Women in Meat Industry Awards 2025 now open for nominations
The annual Women In Meat Industry Awards campaign is now fully underway and is offering the opportunity for companies and individuals across the meat and food industry to nominate candidates.
All winners will be revealed at a 5-star ceremony and dinner later this year, which once again is taking place at the prestigious Royal Lancaster Hotel, London on the evening of Friday 21st November.
Impressionist Rory Bremner will co-host at the awards presentation ceremony together with actor, broadcaster and writer Julie Peasgood.
Nomination Process
The online nomination process is open until Friday 27th June. After this initial deadline the selected finalists will go through to the online voting stage of the awards.
The coveted overall Meat Businesswoman of the Year recipient will be chosen from one of the category winners by a judging panel and recent winners of this top award are:
- 2018: Lisa Hand – Dunbia
- 2019: Lucianne Allen – Aubrey Allen
- 2020: Margaret Boanas – IMTA
- 2021: Lindsay Murphy – Booker
- 2022: Michelle Low – Morrisons Manufacturing / Woodhead Bros
- 2023: Julia Hewerdine – Dunbia
- 2024: Nompilo Sibanda – Pilgrim’s Europe
Editor of Meat Management magazine Gwen Mostyn, who organise the initiative commented: “This is your opportunity to put forward those special people that you consider to be outstanding and worthy of recognition.
“With the 2025 campaign now underway, the industry can nominate individual candidates across a range of categories. You might nominate one person or several, the main thing is to get those names put forward as soon as possible.”
Categories for 2025 are as follows:
- Meat Businesswoman Award – Foodservice (catering butchery sector)
- Meat Businesswoman Award – Manufacturing / Processing
- Meat Businesswoman Award – Craft Butchery
- Meat Businesswoman Award – Poultry
- Meat Businesswoman Award – Trade Body
- Meat Businesswoman Award – Wholesaling
- Meat Businesswoman Award – Livestock Procurement & Sustainability
- Meat Businesswoman Award – Multiple Retailing
- Meat Businesswoman Award – Independent Retailing
- Meat Businesswoman Award – Industry Supplier
- Meat Businesswoman Award – Training & Education
- The Rising Star Award
- Meat Businesswoman of the Year Award
If you have a colleague, manager, supplier, chief executive, butcher or if you know anyone you’d like to see acknowledged for their contribution, then nominate them now online at: www. womeninmeatawards.com.
For more information email Libby Goodwin: libby.g@yandellmedia.com or phone 01908 613323.
