Five reasons to enter the Baking Industry Awards

The Baking Industry Awards are the most sought-after prize in the UK bakery community. Winning a trophy in this prestigious competition creates opportunities for you and your business. Simply being in attendance at the awards ceremony can present you with unique networking opportunities with people from across the sector. It’s a chance to showcase your brand and be seen at this industry-leading event.

Here's our top five reasons why you should enter this year's ultimate celebration of baking in Britain:

Benefit from the highest recognition

1. Benefit from industry recognition

Bagging your company a Baking Industry Award remains the highest recognition you can receive within the entire industry. This can come across as hugely impressive to your potential clients and customers!

Have your business evaluated by industry experts

2. Expert evaluation of your business

All entries will be evaluated by our panel of baking experts – putting your impressive achievements and innovations in front of the most experienced and knowledgeable names in the industry.

All finalists and winners will be featured in British Baker content

British Baker coverage

All finalists will be featured in British Baker's digital coverage of the awards, across our website, newsletters and social media. Make the most of the exposure your company can benefit from here – the website alone reaches over 45,000 different people every month!

Award winners receive assets to help promote their achievements

4. Assets to promote achievements

As an award winner, the perks of your big win don't stop as soon as you step off the stage with your newly acquired trophy. You'll receive a tailored winners pack providing you with the means to shout from the rooftops about your accomplishment, with minimum extra work required!

Come and enjoy one of the best nights out in the entire UK baking industry!

5. Enjoy one of the best nights out!

The Baking Industry Awards really is a one-of-a-kind evening, bringing together like-minded people from up and down the country for a grand night of networking, jubilation, and entertainment. Come along to celebrate the achievements of your team and peers, and hopefully pick up a trophy!

With 15 exciting categories to choose from – including the newly introduced Bakery Leader of the Year – there is an opportunity for every bakery, no matter how big or small, to shine. If you've got a new product which flies off the shelves, why not enter New Bakery Product of the Year? Or if you're an up-and-coming talent, enter our Rising Star Award.

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Testimonials

“The Baking Industry Awards is one of the highlights of the year in our industry and a really well put together event. Thank you to the whole team at British Baker. Receiving this recognition from our industry peers was a real motivational achievement for all of us. We have received a great response from our customers, suppliers, shareholders, and most importantly our hardworking bakery colleagues with whom we have celebrated, recognised, and rewarded as a direct result.”

Bakery Manufacturer of the Year 2024

Jonathan Mellows Managing Director Montana Bakery

“Being part of the Baking Industry Awards was a real treat as it’s a proper celebration of baking brilliance and lovely people, from the smallest craft bakeries to the biggest operators in the industry. Winning Speciality Bakery Product of the Year gave our team a huge lift and plenty to shout about.”

Specialty Bread Product of the Year 2024

Matt Harrison Co-Founder Stir Bakery

"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

"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

"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