Food and drink manufacturing Oscars – the top tweets

Twitter fans were active before, after and during the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards (FMEA) at the Park Lane Hilton in London this week. Here, we capture a flavour of the Oscars of the food and drink manufacturing industry in tweets, which used the hashtag #FMEA12.

NewTritionHQ: "Huge congrats [to Perween Warsi, Personality of the Year]. You are a true inspiration for me at the start of my food business journey."

MTJAssociates: "Congratulations to Perween Warsi who has been named Personality of the Year at last night Awards."

EvershedsFAD: "Do any of our FAD followers regularly tweet from events? It's a great way to connect..."

RegencyHampers:  “Congratulations to the BorderBiscuits teams who last night won 'Cakes & Biscuits Company of the Year' award!”

Food Manufacture: “Border takes the biscuit as Cakes and Biscuits Company of Year in manufacturing industry Oscars last night.”

BorderBiscuits: “Delighted to win Cakes & Biscuits Company of the Year Food Manufacture Excellence Awards.”

Food and Drink Federation: “Congratulations to all the winners at #FMEA12 last night.”

Liz Pattison: “Awesome night at #FMEA12. Great food, too much champagne and Simon Rimmer [TV Chef and FMEA awards presenter] was a charm!”

CenFRANov: “Good evening at the food manufacturing awards with NSAFD [the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink].”

Easty_Coriolis: "Great night at the FMEA12 awards last night. However after a 6am alarm, #Notonamonday next year?”

CorbyIFE_P2P:  “Well done Ice Cream Manufacturing Company of Year: R+R Ice Cream. Come and see why at #IFE13 @IFE_Exhibition.”

EngineeringSRC: “Derby Curry Queen scoops national award: Ethnic food entrepreneur Perween Warsi has landed a top award.”

Perween Warsi: “Just been named Food Personality of the Year at the @FoodManufacture Awards! Thanks to everyone who voted!”

Herszenhorn_uk: “Massive apple tart for dessert. Simon Rimmer ate it all.”

Yoomoo: “We won! We beat Cadbury's! Whoo-hoo... Go @yoomoo and R and R, what a team.”

Herszenhorn_uk:  “Congratulations Coca Cola Enterprises winning environmental award. PET recycling, water use reduction. Great stuff.”

Herszenhorn_uk:  “Courtauld Signatory Britvic wins the beverage category @WRAP_UK.”

LozzaTFP: “Food and drink industry Oscars: three days to go. Good luck to all those nominated.”

 

Meanwhile, the top award − Food Manufacturing Company of the Year – was won by the Iglo Foods Group. Watch the moment, caught on film, when the company received the coveted award.

For more information about our awards, visit our awards website.