Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic, Didier Guillaume, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Alimentation, Jean-Luc Poulain, President of Ceneca and Benoît Tarche, Commissioner for Food, Jean-Luc Poulain, President of Ceneca and Benoît Tarche, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Général du Concours Général Agricole presented 33 producers with the trophies of the Prix d’Excellence 2020 of the Concours Général Agricole.
As many as 11,000 young people take part in the 5 competitions of the
Concours Général Agricole — especially in the category “National Trophy”.
of Agricultural High Schools”.
The Prix d’Excellence of the Concours Général Agricole, of which the Ministry of Agriculture and Alimentation and Ceneca are co-owners, reward, since its creation in 2000, producers with the best results in their product or service category.
Unlike the medals that distinguish the quality of a product for a given year, the Award of Excellence attests to the mastery of the know-how of a company or producer enabling it to guarantee a great regularity in the excellence of its production.
During these 2020 finals, 1589 products (excluding wines) won medals, out of 6630 products in competition, i.e. a proportion of 24% of medallists.
7 Gold medals
Citrus jam (SARL Fine food Bourgogne, la Celle-en-Morvan)
Extra jam of apricots without stones (SARL Fine food Bourgogne, la Celle-en-Morvan)
Crème caramel (Bernard cheese dairy, Saint-Vincent-des-Prés)
Charolais PDO (Bernard cheese dairy, Saint-Vincent-des-Prés)
Other Soft goat cheese with a bloomy rind (Chèvrerie des Filletières, Chenôves)
Muscovy duck legs (Palmid’Or, Trambly)
Barbary can thighs (Palmid’Or, Trambly)
6 Silver medals
Blackcurrant jam (SARL Fine food Bourgogne, la Celle-en-Morvan)
Jam of quetsches (SARL Fine food Bourgogne, la Celle-en-Morvan)
Plain tableware 6 x 125g (Laiterie de Bresse, La Bressane, Varennes Saint-Sauveur)
Brillat-Savarin (Cheesemakers in Burgundy, Verdun-sur-le-Doubs)
Other Pressed goat cheese (La Guyotte ferme Bressane, Frontenard)
Tender meat lamb Label rouge (Charollais Viande, Paray-le-Monial).
