According to Meat Management, the Women In Meat Industry Awards have been designed to recognise the vitally important contributions that women make to the meat sector. Driven by reader nominations and votes, with an expert judging panel gathering to select the overall Meat Businesswoman of the Year recipient (presented to one of the other category winners).

The categories will be:

• Meat Businesswoman Award – Craft Butchery
• Meat Businesswoman Award – Foodservice
• Meat Businesswoman Award – Industry Supplier
• Meat Businesswoman Award – Manufacturing/Processing
• Meat Businesswoman Award – Retailing
• Meat Businesswoman Award – Trade Body
• Meat Businesswoman Award – Training and Education
• Meat Businesswoman Award – Wholesaling
• Meat Businesswoman of the Year Award
• The Rising Star Award

Voting for these awards will open in June 2019, with the results being announced at a prestigious black tie dinner to be held on 15th November at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, London.

Celebrity chef and cookery school businesswoman Lesley Waters, known for television shows including Ready Steady Cook, presented the 2018 winners with their certificates and trophies. Again at the Royal Garden Hotel.

Sponsorships from partners who wish to be commercially involved with the 2019 event taking place in November 2019 are now available. We have ten categories, each of which will be available to sponsor as a category partner. These attractive packages come with a host of benefits including a table at the Awards dinner itself and substantial advertising and PR exposure.

If you would like to find out more about sponsorships and category partnerships for the 2019 Women in Meat Industry Awards, click here.