St. James Smokehouse® Scotch Reserve® Award Winning Scottish Smoked Salmon has been freshly hand-crafted in our traditional smokehouse located in the Royal Burgh of Annan, Scotland. Using only the finest Sustainable Scottish Salmon, we hand cure each fillet with a blend of pure sea salt and Demerara sugar - then we naturally cold smoke the salmon over smouldering oak chippings. Each smoked salmon fillet is fully trimmed by hand and vacuum sealed to capture that "Fresh Out The Smoker" taste. St. James Smokehouse® uses only natural, fresh & sustainable raw materials and we strictly forbid the use of artificial flavours or preservatives. We guarantee you will enjoy the oak-rich aroma and all natural flavours that make this product truly unique.
Great Taste Awards
St. James Scotch Reserve Scottish Smoked Salmon has been awarded the following accolades by the Guild of Fine Foods:
- St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Salmon Original
Winner 2010 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. JamesScotch Reserve – Scottish Smoke Roasted Salmon Orange & Cracked Black Pepper
Winner 2010 Great Taste Award 2 Stars - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoke Roasted Salmon Garlic & Cracked Black Pepper
Winner 2010 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Salmon Hendricks Gin & Tonic
Winner 2010 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Salmon Whiskey & Wild Honey
Winner 2010 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoke Roasted Salmon Whiskey & Honey
Winner 2011 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Salmon Whiskey & Wild Honey
Winner 2011 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Salmon Original
Winner 2012 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Salmon Whiskey & Wild Honey
Winner 2012 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Roasted Salmon Pastrami
Winner 2012 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Roasted Salmon Garlic & Cracked Black Pepper
Winner 2012 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Roasted Salmon Zested Lemon & Cracked Black Pepper
Winner 2012 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Roasted Salmon Original
Winner 2012 Great Taste Award 2 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Roasted Salmon Whisky & Wild Honey
Winner 2012 Great Taste Award 2 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – SmOAK Roasted Salmon steeped in Bladnoch Single Malt Whisky & Honey
Winner 2014 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Cold Smoked Salmon Original
Winner 2014 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Cold Smoked Salmon infused with Mojito
Winner 2014 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Cold Smoked Salmon infused with Limoncello & Rosemary
Winner 2014 Great Taste Award 1 Star - St. James Scotch Reserve – Cold Smoked Salmon infused with Bladnoch Single Malt Whisky & Honey
Winner 2014 Great Taste Award 1 Star
"Of all the food award schemes, the GREAT TASTE AWARDS is the most important. Completely independent and uncompromisingly rigorous, it is trusted by retailers, buyers and consumers. GREAT TASTE is to specialty food and drink what MICHELIN is to fine dining"
What is the Guild of Fine Food?
The Guild was formed in 1995 with a mission to create close links between supplier's retailers and wholesalers throughout the UK. Through its unique membership database of accredited suppliers, it identifies thousands of specialty food lines available to the retail & wholesale sector.
What are the Guild of Fine Food Great Taste Awards?
The GTA's as they are known, organized by the Guild of Fine food, is the acknowledged benchmark for specialty food and drink. It has been described as the 'Oscars' of the fine food world and the epicurean equivalent of the Booker prize. Quite simply the GTA logo is the sign you can trust when buying food and drink in your local, quality retailer.
How are they judged?
Producers enter their foods which are judged by at least three different judging panels. This year over 6000 products were entered. All the tasting is blind and our judges (there are over 300 per year) are fine food retailers, chefs, restaurants critics, food writers and other industry experts.
Gulf Seafood Show 2011
In February 2011, St. James Smokehouse exhibited at the Gulfood 2011 Show in Dubai, for the very first time. We are delighted and proud to announce that out of 3,500 vendors attending the show, St. James Scotch Reserve was crowned 'BEST CHILLED or FROZEN FOOD' at the World's Biggest Annual Food & Hospitality Event - GULFOOD 2011, Dubai.
Boston 2011 - Best Retail Product
St. James Smokehouse are delighted that our St. James Scotch Reserve infused with Hendrick's Scottish Gin & Tonic has been crowned "Best Retail Product" at the Seafood Excellence Awards 2011 during North America's Largest Seafood Show - the International Boston Seafood Show 2011.
Scotland Food & Drink 2011
In May 2011, St. James Smokehouse, producer of some of the world's best smoked salmon, was awarded the prestigious titles of Scotland Food & Drink International Business of year 2011 and Scotland Business of the year 2011.
The Annan-based producer was described by the judges as an excellent example of a small company taking its product to the world with fantastic growth ambitions for the next two years.
Product Catalogue
Please select the catalogue that corresponds to your region:
- US Retail Range (5.1MB PDF)
- UK Retail Range (5.1MB PDF)
- Middle East Retail Range (3.3MB PDF)
Monde Selection Quality Awards
St. James Scotch Reserve Scottish Smoked Salmon has been awarded the following accolades by Monde Selection, International Institute for Quality Selections:
- St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Salmon Original
Winner 2012 Monde Selection Gold Quality Award - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Salmon Whiskey & Wild Honey
Winner 2012 Monde Selection Gold Quality Award - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Salmon Hendricks Gin & Tonic
Winner 2012 Monde Selection Gold Quality Award - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Salmon Original
Winner 2013 Monde Selection Gold Quality Award - St. James Scotch Reserve – Scottish Smoked Salmon Original
Winner 2014 Monde Selection Gold Quality Award
What is the Monde Selection, International Institute for Quality Selections?
Based in Belgium, the Monde Selection, International Institute for Quality Selections has been developing for nearly 50 years now a unique expertise to test and analyse consumer goods from all over the world to grant them an internationally renowned quality award.
What are the Monde Selection Quality Awards?
The award is a guarantee of quality to the consumer as it assures that the product he intends to buy has been tested and approved by a totally independent professional jury. More than 70 professionals, Michelin starred chefs, members of the French Culinary Academy, university lecturers, nutrition and health consultants, chemical engineers, famous oenologists and master sommeliers grant every year these prestigious quality awards.
How are they judged?
Over a 4 month period, the Institute calls upon more than 70 internationally renowned experts to evaluate the quality of the submitted products. Each quality selection has its own experienced jury. Judges evaluate the product by filling in individual evaluation forms with up to 20 different parameters. Scores are then added up and averaged to a final result and rewarded with a bronze, silver, gold or grand gold quality award.
St James in the News
- BUSINESS QUARTER - Smokin' Aces of Annan (2.1MB PDF)
- D&G LIFE - Saintly Salmon (1MB PDF)
- Celtic Life International - Celtpreneur (78KB PDF)
- Nominees for Scotland Food and Drink excellence awards unveiled - Herald Scotland (549KB PDF)
- Scots salmon company is big winner at Food and Drink Excellence Awards - Herald Scotland (295KB PDF)
Scotland Food & Drink 2013
In 2013, St James Smokehouse was proud to achieve further success at the Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards, winning in the Export Business of the Year category and being named Scotland Business of the Year for the second time.
The company is honored to receive this recognition of their accomplishments in growing their business on a global scale, while maintaining a firm reputation at home for their high quality and level of service.
