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On Thursday 22nd March, the Port of Lancaster Smokehouse was announced by Sheila Dillon of the Radio 4 Food Programmes as the overall winner of the hotly contested 2007 North West Fine Food Producer of the Year Awards. Sue Nelson, Chief Executive of NW Fine Food, said: "The North West Fine Food Awards celebrate the very best foods produced in the North West and recognise just how fantastic locally produced food and drink really is." The awards presentations took place at a VIP gala dinner held at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester and more than 40 independent judges contributed to the proceedings. The panel included North West top chefs, Nigel Howarth and Paul Askew, national food critics, supermarket representatives and regional tourist groups. In all, around 180 companies put themselves forward for the competition, with a total of more than 500 product submissions. This record number of entries made the 2007 event the hardest fought in the six year history of the North West Fine Foods awards and the standard was correspondingly high.