The finalist shortlist for this year’s Meat Management Meat Industry Awards has been published online as the sector counts down to the biggest awards ceremony in the UK meat industry.
The Meat Management Meat Industry Awards black-tie dinner and awards ceremony will return on Thursday evening 3rd September 2026, taking place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, near to the NEC.
Set to be a sell-out event, the annual initiative attracts a wide range of guests from across all sectors of the meat industry, from butchers, retailers, processors and suppliers to training providers, trade associations, foodservice and equipment and machinery companies.
Click each category below to see this year’s finalists:
Aubrey Allen Ltd
Campbells Prime Meat Ltd
Country Valley Foods Ltd
CMB Foods Ltd
Fairfax Meadow
Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd
Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS)
British Meat Processors Association (BMPA)
National Craft Butchers (NCB)
Scottish Craft Butchers (SCB)
Q Guild
Bord Bia
The Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB)
Campbells Prime Meat Ltd www.campbellsmeat.com
The Fat Butcher www.thefatbutcher.co.uk
The Wild Meat Company www.wildmeat.co.uk
Bare Village Butchers www.barevillagebutchers.co.uk
Cooper Craft Butchers www.cooperbutchers.com
Swaledale Butchers www.swaledale.co.uk
Handtmann Ltd
Reiser (UK) Ltd
Multivac
Bizerba
GEA
Interfood Technology Ltd
ftc - Butchers Trailblazer Apprentice Schemes (Levels 2 and 3)
Plumpton College Advanced Butcher Level 2 and Level 3 Apprenticeships
Craft Skills Scotland
ABP Pathways - Graduate and Apprenticeship Programmes
Pilgrim’s Europe Graduate Trainee Programme
Morrisons Level 2 Butchery Apprenticeship Programme
Dunbia Graduate and Apprenticeship Development Programmes
Adam Buckley - Birtwistles Catering Butchers
Danielle Simons - Hilton Food Group
Eoghan Fox - Dunbia
Erin Wright - Myton Food Group
J T Beedham & Sons (Nottingham)
A D Ringrose Butchers (Broughton Astley, Leicestershire)
G Shearer & Son (Spalding)
Powters Butchery & Deli (Newmarket)
Tesco
Waitrose
Co-op
Lidl
Sainsbury’s
ASDA
Aldi
Marks & Spencer
Morrisons
Waitrose No.1 Extra Succulent Free Range Smoky Pork Sausages with Honey
Primrose Herd Cornish Pork Sausage
Co-op Irresistible 6 Pork Sausages - Pilgrim’s Europe
Pork and Stilton Sausage - Frinton Road Butchers
The Plumpton Sausage - Porky Whites Ltd
Costco 18 Thick Pork Sausages - Riverway Foods Ltd
Tesco Finest Cherrywood Smoked Beef Aberdeen Angus Beef Burgers - Dunbia
Lamb & Mint Burger - Wootton Organic Wholesale Ltd
Perrys 6oz Gourmet Burger - Perrys of Eccleshall
Co-op Irresistible Aberdeen Angus Ultimate Beef Burgers - Dunbia
Waitrose No.1 British Wagyu Burgers - Dovecote Park
Tesco Finest Extra Mature Cheddar 2 Beef Burgers - Dunbia
M&S Only 3 Ingredients British Beef Burgers - ABP
Butter Chicken Curry Pie - Aubrey Allen Ltd
Morgans Homemade Pie - Morgans Butchery Ltd
Ma Taylor’s Steak & Ale Pie - Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd
Pork ‘n’ Pancetta Pie - Martin Thomas Butchers
Hogs Pudding Bake Pie - James Kittow - Butcher & Grazier
1lb Stilton Pork Pie - Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd
Co-op Irresistible Dry Cured Smoked Back Bacon Rashers - Pilgrim’s Europe
Denhay Unsmoked Streaky Bacon - Denhay Farms Ltd
Lidl Deluxe Dry Cured Smoked Back Bacon - Cranswick
Oakpark American Style Bacon - Honeyvale Foods
Denhay Smoked Back Bacon - Denhay Farms Ltd
Dry Cured Back Bacon - Primrose Herd
Morrisons The Best Smoked Streaky Bacon - Myton Food Group
Lidl Grass Fed British Thick Cut Beef Ribeye Steak 36 Days Matured - Dunbia (Gluten Free)
Aubrey Allen Pork Breakfast Sausage (Gluten Free)
Turkey Roulade - Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd (Gluten Free Sage & Onion with Streaky Bacon)
Waitrose No.1 Extra Succulent Free Range Wild Garlic Pork Sausages - Pilgrim’s Europe (Gluten Free)
Dry Salted Air Dried Smoked Treacle Streaky Bacon - Martin Thomas Butchers (Lactose Free)
ASDA Thin Cut Lamb Rump Steaks with Smoky Garlic Rub - Dunbia (Gluten Free)
Air Dried Pork Rib Eye - Mount Grace Charcuterie Ltd
Perrys Wild Venison Pastrami - Perrys of Eccleshall
Traditional Black Pudding - Martin Thomas Butchers
Original Biltong - Piggy Pete’s Deli
Wagyu Pastrami - Aubrey Allen Ltd
The Bath Pig Cooking Chorizo - The Bath Pig
Lemon & Pistachio Pork Salami - Mount Grace Charcuterie Ltd
Tesco Finest Slow Cooked Kerala Chicken Curry - Dunbia
Truffle Stuffed Corn Fed Chicken Supreme - Fairfax Meadow
Waitrose Duchy Organic Roast Chicken - Pilgrim’s Europe
Summer Grill by ASDA Grill Korean Style BBQ Chicken Wings - 2 Sisters Food Group
Lidl Deluxe Corn Fed Free Range British Whole Chicken
Waitrose No.1 Ultimate Whole Bird - Pilgrim’s Europe
Jumbo Black Garlic Steak & Halloumi Kebab - Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd
M&S Collection British Aberdeen Angus Gold Ribeye Steak - Dunbia
Iceland 12oz Big Daddy Ribeye Steak - Dunbia
8oz County Select Dry Aged Ribeye Steak - County Foods Ltd
M&S Collection British Wagyu Gold Ribeye Steak - ABP
Waitrose No.1 British Wagyu Beef Ribeye Steak - Dovecote Park
Tesco Finest Chef’s Collection Birria Spiced Beef Cheeks - Dunbia
Oakpark Kansas Style Rib - Honeyvale Foods Ltd
Kent Honey Baked Ham - Stephens Fresh Foods
Morrisons The Best Sicilian Lemon & Garlic Hampshire Pork Shoulder - Myton Food Group
Traditional Wiltshire Ham - Kings Fine Cooked Meats
Waitrose No.1 Slow Cooked Hot Smoked Sticky Pork Belly with Peach Barbecue Glaze - Pilgrim’s Europe
Lidl Pork Belly Joint - Cranswick
St Edmunds Lamb Kofta - St Edmunds Butchers and Bakers
Scotch Lamb Lollipops - Campbells Prime Meat
Tesco Finest Chef’s Collection Tender Lamb Rump - Dunbia
Waitrose No.1 British Lamb Rump Steaks - Pilgrim’s Europe
Tarragon & Apricot Lamb Noisette - Fairfax Meadow
Exceptional by ASDA French Trimmed Yorkshire Lamb Rack - Dunbia
The overall Red Meat Product award winner and finalists are taken from the pork, beef and lamb categories.
Dunbia
Pilgrim’s Europe
Dovecote Pork
ABP UK
Myton Food Group
2 Sisters Food Group
The winner of the Excellence Award category will also be announced at the conclusion of the awards ceremony.
Graham Yandell MBE, publisher of Meat Management magazine, commented: “Congratulations to this year’s finalists, which have been whittled down from a superb array of products, businesses and individuals.
“Of course, the winners are not pre-informed and will only find out if they have won on the evening of Thursday 3rd September at the Meat Management Meat Industry Awards ceremony. It is set to be another unique night of networking, where friends and colleagues alike are invited to celebrate the meat industry and those within it driving its success.
“We are looking forward to a fantastic occasion, and tickets are still available for those wishing to attend the black-tie dinner and awards ceremony.”
For more information about the 2026 awards or to book tickets and tables to the awards ceremony, click here.
Thank you to the official 2026 awards partners:
