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The Food Management Today Industry Awards Categories and Partners for 2022
Consisting of reader voting and product entries to determine the best in the industry, these awards are chosen by our readers together with a select judging panel for product evaluation. Below we outline the categories for 2022 and the Awards Partners who are supporting them.
Voting Categories
Food Manufacturer of the Year:

Best Ingredients Supplier:

Best Machinery/Equipment Supplier:

Best Trade Organisation:
Best Training Initiative:
Food businesses can’t always recruit ideally skilled employees as readily as they would like. They therefore need to invest in the education and development of staff. We want to recognise who has done that well in 2020. Does your company have a training scheme to be proud of, or do you know of one? Alternatively, is there an organisation or trade body supplying training that you believe deserves recognition?
Food Retailer of the Year:

Food Industry Champion Award:
This very special award will be made to a manager or senior executive who has made an outstanding contribution to the UK and Irish food industry. The individual may work directly in food processing or be employed in a trade body or promotional organisation. Who do you know that merits such recognition? Make sure you nominate now.
Self-Entry Categories
Best Frozen Product:

You can be a manufacturer, wholesaler, caterer, independent retailer or supermarket. The product must be manufactured in the British Isles but can use non-British ingredients as well as British product. Entrants to these categories will be required to send us products for the judging panel to assess at a specific time and location.
Full details will be supplied to allow this to be done by the product entry deadline. You must be in it to win it, so don’t delay and enter as many products as you like. There is no entry fee and the winners and finalists can count on substantial extra business as a result.
Best Bakery Product:
You can be a manufacturer, wholesaler, caterer, independent retailer or supermarket. The product must be manufactured in the British Isles but can use non-British ingredients as well as British product. Entrants to these categories will be required to send us products for the judging panel to assess at a specific time and location.
Full details will be supplied to allow this to be done by the product entry deadline. You must be in it to win it, so don’t delay and enter as many products as you like. There is no entry fee and the winners and finalists can count on substantial extra business as a result.
Best Seafood Product:

Full details will be supplied to allow this to be done by the product entry deadline. You must be in it to win it, so don’t delay and enter as many products as you like. There is no entry fee and the winners and finalists can count on substantial extra business as a result.
Best Red Meat Product:

Full details will be supplied to allow this to be done by the product entry deadline. You must be in it to win it, so don’t delay and enter as many products as you like. There is no entry fee and the winners and finalists can count on substantial extra business as a result.
Best Poultry Product:
You can be a manufacturer, wholesaler, caterer, independent retailer or supermarket. The product must be manufactured in the British Isles but can use non-British ingredients as well as British product. Entrants to these categories will be required to send us products for the judging panel to assess at a specific time and location.
Full details will be supplied to allow this to be done by the product entry deadline. You must be in it to win it, so don’t delay and enter as many products as you like. There is no entry fee and the winners and finalists can count on substantial extra business as a result.
Best Dairy Product :
You can be a manufacturer, wholesaler, caterer, independent retailer or supermarket. The product must be manufactured in the British Isles but can use non-British ingredients as well as British product. Entrants to these categories will be required to send us products for the judging panel to assess at a specific time and location.
Full details will be supplied to allow this to be done by the product entry deadline. You must be in it to win it, so don’t delay and enter as many products as you like. There is no entry fee and the winners and finalists can count on substantial extra business as a result.
Best 'Free From' Product:
Retail, catering butchers and manufacturers can enter any ‘Free-From’ product as long as it’s manufactured in the British Isles. It can be gluten, dairy, or wheat-free. There is no entry charge and you may enter as many products as you like.
Best New Product Development:
This award is looking for the best new food product of 2021/2022. It must have been launched during 2021/2022 and be available to either the retail, wholesale or foodservice sectors. Entrants to this category will be required to send us products for the judging panel to assess at a specific time and location. Full details will be supplied to allow this to be done by the product entry deadline.
2022 Categories and Awards Partnership Opportunities
There are 15 Award categories, these are as follows:
- Food Manufacturer of the Year
- Food Retailer of the Year
- Best Ingredients Supplier
- Best Machinery/Equipment Supplier
- Best Trade Organisation
- Best Training Initiative
- Best New Product Development
- Best Frozen Product
- Best Bakery Product
- Best Seafood Product
- Best ‘Free From’ Product’
- Best Red Meat Product
- Best Poultry Product
- Best Dairy Product
- Food Industry Champion Award
Category partnerships cost £4,950.00 + VAT including a page advert in the FMT Food Industry Awards Brochure (both in print and online), plus a free table for 8 guests at the Awards ceremony. To become involved as a sponsor contact Michelle Ingerfield on 01908 613323 or e-mail michelle.i@yandellmedia.com. Participants can be assured of a top quality, well organised event which offers Awards partners an excellent marketing opportunity over a full year and more, together with first class branding. For more information click here.
For terms and conditions for the FMT Food Industry Awards click here.
See the FMT Food Industry Awards judging film:
Become an Awards Partner
Contact Michelle Ingerfield by calling 01908 613323 or click here for further information.
Read the Awards Brochure
See the FMT Food Industry Awards brochure.