Cook & Lucas Smoke House join the Grimsby Traditional Fish Smokers Group
The Grimsby Traditional Fish Smokers Group is pleased to welcome Cook & Lucas Smoke House as a new member. With a smoke house containing chimneys over one hundred years old and staff members with over fifty years experience Cook & Lucas are continuing Grimsby’s special tradition of fish smoking. The natural slow smoking method that has been honed and refined …
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The Fishwife joins the Grimsby Traditional Fish Smokers Group
The Fishwife is a traditional smoked fish business run by the Atkinson family who have been involved in traditional fish smoking since the 1930s. The factory is one of the oldest in Grimsby. Today the business continues to embrace traditional production methods, helping to ensure this unique heritage remains vibrant in Grimsby. See the Fishwife company profile page for more information: gtfsgroup.co.uk/the-fishwife
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GTFS supports new Traditional Smoked Fish campaign
The Grimsby Traditional Fish Smokers (GTFS) Group is one of the primary industry based supporting organisations for a new project lead by the Grimsby Fish Merchants Association to raise awareness about traditional methods of curing fish. Funded by the Seafish Authority and European Fisheries Fund, the project was launched in Autumn at the Restaurant Show in London and at a …
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Whitehall hosts Protected Food Producers
Thursday 24th March saw the Annual General Meeting of the UK Protected Food Names Association, which was hosted by the Department of Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in Whitehall. The Grimsby Traditional Fish Smokers Group were represented by David Atkinson of Atkinsons Smoked Fish who met with producers from across the UK to look at ways to promote Britain’s protected …
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Alfred Enderby Ltd helps launch International Wine & Food Society
Wednesday 16th Feb saw the inaugural event of the International Wine & Food Society in Leeds. Alfred Enderby Ltd sponsored the event by supplying some of its internationally recognised Grimsby Traditional Smoked Haddock. The event was attended on behalf of Alfred Enderby Ltd by Blue Spire Design who provide design, marketing and promotions for Alfred Enderby Ltd and the GTFS Group. The event featured …
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GTFS Group sponsors UK Young Seafood Chef of the Year
The Grimsby Traditional Fish Smokers Group is proud to sponsor this event which will be judged by celebrity chef Mitch Tonks, winner of the Great British Menu and Michelin starred Kenny Atkinson and one of France’s best chefs Franck Pontais. The competition will see top young chefs prepare a meal using the UK’s most prestigious delicacy -Grimsby Traditional Smoked Haddock! The Seafood …
Read MoreSmoked Haddock dish wins Pritchitts Regional Recipes Competition
William Cohen, hospitality lecturer at Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education, produced a mouth-watering recipe of creamy smoked haddock with soft boiled duck egg to claim the Pritchitts Regional Recipes title. Pritchitts managed the competition, in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs, to highlight the country’s finest recipes. Each of the 12 regional winners have received a year’s …
Read MoreHumber Seafood Businesses win a Cluster Mark!
The Humber Seafood Processing Cluster of Businesses, of which the Grimsby Traditional Fish Smokers Group are an integral part, have been recognised on a national level for the quality and contribution of their work and awarded a Cluster Mark. Along side the PGI these two distinctions highlight Grimsby’s continued strength and value within the seafood industry. This is good for …
Read MoreSealord UK Becomes 5th Member of GTFS Group!
In October 2010, Keith Graham, part of Sealord UK, became the fifth member of the Grimsby Traditional Fish Smokers Group. Their membership was confirmed by Chairman of the Group Richard Enderby who said: “This is the perfect shop window with an up-market image. It is great promotion and we are keen to see Sealord on board”. The team at Keith …
Read MoreGrimsby Traditional Smoked Fish Wins PGI Status!
The European Union has awarded Grimsby Traditional Smoked Fish PGI status. This follows a campaign by the GTFS Group began in the 1990s. A Protected Geographical Indication means that only fish produced in Grimsby using the traditional method can be called Grimsby Traditional Smoked Fish. To use this name, producers must be audited by the Trading Standards Institute on behalf of …
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