Win manufacturing Oscars with Bond, Blofeld and Pussy Galore

Now in their 14th year, the FMEAs celebrate the pinnacle of achievement in food and drink manufacturing. Could your firm match Premier Foods’s achievement of last year winning not one but three food and drink manufacturing Oscars?

Food manufacturing company of the year​

Last year Premier Foods​ won the coveted title Food manufacturing company of the year, plus two other trophies – Ambient manufacturing company of the year and the Training programme of the year – in the industry’s Oscars.

This year’s awards – with their James Bond theme – will recognise excellence across a number of manufacturing categories from: ambient, bakery and beverages, to dairy, meat and poultry and seafood. There are also categories for the Chilled Food Manufacturing Company of the Year and Fresh Produce Manufacturing Company of the Year. A full list of category and special awards appears at the end of this article.

Free and simple to enter​

It’s free and simple to enter. All that is needed is to complete a straightforward online entry form​ or download a form to complete and return by post.

This year’s Awards will be presented at a glittering gala dinner to be held at the London Hilton in Park Lane on Thursday November 20.

To enter the awards, visit the awards website​ or email Rebecca George at: rebecca.george@wrbm.com or call her on: 01293 610422.

Meanwhile, are you a James Bond fan? Can you name 10 James Bond characters​ and all 22 Bond films​ in order and year of their release? See the end of this article to check your answers.

FMEA Awards categories​

• Ambient Manufacturing Company of the Year

• Bakery Manufacturing Company of the Year

• Beverages Manufacturing Company of the Year

• Chilled Food Manufacturing Company of the Year

• Dairy Manufacturing Company of the Year

• Fresh Produce Manufacturing Company of the Year

• Frozen Foods Manufacturing Company of the Year

• Meat and Poultry Manufacturing Company of the Year

• Seafood Manufacturing Company of the Year

Special awards​

• Food manufacturing company of the year

• Best new use of food ingredients

• Supply chain initiative of the year

• Training programme of the year

• Environmental initiative of the year

• SME innovation of the year

• Judges’ star performer

• Young Talent of the Year

10 Bond’s friends and enemies​

Goodies​

1. Honey Ryder (Dr No)
2. Tatianna Romanova (From Russia with Love)
3. Pussy Galore (Goldfinger)
4. Mademoiselle La Porte (Thunderball)
5. Plenty O’Toole (Diamonds are Forever)

Baddies​

1. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Thunderball)
2. Francisco Scaramanga (The Man with the Golden Gun)
3. Nick Nack (The Man with the Golden Gun)
4. Jaws (The Spy Who Loved Me)
5. Oddjob (Goldfinger)

Film outings for Mr Bond ​

1. Dr No (1962)
2. Goldfinger (1964)
3. Thunderball (1965)
4. You Only Live Twice (1967)
5. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
6. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
7. Live and Let Die (1973)
8. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
9. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
10. Moonraker (1979)
11. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
12. Octopussy (1983)
13. A View to a Kill (1985)
14. The Living Daylights (1987)
15. Licence to Kill (1989)
16. GoldenEye (1995)
17. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
18. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
19. Die Another Day (2002)
20. Casino Royale (2006)
21. Quantum of Solace (2008)
22. Skyfall (2012)