The Meat Management Industry Awards ceremony and black-tie dinner returns on Tuesday evening 12th September, taking place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, nearby to the NEC.
The annual initiative is the biggest event in the UK meat trade calendar and attracts a wide range of guests from across all sectors of the meat industry.
This year’s finalists are confirmed as follows:
The Catering Butcher Award:
HH Jackson Ltd – The Catering Butcher
H&M Meats
Aubrey Allen Ltd
CMB Foods
Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd
Fairfax Meadow
Best Trade Organisation:
Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS)
Bord Bia
International Meat Trade Association (IMTA)
Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB)
British Meat Processors Association (BMPA)
Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)
Best Online Business:
Cranstons Butcher & Maker: https://cranstons.net/
Rendalls Traditional Scottish Butcher: https://www.onlinebutcher.co.uk
Blackwells Butchers: https://blackwells-butchers.com
Simpsons Butchers: https://gsimpsonbutchers.co.uk
The Gourmet Butcher: https://the-gourmet-butcher.wales
Swaledale Butchers: https://swaledale.co.uk
Best Equipment / Machinery Supplier:
Handtmann Ltd
Ishida
Reiser (UK) Ltd
Marel
Provisur
Interfood Technology Ltd
Training Scheme of the Year:
Ftc – Butchers Trailblazer Apprentice Scheme
ABP Talent Academy – Graduate Scheme
Cranswick plc – General Graduate Programme
Pilgrim’s Food Masters – Food Masters Graduate Programme
M.E.A.T. (Ipswich) Meat Skills Training School
Craft Skills Scotland – Meat & Poultry Processing
Young Manager of the Year:
Mia Tamburrini - Raise The Steaks Butchers
Simon Cundell - The British Premium Sausage Company
Ira Collier - Dales Traditional Butchers
Grace Walker - Warrendale Wagyu
Britain’s Best Butchers Shop:
The Catering Butcher - HH Jackson Ltd (Stoke)
Ellisons Butchers (Bradford)
Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd (Alfreton, Derbyshire)
Gigli's Butchers, (Lytham St Annes)
Supermarket / Multiple Meat Retailer of the Year:
Waitrose
Tesco
Morrisons
Lidl
Marks & Spencer
Sainsbury’s
Aldi
ASDA
Britain’s Best Sausage:
Porky Whites Surrey Sausage – Porky Whites Ltd
Morrisons The Best Gourmet Collection Cheese & Jalapeno Hot Dogs – Morrisons PLC
Musk’s Colman’s Mustard Sausage – Musk’s of Newmarket
Pork and Caramelised Red Onion Chutney Sausage – The British Premium Sausage Company
Kennedy's Ribble Valley Pork Sausage – Kennedy's Artisan Butchers
Blackgate Signature 18 Premium Pork & Caramelised Red Onion Sausages – Booker
Britain’s Best Burger:
M&S Collection British 2 Wagyu Burgers - Linden Foods
Blackgate Signature 6 Ultimate Wagyu Burgers - Booker
ASDA Extra Special 4 Salt & Cracked Black Pepper Beef Burgers - ABP
Caramelised Red Onion Pork Burgers - Edwards, The Welsh Butcher
Finnebrogue Wagyu Burgers - Finnebrogue Artisan
Co-op Irresistible Hereford Rib and Brisket Smoked Burger - Dunbia
Britain’s Best Meat Pie:
Chicken, Ham & Leek Pie - Ginger Butchers
Marks & Spencer Slow Cooked Beef & Red Wine Pie - Linden Foods
Steak & Stilton Pie - Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd
Steak, Stout & Cheddar Pie - The Country Victualler
Great British Breakfast Pork Pie - Martin Thomas Butchers
St George’s Steak & Ale Pie - Lidgate Butchers
Best Bacon Product:
Lidl Birchwood 200g Smoked Honeycure Medallions - Honeyvale Foods Ltd
Aldi Specially Selected Scottish Streaky Smoked Bacon
Wicks Manor Dry Cured Smoked Back Bacon
Morrisons The Best Air Dried Unsmoked Back Bacon - Morrisons Plc
6 Thick Rashers Oak Smoked Dry Cured Bacon - Edwards, The Welsh Butcher
Heck 6 Smoked Bacon Rashers - Heck Bacon
Best Free From Product:
Pork & Cracked Black Pepper Burgers – Edwards, The Welsh Butcher
Musk’s Gluten and Dairy Free Sausage – Musk’s of Newmarket
Gluten Free Shepherd’s Pie – Lidgate Butchers
Gluten Free Pork Sausages – County Foods Ltd
Oakpark Low Fat Black Pudding – Honeyvale Foods Ltd
Co-op Irresistible Pork and Caramelised Onion Sausage – Pilgrim’s UK
Best Poultry Product:
Morrisons The Best Butter Basted Roast Chicken Crown with Streaky Bacon & Panettone Stuffing - Cranswick
Aldi Specially Selected Sourdough Breaded Wild Garlic & Jersey Butter Chicken Kievs 2 pack
Chicken Lattice - Alderson Butchers and Pie House
Confit Turkey Thigh - Kelly Turkey Farms Ltd
Eversfield Organic Whole Chicken
Morrisons Breaded Buttermilk Chicken Mini Fillets - Cranswick
Best Beef Product:
M&S Collection Bone-In Porterhouse Sirloin Steak with Garlic and Herb Butter - Dunbia
Iceland Luxury Sirloin Roasting Joint - Dunbia
M&S Collection Wagyu Sirloin Steak - Linden Foods
Prumplestown Estate 28 Day Dry Aged Sirloin Steak - Buitelaar Group
Waitrose No.1.British Dry Aged Bone-In Sirloin of Beef - Dovecote Park
Wagyu Denver Steak - Warrendale Wagyu
Best Pork / Pigmeat Product:
Tesco Finest Korean Inspired Butterflied Pork Shoulder Joint - Pilgrim’s UK
Gloucestershire Old Spot Tomapork - Taste Tradition Ltd
Morrisons Butchers On Market Street Slow Cooked Cola Gammon Shank - Cranswick Convenience Foods
Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference Soft Set Scotch Eggs - Pilgrim’s UK
Blackgate Signature Triple Smoked Half Horseshoe Gammon Joint - Booker
Antibiotic Free Shoulder of Manx Pork - Isle of Man Meat Company
Best Lamb Product:
Waitrose Slow Cooked Lamb Kleftico - Pilgrim’s UK
3 Bone French Trim Rack of Lamb - Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd
ASDA Extra Special Lamb Chump Joint with Garlic, Sea Salt & Black Pepper - Dunbia
Shoulder of Native Manx Loaghtan Lamb - Isle of Man Meat Company
French Trimmed Rack of Lamb - Eversfield Organic
Iceland New Zealand Whole Leg of Lamb - Dunbia
Best Red Meat Product:
The overall Red Meat winner and runners up are taken from the pork, beef and lamb categories.
Manufacturer of the Year:
Dunbia
Linden Foods
Samworth Brothers
Cranswick plc
Pilgrim’s UK
ABP
The Excellence Award:
The winner will be announced at the conclusion of the awards ceremony.
Lead organiser of the event, Sharon Yandell commented: “It is exciting to announce all the finalists but of course the winners are not pre-informed and will only find out if they have won on the night at the ceremony.
“The other secret is the winner of the coveted Excellence Award. In previous year’s we have announced four finalists and then a winner. However, we have decided to announce an outright winner only as from this year and that will only happen exclusively at the ceremony on 12th September.
“What I can say is that the recipient is yet another worthy winner of this prized accolade, so we are looking forward to the announcement on the night.
“It is our pleasure, as the UK’s primary meat trade media, to bring the industry together for a unique night of networking and positivity at the award presentations, and we are all really looking forward to a great occasion.”
For more information about this year’s event or to book tickets and tables click here.
Thank you to the official 2023 partners:
Event date and venue availability is subject to any ongoing Government rulings on public assembly and therefore the organisers reserve the right to make appropriate changes if required affecting the date or venue at their absolute discretion.
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