5 Reasons to Enter

The Food Manufacture Excellence Awards are the food and drink industry’s ultimate and most sought-after prize. Every year, we welcome hundreds of industry professionals to the event for a standout night of entertainment, celebration and networking.

Winning an award at this majestic awards night really opens up your opportunities as a business. Simply just being there on the night can present you with a veritable smorgasbord of people to meet, advice to gain, and chances to build your business with the help of your peers from within the industry.

Keep scrolling down to see our top 5 reasons as to why we think you should enter this year's ultimate celebration of the entire food and drink industry!

Benefit from the highest recognition in the industry

1. Benefit from the highest recognition

Bagging your company a Food Manufacture Excellence Award remains the highest recognition you can receive within the entire food and drink industry. This can come across as hugely impressive to your potential clients and customers!

Have your business evaluated by industry experts

2. Have your business evaluated by industry experts

All entries will be evaluated by our panel of industry experts - putting your impressive achievements and innovations in front of the most experienced and knowledgeable names in the industry!

All finalists and winners will be featured in Food Manufacture content

3. All finalists and winners will be featured in Food Manufacture content

All awards finalists and winners will be featured in Food Manufacture's digital coverage of the awards, across our website, newsletters and social media. Make the most of the vast exposure your company can benefit from here - Food Manufacture's website alone reaches over 113,000 different people every month!

Award winners receive assets to help promote their achievements

4. Award winners receive assets to help promote their achievements

The perks of your big win don't stop as soon as you step off the stage with your newly acquired trophy. After the awards night, you'll receive a tailored winners pack which will provide you and your company with the means to shout from the rooftops about your win, with minimum extra work required!

Come and enjoy one of the best nights out in the entire UK food and drink industry!

5. Enjoy one of the best nights out in the entire UK food and drink industry!

The Food Manufacture Excellence Awards really is a one-of-a-kind evening, bringing together like-minded people from up and down the country for a grand night of networking, celebration and entertainment. Come along to celebrate the achievements of your team and peers, and hopefully pick up a winners trophy!

On top of all of the above, all entries are completely free - ensuring that your company faces no risk along the way.

Interested in what your company could achieve next year? Keep up to date with all things Food Manufacture Excellence Awards by registering your interest below.

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What our customers say...

We are incredibly proud to have been recognised as winners in three categories at this year’s Food Manufacture awards, especially taking home the coveted ‘Company of the Year’ title. This has only been achieved through the incredible efforts of our colleagues, and I would like to thank them for their support and commitment which has enabled us to continue to deliver outstanding service to our customers.

Adam Couch Chief Executive Officer Cranswick plc

I’m really proud that together, all our hard work has been recognised by this award, which was delivered through focusing on developing people, who are our major asset.

Paul Thomas Head of Operations Muller

To win two awards at such a high-profile industry event was amazing. There were some top companies there as finalists, so we were proud just to be taking part; really gratifying, and testament to all the hard work put in by the whole Simply Doughnuts team.

Shiraz Master Managing director Simply Doughnuts

We are delighted to be the headline sponsor for the 2022 Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards. In the wake of a supremely challenging year, food manufacturers have adapted their processes and procedures to continue providing goods to customers. 

Menzies LLP

We are very proud to be sponsoring Food Manufacture Excellence Awards 2022. Reward and recognition are key parts of continuous improvement, and it is our honour to be able to support the 2022 Food Excellence awards, just as we have in the past, so that those who have excelled in the UK’s largest manufacturing sector get appropriate recognition.

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