The Meat Management Meat Industry Awards is the biggest annual awards initiative in the UK meat trade calendar and attracts a wide range of guests from across the sector, including manufacturers, processors and foodservice along with butchers, retailers, training providers and trade organisations.

The black-tie dinner and awards ceremony will take place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, near to the NEC, on Thursday 3rd September, and TV Chaser Paul Sinha will be the VIP host and welcome the winners to the stage to receive their accolades.

The finalists were decided following a judging period, where products were cooked and tasted by a panel of industry experts, plus voting and nominations in various categories from Meat Management magazine and website readers.

To see the 2026 finalists, click here.

Graham Yandell MBE, publisher of Meat Management magazine, which organises the Meat Management Meat Industry Awards, commented: “Congratulations to this year’s finalists, which have been whittled down from a superb array of products, businesses and individuals.

“The winners are not pre-informed and will only find out if they have won on the evening of Thursday 3rd September at the awards ceremony. It is set to be another unique night of networking, where friends and colleagues alike are invited to celebrate the meat sector and those within it who are driving its continued success.

“We are looking forward to a fantastic occasion, and tickets are still available for those wishing to attend this very special occasion.”

To book tables and tickets for the 2026 meat industry awards, click here.

With thanks to the 2026 Meat Management Meat Industry Awards partners: