New awards hail potato as ‘mighty’ not ‘humble’

The inaugural Mighty Spud Awards 2016 has been launched in Northern Ireland to help support the region’s potato industry. With four nomination categories – Mightiest Chip, Mightiest Mash, Mightiest Potato Innovation and Mightiest Healthy Potato Dish – the awards will be judged by a panel including BBC chef Paula McIntyre, Food Northern Ireland’s Michele Shirlow, Angus Wilson, chairman of Wilson Potatoes, and Michael McKillop, managing director of Glens of Antrim Potatoes. Restaurants, pubs and takeaway outlets, along with their customers, have four weeks to nominate a potato creation that they believe should be hailed as ‘mighty’. More