the email is not there, please contact the team on myguild@gff.co.uk and we will be able to help you.
Great Taste 2020 Categories & Entry Form information
I can’t find a category for my product, what should I do? Is there a category that nearly fits? If so, please use that one. The categories are more for our use – to help us plan each judging session. Your product is judged on its own merits, not against other products in that category. Don’t forget to check that your product is not on the list of items we cannot judge and please remember that we cannot accept entries of selection boxes or multi-packs.
What is Members’ Fortnight? Great Taste is run by the Guild of Fine Food, a trade association. The Guild has a membership for fine food and drink producers and independent retailers. One of the benefits of membership is early and discounted entry into Great Taste. Members’ Forntight for 2020 is now closed. However, there are lots of other benefits to Guild membership and you can find out more here Join the Guild
I entered Great Taste last year. Does this mean I am now a member so can enter during Members’ Fortnight? Membership and Great Taste are two separate things so you are not automatically a member of the Guild of Fine Food if you have previously entered Great Taste. You do not need to be a member to enter Great Taste, but only current members can enter during Members’ Fortnight. Great Taste 2020 General Entry is now open.
What do I write in the Product Description field? All products are blind-tasted so the judges won’t see company names, product names or the product packaging. The Product Description field is your chance to tell the judges about your product. Use it to explain the key facts about your product, without using brand names or marketing speak. For example: main ingredients, production methods, breed of animal, if the product is gluten-free, etc.. If the product is not typical of its type, you may choose to explain this here so the judges know what to expect. There are only 150 characters available (including spaces and punctuation) so keep it concise. You don’t need to write in full sentences, as long as it makes sense to the reader.
Do I include cooking instructions in the Product Description field? Entrants with products that require cooking, re-heating or preparing in some form before judging must complete Kitchen Instructions, which will form a part of the entry details for each product. Entrants will have the opportunity to access and edit the Kitchen instructions via their MyGuild account up until the day before their scheduled delivery date, as long as they have ticked the box at the time of entry to confirm that cooking or reheating is required.
I entered a product into Great Taste last year. Can I re-enter it this year? Yes, you can re-enter the same product into Great Taste each year if you wish to do so.
Which products are not eligible for entry to Great Taste 2020? The category list and T&Cs will give guidance on the types of products that we can accept for entry. However, please note that unfortunately we are unable to accept the following for judging at Great Taste 2020:
If you are unsure if your product can be entered in to Great Taste please contact the Great Taste team.
Deliveries of entries
I’ve entered Great Taste online and received my receipt. Do I send my products now? Not yet! Please wait for our email with delivery instructions.
How much product should I send? Please refer to the Quantity Information document in the ‘Sending your samples’ section. To comply with social distancing guidelines, we may ask for your samples to be individually wrapped. Please refer to the guidance for more details.
Great Taste 2020 Results & Feedback
How will I know when the feedback and results are available for my products? The results and feedback from Great Taste 2020 will be released in Late Summer 2020. Entrants will receive an email to advise as soon as the information is live and available to view through their MyGuild account.
The Golden Fork winners from the Great Taste awards dinner on 1 September 2019.
Download the Great Taste national & regional press releases. For further press enquiries contact Sam Brice or Tortie Farrand or visit our Press Room.
Make the most of your award with this customisable press release template and send to local and national press. The press release contains the vital statistics for this year’s awards and provides background detail about Great Taste.
What is Great Taste? | History of Great Taste You can search for all Great Taste winners from the last seven years here
Interested in supporting or sponsoring Great Taste? Click here.
Would you like to be added to our Great Taste mailing list? If so, please complete the form below with your full company details and we will add you to our database to receive information from the Guild of Fine Food and reminders and updates for next year. This form is only to register your interest in entering Great Taste and to be added to our mailing list.
