Please find below a list of our 2020 judges.We’re very grateful to all of them for helping us judge all those amazing pies.
2020 Judges
Colin Woodhead (Chairman)
Steve Foster (Deputy Chairman)
| Name | Title |
| Alan Pearson | SAQ International and Melton Borough Councillor |
| Alex Chambers | Squisito Deli, Slow Food |
| Alicia Kearnes | MP Rutland & Melton |
| Alison Pratt | Admin and PR Manager, Lincolnshire Rural Support Network |
| Andrea Corbett | Agricultural Secretary, Bentons |
| Andrea Wallace | Free lance cookery demonstrator and teacher at Leith’s |
| Andrew Cooper | Town Bailiff, Melton Mowbray Town Estate SPONSOR |
| Andrew Denton | Head Member Services, Best Western Hotels |
| Andy Clarke | Food & Drink Writer & TV Producer |
| Annabelle Percy | Engagement Lead, Melton Borough Council |
| Annette Woolcock | Taste of Game SPONSOR |
| Audrey Traynor | Partner – Traynor Consulting & Training |
| Becky Jones | Journalist, Leicester Mercury |
| Ben Farnsworth | Chapman Associates – SPONSOR |
| Ben Wass | Senior Accountant, TC-Group SPONSOR |
| Bill Szajna-Hopgood | Business Development Manger, Vegetarian Society |
| Bob Pitchfork | Proprietor of Pitchfork’s Pickles |
| BobThompson | Melton Carnegie Museum |
| Catherine Rose-Bloom | Product Developer, Harrods |
| Charlie Turnbull | Academy of Cheese |
| Charlotte Hannah | Bentons Estate Agency |
| Chris Ball | Former Principle – Brooksby Melton College |
| Chris Marsh | Pie Blogger |
| Chris Scarrett | Chef de Cuisine, New Farm Catering |
| Christina Freeman | Mistress of the Worshipful Company of Bakers |
| Christopher Freeman | Master of the Worshipful Company of Bakers |
| Cindy Baxter | PA/Business Support, TC-Group SPONSOR |
| Claire Holland | Q Guild of Butchers |
| Colin Maxwell | Sales Executive, Foyle Food Group |
| Colin Rich | Founder, The Pastry Room SPONSOR |
| Colin Woodhead | Honorary member & Past Chariman British Confectioners Association |
| Daniel Bennett | Senior Manager, Duntop |
| David Greenwood-Haigh | Coeur de Xocolat |
| David Matchett | Head Food Policy Development, Borough Market |
| David Thomson | Area Sales Manager, Bako North Western |
| Dawn Garton | Head of Finance, Melton Borough Council SPONSOR |
| Dawn Whitemore | Principle, SBM College |
| Debbie Wilson | Chairwoman: Ladies in Pigs |
| Diane Hickling | Belvoir B & B at Woodside Farm |
| Elaine Thomson | National Bakery School, Course Director |
| Eric Tindall | Melton Matters Team Leader, Presenter Radio 103 The Eye |
| Gary Bainbridge | Mirror Columnist |
| Gary Bradshaw | Hamm Tunn Foods |
| Gary Wood | Catering Consultant, Food Service Operations |
| Giles Sciolti | Owner Sciolti Ltd |
| Graeme Sharpe | Market Development Analyst, Quality Meat Scotland |
| Henry Jefferies | Bakery Training |
| Henry Norman | Editor – H2O Publishing |
| Hugh Brown | CEO Gillstream Markets |
| Ian Beale | Retired Managing Director, Walkers Bakery & Pork Farms |
| Ian Neale | Churchwarden, St Mary’s Parish Church, Melton Mowbray |
| Isaac Fisher | General Manager, Pukka |
| Janine Lishman-Peat | Ladies in Pigs |
| Jimmy Carpenter | Presenter, BBC Radio Leicester |
| Jo Pratt | Food Writer, chef and presenter |
| Joe Piliero | Director, School of Artisan Food |
| John Davis | Events Representative, Brook Food |
| John Turner | MD, Roast Restaurant |
| 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 Fisher | Chief Executive, Institute of Meat |
| Laura Hadland | Leicestershire Food Writer |
| Les Hewitt | Artisan sausage and pie maker. Food judge |
| Liam Nash | Partner Chapman Associates |
| Linda Hewitt | Home Baker, Fulbeck Bread, tutor and broadcaster |
| Linda Machin | Town Centre Officer, Loughborough |
| Lisa Buck | The Vegan Owl – Triple Award winning Pie Maker |
| Lisa Cadd | The Fuss Free Foodie |
| Lisa Williamson | Assistant Buyer, Heygates Flour Millers |
| Lizzy Owers | Ladies in Pigs |
| 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 |
| Lucy Ferris | Ladies in Pigs |
| Malika Andress | Head of Marketing, National Space Centre |
| Maria Hodson | Production Editor, Countryfile Magazine |
| Marianne Lumb | Chef, Restaurateur, BBC’s Professional Masterchef |
| Martin Tarbuck | Author of Life of Pies |
| Martin Weinholt | G Weinholt, pastrycooks of Alderley Edge, Cheshire |
| Mary Ibbotson | Ladies in Pigs |
| Matt Gisby | Officer, Taste of Game |
| Matthew Rippon | Protected Food Names expert, Queen Mary, University of London |
| Matthew Talbot | Partner, Howes Percival LLP SPONSOR |
| Matthew Widdowson | IT Services Manager, Somerbys IT. |
| Matthew Wright | Editor, Great Food Club |
| Maureen Rhoden | Organiser of the Lincolnshire Poacher Awards |
| Mayor Malise Graham | Mayor of Melton Borough |
| Milly Stokes | Proprietor, Farndon Fields Farm Shop, Market Harborough |
| Nathan Tyler | Head of Digital and Communications, Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation |
| Neale Hollingsworth | Proprietor, Dukeshill Ham |
| Neil Broomfield | 2015 Supreme Champion – Director, Great North Pie Co |
| Neil Woods | Bakery consultant formally with Ireks GmbH |
| Nick Galer | Chef/Owner The Miller of Mansfield, Goring |
| Nik Tooley | Ops Director Delilah Deli |
| Patrick Salmon | Managing Director, Alfred Enderby |
| Phil Pruden | Professional Wine taster and Pie Aficionado |
| Pippa Van Der Kooy | World Bread Awards |
| Rachel Linstead | Chief Energy Sparker, Firecracker |
| Reverend Kevin Ashby | Rector, Melton Mowbray Team Parish |
| Richard Tearle | General Manager, Rondo |
| Richard Watkin | Watkins Butchers of Grantham |
| Richard Worton | Sports Writer and Food Judge |
| Rita Wells | Ladies in Pigs |
| Rob Freck | Cheese Shop proprietor in Nottingham |
| Rod Adlington | Turkey Farmers & cooked meat suppliers of Merit from Coventry |
| Roger Cornish | Health & Safety, Melton Borough Council |
| Roger Stocks | Retired Design Teacher |
| Rupert Willday | Head of Food, Charlie Bingham |
| Sally Elkington | Retired Food Presenter for Lincs FM |
| Sally-Jane Wright | Columnist, Specialty Food Magazine |
| Sangita Tryner | Owner, Delilah Fine Foods |
| Sarah Hopcroft | Image on Food Limited |
| Sarah Porter | Past President Melton Mowbray WI |
| Simon Jarvis | Owner of Fudge Glorious Fudge |
| Stefan Rice | UK’s Most Skillful’ Title, Master Butcher A Hindle & Son, Stafford |
| Steve Foster | ex-Dunkleys |
| Stuart Alderton | Executive Chef, Little Britain Pubs |
| Sue Woodall | Regional Support Q Guild Butchers |
| Teresa Bovey | Professional Home Economist – www.teresabovey.co.uk |
| Tim Burke | Restaurant Critic, Leicester Mercury |
| Tim Coleman | Star Guest Judge from CakesvPies, CarFest North |
| Tom Adams | Retired Master Baker, Northampton |
| Tom Heygate | Heygates Flour Millers SPONSOR |
| Tony Spencer | Retired Master Baker, Boston |
| Trevor Bush | Ret. Chairman, Lincoln Diocesan Trust. Ret MD Loganair(Scotland’s Airline) |
| Trevor Shaw | Partner, TC-Group SPONSOR |
| Vanessa Brown | Head of Business & Catering Service, Vegetarian Society SPONSOR |
| Victoria Clarke | Regulatory Services Manager, Melton Borough Council |
| Will Dickinson | Head of Development, Billington Food Service |
| Will Pocklington | Head of Publications, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation |
| William Hartson | Writer (Beachcomber), Daily Express |
| Xanthe Clay | Food Writer, Daily Telegraph |
| Zara Matthews | Manager, Melton Carnegie Museum |