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Sustainable businesses celebrated at Egni Food Festival 2026

More than 30 businesses came together at M-SParc on Saturday 26 September for the Egni Food Festival, celebrating local food and drink, sustainable innovation and the people helping shape a greener food industry.

The festival, held at M-SParc in Gaerwen and partly funded by the Welsh Government’s Food & Drink Wales programme, brought together local producers, businesses and visitors for a day of food, live demonstrations, talks and family-friendly activities.

A highlight of the day was the second annual Egni Sustainability Awards, recognising businesses making a difference through local production, innovation, sustainable products and packaging.

Celebrating sustainable businesses

Four businesses were recognised across this year’s awards categories:

 

For the winners, the awards were a chance to celebrate the hard work that goes into building a business with sustainability at its heart.

I got up at 5:30 this morning, made my samosas, and I was done in an hour – I felt alive! That’s how my day started. I love this event. Oh my God, it’s amazing to win! I wasn’t expecting it. It’s so nice to be recognised for what we’re doing. We put a lot of hard work into it. Absolutely amazing, we’re thrilled. We’ll absolutely be back next year!

Valerie Creusailor, Goch & Co

In our application we said our packaging is super sustainable because if we put it in a cone, you eat the whole thing! This is the first award we’ve ever had, so we’re really keen to grow the business and win more awards. This is our first year here, and it’s been a really good time. In particular, our lavender and honey ice cream has been selling well today, so we definitely hope to be back next year!

Sammi Rogers, Nogi

We’ve won Local Champion today! It’s really great. We try our best to use ingredients that are as local as possible for our smoking process, and we also supply local restaurants and shops on Anglesey with our products. Local people can also come to us to have items smoked—for example, a local fisherman can bring a fish over for us to smoke locally. Being a local business is so special, and we are very proud to win this award that recognises that.

Ffion Jefferies, Y Cwt Mwg

I came last year, and didn’t win anything – but listening to all of the winners, I realised I actually do all of that! So this year I made sure to put it in the application!
This year, we’ve won Sustainable Product. I am so pleased, because I work so hard with a lot of local businesses and charities to create products for them that are high quality, affordable and low-mileage.
It’s very easy to get sucked into buying things from afar, from abroad, so I wanted to fill that gap in the market by providing something locally. I allow companies to design soaps and skincare to their specification and name them something important to them. For example, there’s an eco-shop in Holyhead that will have a Porthdafarch soap, because of Porthdafarch beach.

Jadie Hurrell, Anglesey Soap

A festival celebrating local food and a sustainable future

Alongside the awards, visitors enjoyed cooking demonstrations from Y Marram and Barrie Bros, live music from Sara Davies, and the chance to explore local food and drink.

The programme also featured talks from Geraint Hughes of Jones’ Crisps, Maggie Ogunbanwo of Maggie’s, Joan Edwards of BIC Innovation and Old Monty Cider, who discussed geographical indication (GI) products. Younger visitors could get involved with Sgil Sparc’s science-made ice cream and meet Gareth yr Orangutan during the festival’s treasure hunt and meet-and-greets.

Molly Jackson, M-SParc’s Low Carbon Innovation Officer and organiser of the festival, said the event had been a great success.

It’s been great to see the Egni Food Festival grow – this year has been bigger and better than ever! It’s fantastic to bring so many businesses together to celebrate local food and drink, share ideas and showcase the different ways businesses can make sustainability part of what they do. A huge thank you to everyone who took part, supported the event and helped make it such a success.

Molly Jackson, Low Carbon Innovation Officer

The Egni Food Festival celebrates the businesses and people helping build a more sustainable food and drink sector in North Wales, showing how local production, creative thinking and collaboration can all play a part.

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Tom Burke

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Tom used to work at the KFC in his hometown of Colwyn Bay before it mysteriously burned down. He then spent several years “on the lam” in East Germany, where he worked as an animator in Berlin. When the wall fell, Tom came home.

He enjoys climbing and hates ice-skating.