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FAQs
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:
- Meal kits in any form including multi-step kits, even if all ingredients are provided in kit
- Powders and supplements, including proteins, dietary supplements and health/sports nutrition products
- Traditional grape-based wines
- Fresh fruit, vegetables or herbs
- Baby food
- Products that require more than one additional ingredient to prepare
- Prepared foods which require assembling ahead of judging or food service/food-to-go products or dishes that are sold to takeaway for immediate consumption
- Products that require specialist equipment to prepare e.g. bread requiring steam oven cooking
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! Once we close for entry we will begin issuing delivery instructions from around mid-March and these will continue until early June. We may ask you to deliver your products at any time between those months, and will give you at least 2 weeks’ notice ahead of your delivery date. We send an email to the contact email address you provided when you entered Great Taste to let you know when your delivery instructions are ready to download from the portal. You will be asked to send your products to one of our judging venues, which are in Dorset and London. Please note that although we cannot guarantee at which venue a product will be judged we will do our best to accommodate any special requests where operationally feasible.
How much product should I send?
Please refer to the Quantity Information document in the ‘How to enter’ section. As a general guideline we ask for around 25-30 mouthfuls/teaspoonfuls of a product for the judging.
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 on Monday 3 August 2020. Entrants will receive an email to advise as soon as the information is live and available to view through their MyGuild account.
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