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Devon County Show opens tomorrow
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The three day Devon County Show opens tomorrow, Thursday, at the showground at Exeter.
It is expected to be one of the best yet and an action packed programme is planned.
The celebrity judge of this year's Spring Sausage Competition is food writer and local produce champion Tom Parker Bowles.
Tom is the son of this year's Show President, The Duchess of Cornwall althouh will miss the visit to the Show of his mother, who is attending on the first day.
As a judge of this popular competition held on Friday he will taste between 30 and 40 sausages all made by local producers using locally sourced pork.
Competition organiser and Show Steward Deborah Custance-Baker
said she was delighted that Tom was a judge. "He's young, interested in real food and not afraid to speak his mind!" she said.
"I just hope that he comes to the Show nice and hungry because even tasting just a little bit of each of the sausages is pretty filling!
"Real sausages are much tastier than any others," she added. "The animals are traditionally reared and the meat is allowed to mature, giving the sausages a fuller flavour. These are a real meal instead of just a filler!"
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| A meeting place for all farmers last year |
Tom is fast becoming one of the UK's best known food writers with columns in The Mail on Sunday and Tatler and he has published several books about food. He is described as a passionate advocate of ethically grown and reared food and is a champion of local British produce.
At the Show he will also be signing copies of his latest book - The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes.
The Spring Sausage Competition is judged on Friday morning.
4:38pm Wednesday 14th May 2008
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