Highland Mighty: Great Glen Game

Within the heart of Scotland’s most dramatic scenery and located in the old butchers’ shop at the heart of the small village of Roy Bridge near Fort William, Great Glen Game was founded in 2003 by Jan Jacob and Anja Baak, to produce a unique range of 100% Venison Salamis and Smoked Venison. Using only Scottish Wild Venison, all of which is sourced directly from estates and smaller landowners located in the hills that surround them.

Jan Jacob Baak became involved in the management of the wild deer population and discovered the wonderful sustainable meat; the love for Venison was born. He soon started experimenting with the meat in a hand built smoker in the garden. The smoked prime cuts of Venison soon became the favorite talking point when friends came along for dinner, prompting them to start a business.

Over the years new products were developed such as Chorizo, Pepperoni, different types of Salami and a Bresaola all made with pure wild Scottish venison. All salamis and chorizos uses natural skins for casings, oak chips for smoking and air drying in their manufacture.

Venison is a lean product with less fat and fewer calories and lower in cholesterol than beef and pork. It is also high in iron, making venison charcuterie a healthy alternative to the more common pork-based charcuterie.

Vist Great Glen Game on The Artisan Food Trail here

British Food Fortnight: 17th September – 2nd October 2011

We invite you to join us in celebrating British Food Fortnight, when we'll be showcasing the producers on The Artisan Food Trail blog.
Everyday throughout the fortnight we'll be focussing on one or two food artisans giving you an insight into what they do and hopefully we'll be able to inspire you with the best of British produce.

Here at The Artisan Food Trail, we are passionate about British food
and love to share all that is good about it by raising awareness of our country's artisan producers and helping to spread the word about the people that make it.

We will be featuring cheese, to handmade confectionery and a range of enticing smoked foods. There'll be ice cream, cured meats and specialist condiments. Indulge your cake cravings with some fine bakery items or satisfy your savoury needs with pies. There'll be a variety of preserves made with all the best locally sourced ingredients. For the discerning meat eater, there'll be ethically reared, speciality and British rare breed pork, beef and lamb as well as a range of wild venison charcuterie. For those who love to add some spice to their life, we have gourmet chillies and to wash it all down, fruity soft drinks.

And if that wasn't enough to whet your appetite and you want to learn even more about food, perhaps some courses will be interesting to you too.

Our celebration will start this Saturday 17th September, so get ready for our jam packed blog!
Get the bunting up!

For more information about British Food Fortnight click here
For a full list of our current producers click here
or visit our website: www.artisanfoodtrail.co.uk