Worcestershire residents asked to vote for their favourite deli

The BBC Good Food Show Winter and the BBC Good Food magazine are joining forces for the fourth year to run a competition to find the Midlands best deli.

This year, for the first time, people can vote via Twitter and Instagram and the deli with the most votes will be automatically shortlisted and visited by the judges. The winner will get a stand at the BBC Good Food Show Winter at the NEC Birmingham from November 26 to 29.

Barney Desmazery, Senior Food Editor, BBC Good Food and judge for Midlands Best Deli 2015 said: “This is the fourth year we have run this competition and each year the competition just gets stronger and stronger – with more entries flooding in for 2014 than ever before we are expecting this year to see an even higher quality of nominations.”

Winner of last year was the Ludlow Food Centre and its marketing manager Tom Hunt, said: “Winning the Midlands Best Deli in 2014 was such a great honour! Attending the show gave us such a great platform to showcase our business to over 85,000 visitors.

“We wish all the delis good luck this year and we know this experienced and knowledgeable team will really scour out the best food haven in the area.”

The judges will be looking for quality produce, knowledge about the products’ origins, customer service and a range of local and international items.

The judges are Barney Desmazery – Senior Food Editor, BBC Good Food; Laura Biggs - Managing Director of BBC Good Food Shows; Katy Truss – Artisan Food Specialist, Fabulous Food Finds and the BBC Good Food Show - Midlands Blogging Community.

To nominate a local deli, visit bbcgoodfoodshowwinter.com/Midlandsbestdeli or to nominate on Twitter or Instagram by using #MBDNomination and mentioning @BBCGoodFoodShow – the deli with the highest number of votes will automatically be shortlisted.

The deadline for nominations is Friday September 25 and the winner will be announced on Friday October 23.