World Food Awards 2011 – entries now open

20th July 2011, 10:43am

Nominations are now open for The World Food Awards 20111 (WFA) which will be taking place on 1 October at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.

The World Food Awards are open exclusively to companies specialising, promoting or stocking products from the following countries: Asian, Oriental, African, Afro-Caribbean, European, East-European, Middle Eastern, South American and Mediterranean.

The 2011 categories are:
Product of the Year
Best Packaging
Wholesaler of the Year
Marketing Campaign of the Year
Catering Supplier of the Year
Independent Retailer of the Year
National Retailer of the Year
Restaurant of the Year
Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Lifetime Achievement Award

The third annual event will be hosted by comedy legend Lenny Henry. He said: "There was such an impressive range of nominees from Zuma restaurant and Levi Roots to Vita Coco and Pataks – and coming from a Jamaican background myself, I think it's fantastic how practically every ethnicity was represented in this unique celebration of world food.

"I had a fantastic experience last year , so am delighted to be back. It's one event that you can attend knowing that the food is going to be great!"

The closing date for this year's entries is Friday 29th July 2011.

This year's high-profile judging panel consists of some of the UK's most respected industry experts, including Adam Leyland, editor of The Grocer, Simon Numphud, head of AA inspectors and Mintel's director of Innovation & Insight David Jago.

Related Articles:

• 25 Jun 2010 - Nominations open for Annual World Food Awards 2010
• 02 Nov 2009 - The Cinnamon Club wins big at World Food Awards
• 12 Oct 2009 - Cinnamon Club nominated in World Food Awards
• 09 Oct 2009 - First annual World Food Awards 2009 launches

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