Food Manufacture Excellence Awards: how to win - FoodManufacture.co.uk

If you're considering putting an entry into the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards and are unsure what details to include or concerned that your company simply hasn't done enough to merit an entry, don't fret.

The key message is to submit an entry anyway - you can't lose anything by doing so. You're guaranteed not to win if you don't.

Beyond that, the most important thing for main category entrants to do is take the judges on a journey, to tell the story of your successes and how you overcame challenges in the past year.

Key dates to remember

5 July 2021: entries open

6 September 2021: deadline for entries

10 February 2022: Winners announced at the Hilton Bankside, London

Turned things around

Many of our past category winners did not start a year in good shape. Some owned factories that were gutted by fire and had to be rebuilt. Some were struggling with low performance metrics or weak financial results. Then they turned things around and that made an impression.

The second thing to remember is not to underestimate your achievements. To you, what you have delivered over the past 12 months may be business as usual and nothing special. However, your factories may be just be setting high manufacturing standards without realising it - exactly the sort of business these awards are designed to recognise: those striving for excellence are likely to be hardest on themselves.

Remember too that your entry is being judged only against others who have entered - and no one is perfect.

The only thing that should disqualify you from entering is if your business does not manufacture food, drink or ingredients in the UK. The exception is the Technology Partnership Award, for which service providers may enter on behalf of manufacturing clients.

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