Part Two of a brief taster of the products that have made it into the top 50 of this year’s Great Taste Awards. The 2016 regional winners and the Supreme Champion gong for overall best product will be awarded at the Great Taste Golden Fork Dinner in London on 5 September
Fleur de sel and coconut blossom milk chocolate
Organic, salted milk chocolate (45%) with an exotic dash of coconut. The judges thought they could also detect ‘notes of butterscotch’ (akessons-organic.com)
Bali 45% mik chocolate with fleur de sel and coconut blossom sugar, £5.95/60g, akessons-organic.com
6 O’clock Gin
Seductively-named London dry-style gin, distilled in small batches in a double-bubble copper pot. Floral, juniper notes, fresh citrus and spice (bramleyandgage.com)
6 O’Clock Gin, from £20/35cl, bramleyandgage.com
Hazelnut gelato
Smooth and creamy gelato made with ground toasted hazelnuts (ilgelatodiarielo.com)
Hazelnut gelato, visit ilgelatodiariela.com for details
