In the company of renowned chef Mark Hix, the 2016 Food Management Today Industry Awards Luncheon, hosted by Meat Management’s sister magazine, took place yesterday.
The event brought the top names of the UK food industry together to celebrate excellence and reward the best, as voted for by readers of Food Management Today magazine and judged by industry experts.
The title of Best Meat Product went to Randall Parker Foods for its Ocado Cajun Flavour Lamb Leg Steaks, while Best Poultry Product went to Bernard Matthews for its Tesco Finest Bronze Turkey Crown.
Other winners included Lidl UK, which received the Food Retailer of the Year Award and Wyke Farms, which was named Food Manufacturer of the Year. The prestigious Food Industry Champion accolade went to Nick Allen, market development director at AHDB. This award is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the UK food industry.
Nearly 300 guests attended the highly successful Awards Luncheon at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, to network and celebrate with the winning companies, products and organisations.
A total of 15 awards were made at the lunch, with Hix hosting the event and presenting the winners with their certificates.
The full list of winners is as follows:
- Best Trade Organisation: Provision Trade Federation (PTF)
- Best Ingredients Supplier: The British Pepper & Spice Co Ltd
- Best Machinery/Equipment Supplier: Mettler Toledo (UK) Ltd
- Most Innovative Packaging Development: Sharpak (for S4-35 SharpTek)
- Best Training Initiative: Danish Agriculture & Food Council Meat Masterclass
- Best Frozen Product: JD Wetherspoon Lincolnshire Sausage by Langford’s Welsh Sausage Company
- Best New Product Development: M&S Coriander & Lemongrass Chicken Burger by Linden Foods
- Best Bakery Product: 2 Scotch Beef Bridies – Calder Millerfield Ltd
- Best Seafood Product: Tesco Finest Beetroot Infused Scottish Smoked Salmon by Farne Salmon & Trout
- Best Red Meat Product: Ocado Cajun Flavour Lamb Leg Steaks by Randall Parker Foods Ltd
- Best Poultry Product: Tesco Finest Bronze Turkey Crown by Bernard Matthews
- Best Dairy Product: Sainsbury’s Welsh Cave Aged Cheddar by South Caernarfon Creameries & Llechwedd Slate Caverns
- Food Retailer of the Year: Lidl UK
- Food Manufacturer of the Year: Wyke Farms
- Food Industry Champion Award: Nick Allen
The Awards are sponsored by major food promotional bodies and industry suppliers operating in the UK, including: Reiser, Bord Bia, Harper Adams University, Raps UK, Bizerba, Protolan, MRC The Flava People, The Institute of Meat, Teknomek, the Food & Drink Training & Education Council, Munters, Dawsonsrentals, Marel, Meatup. Sika and Quality Meat Scotland/ ABP Perth.
The Awards Brochure detailing all the winners is available here.
This story was originally published on a previous version of the Meat Management website and so there may be some missing images and formatting issues.
