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 |