ENTERING GREAT TASTE 2017 – ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS

ENTERING GREAT TASTE 2017 – ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS 

 

 

Please visit www.gff.co.uk/gta 

Click on Enter Here (in red box) or Access MyGuild (top right of web page) 

1) Registration for MyGuild 

All entrants to Great Taste must have a MyGuild account. From your MyGuild account you will link 

to a record for your Company (a Company Profile). There can be multiple users per Company 

Profile. If you wish to add a new MyGuild user account to an existing Company Profile please ask 

the new user to create a MyGuild user account but not create a Company Profile – once the MyGuild 

user account is created please contact the Great Taste team by email to advise the user name and 

company name/ contact address. 

Great Taste Team 1 

Tel: +44 (0)1747 825200 email: greattaste@gff.co.uk

a) If you have already registered for MyGuild: 

Your user account is still active. Your username/ email address is not case sensitive but 

password is case sensitive 

You can only use an email address once to register for MyGuild 

If you cannot remember your password, click on the link Forgotten your Password? and 

enter either your username or the email address you used to register with. You will receive 

an email with a link to click to re-set your password 

Return to the login page and enter your username and password created 

Go to page 6 Your MyGuild Dashboard in this document for next steps 

b) If you have not already registered for MyGuild: 

Click Register on right-hand side of the web page. 

Complete the details requested, using an email address to which you wish all 

correspondence about your Great Taste 2017 to be sent. 

Example registration form: 

 

 

For web security you will be asked to confirm that you are a ‘real person’ registering an 

account. To do this please tick the box I’m not a robot and answer the question that will pop 

up on screen 

Click on Register for MyGuild and you will be shown this screen: 



Click Create Company and enter the company details requested on the form (example 

below) and click Create Company at the bottom of the page. These details will be used to 

communicate with your company about your Great Taste 2017 entries – please ensure they 

are accurate. If your company already has a Company Profile (e.g. the company entered 

Great Taste 2015 or 2016) and you wish to be linked to the existing Company Profile, 

please email the Great Taste Team and confirm your username, role within the company 

and the company name/ address 

You will be asked for a correspondence address and a billing address, both of which will 

appear on your receipt 

If you have missed any mandatory fields these will be highlighted for completion before 

allowing you to move to the next screen 

The County field is mandatory for UK addresses and you will be asked to select the 

appropriate county from a drop down list 

The Number of years trading/ Number of employees fields are both numerical fields and 

will only accept whole numbers e.g. write ‘1’ not ‘one’, ‘3’ not ‘2-3’ etc. If you’ve been 

trading for less than one year please round up to ‘1’ 

If applicable please remember to tick the box to confirm if your company turnover is less 

than £1million 

 

 

If you are a Guild member, please ensure your Guild Membership number is displayed in the 

relevant field 

If you are based outside of the UK you will be asked to confirm if you are VAT/TVA/IVA 

registered and if applicable, your VAT/TVA/IVA number: 

 

Please only write one website address in the Website field 



Example Company Profile screen: 

Example screen continued on page 5 



Once you have clicked Create Company you will see an overview page confirming the details 

you have provided 



2) Your MyGuild Dashboard 

From your MyGuild Dashboard you can edit your company profile, enter Great Taste 

2017 and access your delivery instructions once available. 

 

 

 

 

 

If you had already registered for MyGuild when you login to your MyGuild user account the 

company and contact details you had provided previously should automatically appear on 

screen. If you are not taken directly to the Company Profile page please call the Great Taste 

team on +44 (0)1747 825200 or email greattaste@gff.co.uk before proceeding with your 

entry 

You will be asked to check and confirm your company and contact details before entering 

Great Taste 2017. This includes adding a Billing address for your entries. Both the Contact 

Address and Billing Address you supply will appear on your receipt. Click Edit Company 

below the relevant section to make any changes required or at any point you can click Edit 

Profile on the menu on the top left of the screen 

If you have missed any mandatory fields these will be highlighted for completion before 

allowing you to move to the next screen. Please see pages 3-5 for more information about 

the requested fields 

Once you have entered and confirmed all contact details, click Update Company and you 

will be taken to your MyGuild Dashboard 

These buttons will always appear on the left of your MyGuild Dashboard. Click on the 

following icons to navigate to the appropriate section 



3) Entering Great Taste 2017 

 

Click to download the five entry information documents to enter Great Taste 2017: Entry 

Brochure, Entry Categories, Your Product Journey, Terms & Conditions, How to enter online 

Then click Enter Awards to enter Great Taste 2017 

Your MyGuild Dashboard: 

YOUR COMPANY NAME 

WILL APPEAR HERE 

YOUR DETAILS WILL APPEAR HERE 

 

You will be asked to tick the box to confirm that you have read and accepted the Terms & 

Conditions of entry into Great Taste 2017 and watched the guidance video for writing the 

product description 

 

Once you have accepted the Terms & Conditions you will be directed to the Entry Basket– 

click on Add Entry (example below): 



Referring to the Great Taste 2017 Category List downloaded previously; select the most 

appropriate corresponding entry category for your product from the drop down list. 

Referring to the Terms & Conditions please fill in all product details as requested. Please 

note that a product may only be entered once per year and cannot be entered in multiple 

categories. Please note that we cannot accept meal kits, tea/coffee pods, fresh fruit/ 

vegetables/ herbs or baby food. Products entered into category 1807 will only be tasted with 

one additional ingredient. 



The Product Description field is a maximum of 150 characters including spaces. If you are 

entering an alcohol please include the ABV in the product description. As this is the only 

information the judges will see about your product, a short video to assist you with writing 

your product description can be found on www.gff.co.uk/gta 

If your Product Ingredient list is too long for the number of characters available, please 

include the main ingredients and ensure that all ingredients are listed on your product’s 

packaging when sending for judging 

When completing the Ingredient Country of Origin field, if your product contains ingredients 

from several different countries select the country of origin for the majority of the 

ingredients 

Please indicate the appropriate Product Storage conditions for each product. This 

information will appear on the outer box label you use to send your products when 

requested, to help the Great Taste Team arrange appropriate storage as soon as the 

products arrive 

For information on allergens please see the link on the entry form 

Please indicate if your product can be categorised as Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free or Sugar-Free 

by ticking the relevant boxes 

If your product is a Supermarket Own Brand product, please tick the relevant box. If your 

product is available to purchase in a supermarket (whether a supermarket own brand 

product or your brand) please tick the relevant box 

If the product has been imported from a country outside of the UK please select the relevant 

country from the drop down list 

If you are entering a cheese and it is made from 100% Jersey Milk, please tick the relevant 

box 

Once you have completed an entry click on Add Entry to add this to your Entry Basket 

After adding each entry you will be shown your Customer Basket (see image on page 10): 



If you have indicated that 

the product is a 

Supermarket Own Brand 

this field will display TRUE 

Your product details will appear here 

The price per entry, VAT total and 

gross total will appear here and 

will update automatically as you 

add more entries to your basket 

If you are a member of the Guild of Fine Food you will have received a Promotional Code for 

Great Taste 2017 – enter this here (active during Members’ Fortnight only) and click Submit to 

update the prices of the entries in your basket. The code is case sensitive. 

 

 

To edit a product, click Edit on the appropriate product line to re-open the entry details 

page. Once you have updated the product details and clicked Update Entry, the message 

Successfully updated entry appears above the basket 

To remove an entry from your basket, click Remove on the relevant product entry line. You 

will be asked to confirm that you wish to permanently delete that entry. 

 

 

 

 

 

When you have entered all products, click on Proceed to Checkout 

Check you are happy with details then click Payment Options 

You will be taken to the SagePay website (an external site) to make payment. You will need 

to ensure that the Billing Address in your MyGuild Company Profile matches the billing 

address for your payment card 

Once your payment is confirmed you will be taken back to your MyGuild Dashboard screen 

To review your entry click on the Billing section to see a summary of your order details 



Confirmation of your entries: 

You will receive two emails – it is important that you keep both. 

1) From SagePay (donotreply@sagepay.com) confirming the payment has been successfully 

processed 

2) From the Great Taste Team (noreply@gff.co.uk) confirming your entries and providing your 

receipted invoice for the entries. We will not send out another receipted invoice other than 

this version. 

What Happens Next? 

You will be contacted by email when your delivery instructions are available to download from your 

MyGuild Dashboard. Judging takes place from late March – June and deliveries are called during 

these months. The Great Taste Team aims to provide at least 2 weeks’ notice prior to your 

scheduled delivery date. 



Forgotten Your Password? 

- Go to Access MyGuild: 

- Click Forgotten Your Password? you will see: 

- Enter either your username or the email address you used to register with to receive an 

email with a link to re-set your password 

- The email will come from noreply@gff.co.uk 

- If the password re-set email does not arrive within 30 minutes please check that it has not 

been sent to your spam/ junk mail folder. If the email is not delivered please contact the 

Great Taste Team

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