This time tomorrow, everyone will know which short-listed companies have won the UK food and drink industry’s most coveted awards. This year’s awards, the biggest in their 11-year history, will take place at the Riverbank Park Plaza.
Watch out for our multi-media of the awards featuring Twitter coverage tonight, online articles tomorrow, video content later this week and full coverage in our sister title Food Manufacture next month.
Meanwhile, good luck to all the short-listed candidates listed below.
Ambient Manufacturer of the Year:
AB World Foods
Premier Foods
Thorntons
Weetabix
Bakery Manufacturer of the Year:
Genesis Crafty
Puratos UK
United Biscuits
Walkers Charnwood Bakery
Beverage Manufacturer of the Year:
Fruitapeel
Kraft Foods
Chilled Foods Manufacturer of the Year:
Dairy Crest
Hitchen Foods
Mash Direct
Dairy Manufacturer of the Year:
Arla Foods UK
Dairy Crest
Rodda's
Fresh Produce Manufacturer of the Year:
IPL Normanton
Willowbrook Foods
Frozen Foods Manufacturer of the Year:
Apetito
Ardo UK
Aunt Bessie's
R&R Ice Cream
Meat & Poultry Manufacturer of the Year:
Becketts Foods
Finnebrogue
Taste Tradition
Tulip
Seafood Manufacturer of the Year:
Keltic Seafare (Scotland)
Lossie Seafoods
Young's Seafood
Small Company of the Year:
American Muffin Co
Finnebrogue
Lossie Seafoods
Moguntia Food Ingredients UK
Training Programme of the Year:
Greencore Grocery
Nom Dairy UK
Tulip
Weetabix
2011 Food Personality of the Year Candidates
Christine Bense, plant director, Kraft Foods, Banbury
Ranjit Boparan, chief executive, Boparan Holdings
Geoff Eaton, managing director, Uniq
Joe Franses, head of corporate responsibility and sustainability, Coca-Cola Enterprises
John Tague, managing director, Seabrook Crisps
Brian Young, director general, British Frozen Food Federation