Queenies in the News

Check out the Manx Queenies as they make a storming appearance on Granada News! This is as a result of Manx Queenies winning the 2011 Sustainable Seafood Award 2011 held at Billingsgate in London on 28 January 2011. Its not the fist time the Manx Queenie has been on TV so there not shy to a bit of the limelight! Well done everyone involved and to the local people for all your support!

Manx Queenie Spring Rolls Isle of Man TT 2009 appearance

Blink and you’ve missed them!

For those of you who are keen TT fans you will have seen our very own Manx Queenie Spring Rolls make an appearance last week on the ITV4 coverage of the Isle of Man TT 2009. Craig Doyle of ITV4 was seen interviewing riders Keith Amor and Connor Cummings as they both tucked into a couple of Manx Queenie Spring Rolls after the second Supersport race with both commenting on what a great snack and how fresh tasting they were.

The Manx Queenies made an appearance at the TT grandstand on Wednesday the 10th of June as part of the launch of the Isle of Man Queenie Festival. Kath Sentance of Relish took the Queenie Roadshow out and about around the island for locals and TT fans to sample the Queenie delights and there was also a chance for any visitors to win a weekend break to the festival that begins on the 29th June this year.

The Queenie Roadshow visited the Peel Honda Day, Ramsey Sprint as well as the TT grandstand as people competed to be the fastest Queenie Spring Roll Roller on the Island (Thanks to Dave Myers and Si King for the recipe last year!)

All in all it was a great success and we even got a spot on ITV4 beamed out around the world! Fantastic!

You will be able to sample lots of Queenie delights including the Manx Queenie Spring Rolls at many of the events being held for this year festival. Pick up a programme from participating newsagents to get the full lowdown!

Manx Queenie Recipe Competitions Launched

Two recipe competitions have been launched as part of the 2009 Isle of Man Queenie Festival. The public, and Chef’s from the Island’s hospitality sector, are invited to enter imaginative Manx Queenie dishes to be judged as part of this year’s week-long festival.

This year’s recipe competitions take on a new format, pitting the finalists against each other in a Masterchef style cook off.  The two head-to-head battles will be open to the public and will be judged by a select panel. The winner will be announced following the cook offs on Friday 3rd July 2009.

Entries to the public recipe competition will be narrowed down to two finalists who will compete head-to-head for the trophy and prize of £100 worth of seafood.

The prestigious hospitality recipe competition provides a platform for the Island’s finest Chef’s to showcase their talent. The winning entry will receive the esteemed Isle of Man Queenie Festival Hospitality Recipe Trophy as well as £200 worth of seafood.

The Manx Queenie recipe competition sponsor, Paddy’s Market, has kindly provided the seafood prizes for both competitions.

All recipe entries should be supplied on the Competition Entry Forms by 3pm on Saturday 20th June 2009. Entry forms can be downloaded from the Queenie Festival website, www.queeniefestival.com or by emailing competitions@queeniefestival.com. More information and updates for the 2009 Isle of Man Queenie Festival can be found on their website or on the Queenie Festival Facebook page.

Quick and Simple Manx Queenie and Chorizo Salad Recipe

Well if you’re looking for fast food it doesn’t get much quicker than this. We’ve just added a Manx Queenie and Chorizo Salad Recipe to our recipe page that is not only healthy for you but also tastes absolutely amazing.

This dish makes a great starter presented in a King Scallop shell. The red colour of the Chorizo really gives this dish an interesting look and provides the dish with fantastic flavour. Make sure you let us know when you give this Manx Queenie recipe a try.

New Manx Queenie and Stilton Recipe Added

A new recipe has been added to the Manx Queenie Recipe pages! Make sure you check it out and let us know if you make it.

The Manx Queenies and Stilton recipe was provided by our Manx Queenie Chef guru who added that this dish makes a great starter. To give this dish a go check out where you can buy Manx Queenies. Places to buy Manx Queenies on the Isle of Man are listed along with the mail order options for delivery to your door!

Enjoy!!!

Manx Queenies – the talk of the Southern Show!

It wasn’t prize bulls, Manx lamb or the newest tractor that was the talk of this years Southern District Agricultural Show, no it was none other than the fantastic half shell Manx Queenies and Queenie Spring rolls that were cooked up in the Manx food court by none other than Tim Croft of Island Seafare.

Tim was there promoting the Queenie Festival and the Marine Day Festival of the Sea and boy oh boy did they taste good and were definatley the talk of the show ground over the weekend!

We have recently heard that due to demand Tim is now looking into a way of producing more Queenie Spring Rolls with the help of a food technician, so look out the next time you order a spring roll from a local Chinese restaurant! You know where you saw it first!

Queenie Recipe Competitions Close

On Friday the two recipe competitions closed to any further entries. We have been amazed by the response of both the public and the hospitality industry to the competitions and we will be updating the site shortly with the shortlist of finalists, so keep checking the site or alternatively sign up  for updates on our hompage.

Watch this space! mmmmm we can’t wait to get cooking!

Chef Quirke’s Quick Queenies

We were getting into the festival spirit early so put together this short video of two of our favourite Queenie recipes to get your mouths watering. So get inspired and send us your favourite Queen Scallop recipe to our Queenie Recipe Competition.

Queenie Recipe Competitions

We’ve just had the final draft of the Queen Scallop recipe competitions passed under our noses so all being well the details will be released in the next few days. What we can tell you is there will be two competitions, one for restaurateurs, and one for the general public. And if the accolade of Queenie recipe champion 2008 isn’t enough the prizes on offer look great too!

Keep an eye on the Queenie Festival web page for full details and an application form. Get practicing!!