We’ve won another three Great Taste awards!

The Soanes Poultry and Clive Soanes Broilers teams are celebrating after winning three prestigious awards for the taste of our chicken.

Our Red Tractor-assured Grain Fed and Higher Welfare chicken were awarded the accolades in the Guild of Fine Foods’ Great Taste competition 2025.

Our Higher Welfare Whole Chicken and Grain Fed Skin Off Chicken Breast Fillets won one star awards, and our Grain Fed Bone In Thighs won a coveted two-star award. Of the thighs, the judges said: “Nicely sizeable thighs suggest the chickens grew to a sound maturity. The meat proved moist, nicely resilient while amply tender, and pleasingly savoury, with something of a sound Sunday roast flavour. The crisp, golden skin is an added pleasure.

“We are always advocating using thighs instead of breast for their succulence and flavour. These are lovely, meaty chicken thighs, have really crisp skin and offer the promised taste and juiciness. One would be ample for a portion, which is also great. We think these have an exceptional flavour, which is a big and delightful surprise.”

Our MD Ben Lee said: “We’re delighted and proud to have won more Great Taste awards, which prove how tasty our chicken is. Over the last 10 years, our chicken has won 22 of these prestigious awards that are dubbed the Oscars of the food industry.”

Our chickens are reared by sister company, Clive Soanes Broilers whose MD Claire Wright is equally delighted with this year’s Great Taste success: “These awards are testament to our farmers’ high welfare standards and to the skill of our operations team. It’s a real team effort, and I couldn’t be more pleased.”

The Great Taste Awards judging panels consist of over 500 food writers, chefs, producers, and buyers who evaluate products through a blind-tasting process. The awards support and promote food and drink producers, large and small, giving buyers and food lovers in the UK and overseas reliable recommendations for great-tasting food.

Due to our success in the Great Taste competition over the years, we can use the coveted Great Taste Producer logo in our marketing materials.