Judges
Colin Woodhead Chief Judge
| Adrian Boswell | Buyer, Cheese & Deli, Selfridges |
| Alan Hewson | Deputy Mayor, Melton Borough Council |
| Alex Chambers | Slow Food Movement UK (Warwickshire) |
| Alex Whittle | Innovation Pastry Director Samworth Brothers Ltd |
| Alison Pratt | Admin and PR Manager, Lincolnshire Rural Support Network |
| Allison Bennett | Assistant Director for Housing |
| Andy Clarke | Food & Drink Writer & TV Producer |
| Andy Wade | Melton Pie Judge |
| Ann Markillie | Great British Bake Off 2021 (Lincs) Stand Up To Cancer Winner |
| Anna Zastapilo | Assistant Buyer, Selfridges |
| Annette Woolcock | Taste of Game SPONSOR |
| Annie Gray | Food Historian |
| Atul Dawda | Owner Soi Restaurant |
| Audrey Traynor | Partner – Traynor Consulting & Training |
| Austen Dack | Editor, Chippy Chat |
| Aysha Rahman | Leisure, Culture & People Manager |
| Becky Jones | Journalist, Leicester Mercury |
| Ben Farnsworth | Chapman Associates – SPONSOR |
| Ben Shouler | Partner, Shoulers Estate Agents |
| Bill Szajna-Hopgood | Business Development Manger, Vegetarian Society |
| Bishop Martyn | Bishop of Leicester |
| Bob Pitchfork | Proprietor of Pitchfork’s Pickles |
| BobThompson | Melton Carnegie Museum |
| Charlotte Niederste-Ostholt | Senior Buyer, Harrods |
| Chris Scarrett | Chef de Cuisine, New Farm Catering |
| Christina Freeman | Past Mistress of the Worshipful Company of Bakers |
| Christopher Freeman | Master of the Worshipful Company of Bakers |
| Clive Fretwell | Former Executive Chef Blanc Brasseries |
| Colin Maxwell | Sales Executive, Foyle Group |
| Colin Rich | Founder, The Pastry Room |
| Colin Woodhead | Honorary member & Past Chariman British Confectioners Association |
| Columbia Cryan | Round Corner Brewing |
| Craig Longshaw | Business Development Officer, Vegetarian Society |
| David Greenwood-Haigh | Coeur de Xocolat |
| David Mack | TC-Group SPONSOR |
| David Robertson | Royal Air Force Senior Aviator Officer |
| David Thomson | Area Sales Manager, Bako North Western |
| Dawn Garton | Head of Finance, Melton Borough Council SPONSOR |
| Debbie Flint | Melton Mowbray Building Society |
| Debbie Wilson | Chairwoman: Ladies in Pigs |
| Des Smith | Proprietor, Dukeshill Ham |
| Di Login | Owner, Sugarloaf Ab Kettleby |
| Douglas Scott | Ex Chief Executive, Scottish Craft Butchers |
| Elaine Thomson | Bakery Educator, ex National Bakery School |
| Elizabeth Evans | MD Bentons Ltd |
| Eric Tindall | Melton Matters Team Leader |
| Fiona Henderson | Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Bakers |
| Fiona Lucas | Founder and owner of the Lincolnshire Cookery School |
| Gary Bainbridge | Freelance Columnist |
| Gary Bradshaw | Hamm Tunn Foods |
| Gary Wood | Catering Consultant, Food Service Operations |
| Gemma Ufton | Kiwa Agri Food SPONSOR |
| Giles Sciolti | Proprietor, Goddard & Page Cheese |
| Gordon Newlands | Brand Development Manager, QMS |
| Helen MacCarthy | BBC Radio Leicester |
| Henry Jefferies | Bakery Training |
| Herlinda Heras | Writer and TV Chef based in San Francisco |
| Ian Beale | Retired Managing Director, Walkers Bakery & Pork Farms |
| Ian Neale | Churchwarden, St Mary’s Parish Church, Melton Mowbray |
| Ian Richardson | Managing Director Permagrit Tools Ltd |
| Jack Hammersley | Buyer, Tesco |
| James Fryer | SMB College |
| James Sealy | Bentons Estate Agency |
| James Thorne | Assistant Principal, SMB College |
| Jennifer John | Managing Director Ceres PR |
| Jenny Howling | Owner, Sysonby Knoll Hotel |
| Jo Pratt | Cookbook author, food writer, food stylist and presenter |
| Joanne Price | TC-Group SPONSOR |
| John Davis | Events Representative, Brook Food |
| Jonathan Tull | MD Inkreadible |
| Jordan Dennis | Partner TC-Group SPONSOR |
| Judith Neale | Manager, The Dove Cottage Tea Room |
| Judy Simpson | Ladies in Pigs |
| Julia Blant | Ladies in Pigs |
| Julia Roberts | Creative Director, Ginger and Spice Festival |
| Karen Thomson | Melton Carnegie Museum |
| Katie Peal | Pie Blogger |
| Keith Houliston | Sales Director, British Bakels Ltd |
| Kevin Feltham | Vice-Chairman, Leicestershire County Council |
| Laura Hadland | Food and Drink Writer |
| Lee Freer | Chair: Melton BID |
| Lisa Cadd | The Fuss Free Foodie |
| Louise Bushell | Former Proprietor, Miss B’s Tea Rooms, Melton Mowbray |
| Louise Farmer | British Association for Shooting and Conservation |
| Louise Lee | Gonalston Farm Shop |
| Louise Rhind-Tutt | Editor in Chief, I Love MCR |
| Malika Andress | Head of Marketing, National Space Centre |
| Maria Hodson | Production Editor, Countryfile Magazine |
| Mark Garner | Restaurant Critic and Publisher |
| Martin Tarbuck | Author of Life of Pies |
| Martin Wienholt | G Wienholt, Pastrycooks of Alderley Edge, Cheshire |
| Mary Ibbotson | Ladies in Pigs |
| Matt Snowden | Content Manager, Best Western Hotel |
| Matthew Rippon | Protected Food Names expert, Queen Mary, University of London |
| Matthew Talbot | Partner, Howes Percival LLP SPONSOR |
| Megan Roberts | AB Mauri Centre of Excellence |
| Michael Autton | Lesaffre |
| Mike Holling | Sales Director, Birds of Derby |
| Mike Montgomery | BASC Publications Officer |
| Miriam Carpenter | Fresh product developer for Harrods (inc pies) |
| Mrs Janie Martin DL | Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Leicestershire |
| Natalie Kirkham | Ladies in Pigs |
| Neil Woods | President, Craft Bakers Association |
| Nick Cooper | Director, HSSP Architects |
| Nick Galer | The Miller of Mansfield, Goring on Thames |
| Nik Tooley | Ops Director Delilah Deli |
| Norman Lack | Area Sales Manager, Rondo |
| Olivia Burfoot | Agricultural Business Consultant, Brown & Co. |
| Patrick Salmon | Managing Director, Alfred Enderby |
| Peter Faulkner | Mayor |
| Phil Pruden | Professional Wine taster and Pie Aficionado |
| Pippa Van Der Kooy | World Bread Awards |
| Reverend Kevin Ashby | Rector, Melton Mowbray Team Parish |
| Richard McIlwain | Chief Executive, The Vegetarian Society |
| Richard Watkin | Watkins Butchers of Grantham |
| Richard Worton | Sports Writer and Food Judge |
| Rita Bullevant | Melton Mowbray Building Society |
| Rob Freck | Cheese Shop proprietor in Nottingham |
| Rob Russell | Needlers |
| Rupert Willday | Head of Food, Charlie Bingham |
| Ryan Plummer | Needlers |
| Sangita Tryner | Owner, Delilah Fine Foods |
| Sara Autton | Lesaffre |
| Sarah Hopcroft | Image on Food Limited |
| Sarah Porter | Past President Melton Mowbray WI |
| Shelagh Core | Manager: Melton BID |
| Sian Slater | Bedfordshire WI Bake-Off Champion |
| Simon Jarvis | Owner of Fudge Glorious Fudge |
| Simon Kimberley | Food Judge, Nottingham Post |
| Simon Taylor | Rondo – SPONSOR |
| Stephanie Rich | Taster, The Pastry Room |
| Stephen Wall | Head of Assets, Borough Market |
| Stuart Alderton | Executive Chef, RedCat Pub Company |
| Sue Woodall | Pie Judge |
| Susan Haddleton | Great Taste Awards Arbitrator |
| Tanya Lousie | Editor Nottingham Live |
| Teresa Bovey | Professional Home Economist – www.teresabovey.co.uk |
| Tim Burke | Restaurant Critic, Leicester Mercury |
| Tim Coleman | Star Guest Judge from CakesvPies, CarFest North |
| Tim Heeley | Ex Journalist and PR Consultant |
| Tim Webster | Feoffee, Mowbray Town Estate SPONSOR |
| Tom Heygate | Heygates Flour Millers SPONSOR |
| Tracey Richardson | Director and Secretary Permagrit Tools Ltd |
| Trevor Shaw | (Partner) TC-Group SPONSOR |
| Victoria Clarke | Regulatory Services Manager, Melton Borough Council |
| Will Dickinson | Head of Innovation, Billington Foods |
| William Hartson | Writer (Beachcomber), Daily Express |
| Yukari Elliott | Chef and Food Writer |