The food and drinks industry gets ready to rock as Food Manufacture rolls out the red carpet for a glittering Excellence Awards ceremony next month.

Winners from among the 32 finalists (right) in our annual contest to find the cream of food and drink manufacturing will be revealed when stars from the industry pack the Dorchester in London on November 2. Victors in 10 categories will receive their prizes and the best will be presented with the coveted Company of the Year Award. Other special awards will also be made.

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Ambient General Groceries: Focused Nutrition; Tyrrells Potato Chips; Whitworths; Worldwide Fruit

Apprenticeships: Allied Bakeries; Hygrade Cooked Meats; Orient Gold; RHM Bakeries Ireland

Bakery: Allied Bakeries Ireland; Dorset Village Bakery (Fudges); Ginsters; Kate's Cakes; Memory Lane Cakes

Beverages: Glenmorangie; Hogs Back Brewery; Hook Norton Brewery; Nichols Foods; Slush Puppie;

Chilled Ready Meals and Prepared Foods: Greencore Chilled Sauces and Soups; Mash Direct; Southern Salads

Dairy: Molkerei Alois Muller; Rachel's Organic; Yeo Valley Organic

Diversity in Recruitment: Lyons Seafoods; Memory Lane Cakes

Frozen Foods: Goodlife Foods; Loxton Foods; Ming Foods; Tryton Foods

Productivity through Skills: Focused Nutrition; Hygrade Cooked Meats; Kettleby Foods; Lyons Seafoods; Molkerei Alois Muller; Young’s Bluecrest Seafood

Seafood: Cumbrian Seafoods; Farne Salmon and Trout; Lyons Seafoods; Young's Bluecrest Seafood