Organisers of the 2024 Meat Management Industry Awards have released details of this year’s finalists ahead of the ceremony in September.
The annual awards initiative is the biggest in the UK meat trade calendar, attracting a wide range of guests and participants from all corners of the industry.
The much anticipated awards ceremony and black-tie dinner will take place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Thursday 19th September.
Click the categories below to reveal the 2024 finalists:
Aubrey Allen Ltd
Campbell Brothers
Fairfax Meadow
Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd
Price & Fretwell
CMB Foods
Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB)
International Meat Trade Association (IMTA)
British Meat Processors Association (BMPA)
National Craft Butchers (NCB)
Bord Bia
Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS)
The Meat Man: https://www.themeatman.co.uk
Turner & George: https://www.turnerandgeorge.co.uk
Farmison: https://www.farmison.com
DukesHill: https://www.dukeshill.co.uk
Cleaver Meats Ltd: https://cleavermeatsltd.co.uk
James of Shepperton Ltd: https://butchers-shop.com
Marel
Syspal
Reiser (UK) Ltd
Interfood Technology Ltd
Accles & Shelvoke Ltd (Frontmatic)
Jarvis UK & Ireland
Handtmann Ltd
Food & Drink Training & Education Council - Butchers Trailblazer Apprentice Schemes (levels 2 and 3)
Adele Adams Associates Ltd - Food Training Courses
M.E.A.T. (Ipswich) Meat Skills Training School
Cranswick Plc - General Graduate Programme
Pilgrim’s Food Masters - Food Masters Graduate Programme
Crosby Butchery Training - Butchery Apprenticeships
Austin Howell, Butchery Operations Manager, Priory Farm Estate
Jonathan Hendry, Assistant Site Operations Manager, Dunbia, Carnaby
Gemma Furzeland, Customer Experience and Logistics Manager, Farmison & Co
Sarah Mahon, Site Operations Manager, Dunbia, West Devon
Mettrick’s Butchers - Glossop, Derbyshire
Aubrey Allen Ltd - Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Neil Powell Master Butchers - Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
K&J Green Butchers - Chorley, Lancashire
Sainsbury’s
Iceland
ASDA
Morrisons
Lidl
Tesco
Aldi
Marks & Spencer
Pork, Cheese & Jalapeno Sausage – The British Premium Sausage Company
Morrisons The Best Thick Pork Sausages – Morrisons Plc
The Londoner®™ Hot Smoked Sausage – The Franconian Sausage Co Ltd
Blackgate Signature Traditionally Linked Sausages – Booker
Tesco Finest 4 Pork Bramley Apple & Kentish Cider Sausages – Walkers Deli & Sausage Co
Alf Turner Best of British Sausage
Porky Whites Ultimate Steak Beef Burger – Porky Whites
M&S Fully Loaded Steak Burger – ABP Linden
Morrisons The Best 2 Chilli & Cheese Beef Burgers – Morrisons PLC
Iceland 2 Ultimate Aberdeen Angus Beef Burgers – Dunbia
Waitrose Pork & Black Garlic Burgers – Pilgrim’s Europe
Blackgate Signature 8 Aberdeen Angus Burgers – Booker
Steak & Ale Pie – Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd
Traditional Pork Pie – Martin Thomas Butchers
Aldi Specially Selected Steak Pie
Venison and Red Wine Pie – Coven Farms
The House of Bruar Steak Pie
Steak & Haggis Pie – Chapel Street Deli & Butcher
Chestnut Meats Dry Cured Bacon
Co-op Irresistible Maple Bacon – Pilgrim’s Europe
Smoked Dry Cured Back Bacon – Primrose Herd Butchery
Oak Smoked Back Bacon – Morgan’s Butchers
Finnebrogue Naked Sugar Pit Steaks – Lynn’s Country Foods Ltd
Lidl Glensallagh Unsmoked Maple Thick Cuts – Honeyvale Foods (Oakpark)
Waitrose 6 Pork & Caramelised Red Onion Sausages – Walkers Deli & Sausage Co (Wheat Free and Gluten Free)
Lidl Deluxe Aberdeen Angus Beef Burgers – Dunbia (Gluten Free)
Red Tractor Topside – Kings Fine Cooked Meats (Gluten Free)
ASDA Seasoned Lamb Grillsteaks – Dunbia (Gluten Free)
Gluten Free Kiev – Lidgate Butchers (Gluten Free)
Porky Lights Sausages – Porky Whites (Gluten Free)
The Bath Pig Diced Chorizo – The Bath Pig Company
British Outdoor Reared Air Dried Pork Collar – Moon Green at Campbell Brothers
No Smoke Without Fire – Ey Up Mi Duck Charcuterie Ltd
Pastrami – Owen Taylor & Sons
Yorkshire Chorizo – Mount Grace Charcuterie Ltd
Traditional Black Pudding – Martin Thomas Butchers
Sliced Turkey – Kings Fine Cooked Meats
Slow Cooked Turkey Breast Joint with Garlic and Herb Glaze – Oakpark
Norfolk Black Whole Chicken – Farmison & Co
Aldi Specially Selected Sourdough Garlic Chicken Kiev
Turkey Ballotine with Cumberland, Apricot & Rosemary Stuffing Wrapped in Prosciutto – Fairfax Meadow
Gourmet Chicken Kebabs – Owen Taylor & Sons
Prumplestown Estate Dry Aged Cote de Boeuf – Buitelaar Group
Waitrose No.1.British Beef Chateaubriand – Dovecote Park
Aldi Selected Wagyu Wing Rib
M&S Collection Slow Cooked Daube of Beef – Scotbeef
Waitrose No.1.British Dry Aged Bone-In Sirloin of Beef – Dovecote Park
M&S Collection Aberdeen Angus Rump of Beef with Horseradish Butter – ABP Linden
Prumplestown French Trimmed Pork Loin Rack – Buitelaar Group
Tesco Finest Black Garlic Pork Ribeye Steaks – Pilgrim’s Europe
Porky Whites Iberico and Manchego Supreme – Porky Whites
Aldi Specially Selected Wiltshire Cured Ham Gratin
Blackgate Signature French Trimmed Pork Rack – Booker
Lidl Deluxe Smoked Dry Cured Horseshoe Ham Fillet 2.5kg – Oakpark
M&S Collection Butterflied Lamb Leg – Scotbeef
ASDA Exceptional Welsh Lamb Rump Joint with Garlic, Sea Salt & Black Pepper – Dunbia
M&S 2 French Trimmed Lamb Crowns – ABP Linden
Shoulder of Spring Lamb – Isle of Man Meat Company
ASDA Smokey Spiced Harissa Lamb Meatballs – Dunbia
Waitrose Slow Cooked Harissa Spiced Lamb Shanks – Pilgrim’s Europe
The winner and runners up of the Best Red Meat Product are taken from the winners of the pork, beef and lamb categories.
ABP Linden
Samworth Brothers
Cranswick Plc
Pilgrim’s Europe
Dunbia
Dovecote Park
The winner of this prestigious award will be announced at the conclusion of the awards ceremony.
The winner and runners up of the Best Red Meat Product category are taken from the winners of the pork, beef and lamb categories, and the winner of the Meat Management Excellence Award 2024 will be announced as the top award at the conclusion of the presentations.
Publisher of Meat Management magazine, who organise the awards, Graham Yandell MBE commented: “It is always fantastic to bring the industry together for these prestigious awards, and this year is no exception. We are looking forward to welcoming both familiar and new faces to the ceremony this year, which promises to be a sell-out event.
“Our finalists are, as ever, well deserved, and it will be a pleasure to announce who has won at the ceremony next month. Of course, the winners are not pre-informed and will only find out if they have won on the night.
“The worthy winner of the prestigious Meat Management Excellence Award will once again be announced outright on the night, and we eagerly await the big reveal!”
For more information about this year’s event or to book tickets and tables click here.