Two Dorset companies have teamed up with one of the best-respected cooking brands to showcase their high-quality food.

The Wasabi Company in Dorchester and Dorset Blue in Sturminster Newton join 80 other independent food and drink producers who have become official MasterChef Gift Card retailers.

The new MasterChef Gift Card brings together a collection of the UK’s best Artisan food producers as well as a range of MasterChef branded products.

MasterChef is one of the most recognised cookery brands in the country inspiring and encouraging some of the UK’s best food talent.

The show saw record viewing figures of Celebrity MasterChef in 2017, and the brand continues to fulfil its mission statement of inspiring food lovers to appreciate and share great food.

The MasterChef Gift Card on ‘The Artisan Food and Drink Online Shop’ with extraordinary retailers of food and drink, including award-winning meat and poultry producers, fishermen who bring in the freshest catch, master distillers handcrafting boutique spirits, wine merchants who discover hidden gems, artisan cheesemakers, creative chocolatiers, independent microbrewers and more.

Jenny Goddard, founder of the MasterChef Gift Card said: “The inspiration for the gift card was the brilliant food and drink that is produced in the UK, which we wanted to help make more accessible; what better way to do this than by teaming up with one of the best-respected cooking brands there is.”

Simon Birch of highstreetvouchers.com, the UK’s No.1 online gift Voucher retailer added: “We anticipate that MasterChef Gift Card will be really popular this Christmas, with such a strong brand and great choice of options to spend, it really is the perfect gift for food lovers this Christmas.”

To celebrate the launch, there will be a chance to win a £50 MasterChef Gift Card every Friday until Christmas on social media, anyone interested should visit MasterChef Gift Card Facebook or Twitter.

For more information about the gift card visit masterchefgiftcard.co.uk