Win a Food Manufacture Oscar for your boardroom

Previous winners – such as Premier Foods and Coca-Cola Enterprises – highlight the morale-boosting benefits of winning an award. This is your opportunity to join them by winning the recognition your food and drink manufacturing business deserves.

Entry is free and can be completed online​.

Entry is free ​

Now in their 15th year, the Oscars recognise achievement in key industry sectors. Categories include: ambient manufacturing, bakery and beverages, to fresh, chilled and frozen categories among others. See the full list of this year’s categories below.

Each winner of a category award will be eligible to win the Food Manufacture Company of the Year, won last year by Dawn Meats.

After entering a main category award, manufacturers will also be eligible to enter four other awards: Best New Use of Food Ingredients; Environmental Initiative of the Year; Supply Chain Initiative of the Year and Training Programme of the Year.

Innovation of the Year award​

Awards will also be made for Judges’ Star Performer – presented to a company selected from all entries, which the judges believe deserves recognition for one particular area of its activities – and the SME (small to medium ­sized enterprises) Innovation of the Year award, for the best small company with a turnover of less than £10M and employing fewer than 100 staff.

For the second year running, the Oscars will also encourage the next generation of industry professionals with the Young Talent of the Year award. This will be made to the individual the judges assess to be the most promising new apprentice or graduate in food and drink manufacture.

The winners will be revealed at a gala dinner celebration at the Lancaster Hotel in West London on November 3. This year’s event will have a carnival theme.

Manufacturers have until July 17 to submit their free entry​.

More information about the food and drink manufacturing Oscars is available here​. Alternatively, call Jane Rollinson on 01293 610439 or email: Jane.Rollinson@wrbm.com.

Category awards​

• 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

Industry Initiative Awards​

• Best New Use of Food Ingredients
• Environmental Initiative of the Year
• Supply Chain Initiative of the Year
• Training Programme of the Year
• Young Talent of the Year

Special award​

• Judges’ Star Performer

Submit your free entry before the July 17 deadlin​e​.