ENTRIES ARE OPEN FOR 2025!

Welcome to the 2025 Baking Industry Awards!

The Baking Industry Awards are back for the 38th year, once again ready to recognise and reward the very best people, products, and businesses bakery has to offer. Recognised as one of the most prestigious events in the sector, these awards celebrate excellence, innovation, and dedication across the industry.

Whether you’re an artisan bakery or a large-scale producer, this is your chance to showcase your achievements, gain recognition, and stand out against your peers. The event also provides a platform to celebrate your team’s hard work and dedication – a night at the Baking Industry Awards is one to remember!

Entering the awards offers numerous benefits, such as allowing you the opportunity to boost your brand’s credibility and visibility through local and national press coverage. Additionally, being shortlisted or winning an award can help open doors to new business opportunities. The entry deadline for this year's competition is Monday 28 April 2025.

The Baking Industry Awards are not just about competition; they are a fantastic celebration of the passion, innovation, and dedication that drives our industry forward. If you think you have what it takes to be amongst the best of the best, why not get started on your entry today – it could be you collecting an award on 23 October 2025 at Royal Lancaster in London!

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2024 Winners

Previous Entrants & Attendees

Testimonials

"I had an incredible experience at the Baking Industry Awards 2024! It was a fantastic opportunity to connect with so many talented and passionate people from across our industry. Being recognized with the Rising Star award was truly a dream come true—I'm absolutely over the moon! A huge thank you to everyone who made the night so special."

Rising Star Award 2024

Naomi Spaven Coleg Cambria

"To even be shortlisted was a huge achievement for us, but we honestly didn’t expect to win! The whole team is absolutely thrilled, and we are so grateful to everyone who has supported the growth of our little family-owned business along the way. This award is testament to the hard work of our bakery teams, who are up early every day creating the Pettigrew products that people have come to know and love."

Craft Bakery Business of the Year 2024

David Le Masurier Founder Pettigrew Bakeries

"The event was impeccably organised, bringing together the best in the industry to celebrate talent, innovation and dedication. It was inspiring to see so many skilled bakers and business leaders being recognised for their hard work and creativity."

Nicola Ritchie Jacksons Bakery

"A fabulously well organised and thoroughly enjoyable event to celebrate the achievements of those in the bakery industry!"

Kate Muddiman Coleg Cambria

"By far the best event I have attended since I have been in the industry for over 30 years"

Paul Trunkfield BAKO

“We utilise the awards in quite a few different ways, through press releases, media conversations with local and regional TV and more recently we’ve been lucky enough to have those conversations with national TV too”

Speciality Bread of the Year 2022

Catherine Connor Co-Owner Lovingly Artisan

“One benefit of entering and winning such a recognised award is it gives Earth & Wheat credibility amongst peers in the baking industry, it has also meant Earth & Wheat’s brand exposure within the sector has been strengthened.”

Sustainability Initiative of the Year 2022

James Eid Founder Earth & Wheat

“This has been a huge morale boost for the entire company, after such a challenging few years. It is brilliant to be able to recognise every single person for their contribution, it brings an enhanced sense of pride to what we do day in and day out to serve our loyal customers”

Craft Bakery Business Award 2021

Sean Sarafilovic Director Stephens Bakery

"Winning a Baking Industry Award has been an amazing achievement for all of us, from owners and management, bakers and front of house. The award is very special as it appreciates the input of all of the team. It felt so good to share the process from nomination to accepting the trophy on stage with our loyal customers who genuinely felt part of it. Seeing how happy they all were for us made it incredibly gratifying for many weeks after receiving the award."

Customer Experience 2023

Ania Wadolowska Manager The Old Store Norfolk

"It was such an unreal moment to even be nominated for the award, let alone to win it. It's great to receive recognition for all the work that goes into being a baker. It has made everything feel more real on the path to achieving my dreams."

Rising Star Award 2023

Jordan Skeet Baker Bread Source

ENTRIES ARE OPEN FOR 2025!