BFFF 2022 Gala Dinner Dance Brochure

2022 Gala Dinner Dance featuring the Frozen Food Awards and People Awards

Our Frozen Food Awards Sponsors

Experienced logistics partner to some of the largest grocery retailers

With 40 years’ experience across the temperature-controlled sector, GXO partners with the world’s leading companies to solve complex logistics challenges. We use technologically advanced supply chain solutions to deliver at scale and with speed.

259,000 Pallet locations

14 million

Temperature-controlled items repacked in Europe

2.5 hours From fresh to frozen in 2.5 hours

Bespoke value-added services We pride ourselves on the diversity of our value-added services to help you achieve real cost and efficiency savings.

These include rework, bespoke tempering, blast freezing, decanting, line ready raw material preparation and mixed SKU packing.

Dedicated fleet and drivers We have a strong network throughout the UK, with the capability to support all sectors and temperatures. Our expertise and partnerships enable us to provide flexible, tailored solutions to optimise your regular deliveries.

Storage and order management Our specialists work with you to find the right solution – from warehouse design to returns management – to overcome the challenges of your sector or products, including seasonality, delivery points and target volumes.

9,500+

Temperature-controlled deliveries per week

Connect with an expert Robert Reader

robert.reader@gxo.com Tel: 07770 533960 gxo.com/food

Contents Page No. Welcome

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Programme

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Menu

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Our Sponsors

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Companies in Attendance

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Seating Plan

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People Awards Finalists

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GREAT TASTE AND QUALITY EVERYTIME

Battered

BBQ

Chicken Nuggets

Chicken Wings

EASY AND QUICK PREPARATION

Hot & Spicy

Chicken Wings

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Crispy

Chicken Strips

Southern Fried

Popcorn Chicken

12 mm

Chicken Strips

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Welcome We are delighted to welcome so many members and their guests to the BFFF Gala Dinner Dance and awards evening.

It has been three years since we held our last Gala Dinner, so we are delighted to be able to hold the event again.

Those members who are stalwarts of the event will notice we have a new venue for this year’s event. We chose The Brewery as we feel this is an ideal venue for the evening.

We will also include another awards presentation to the evening with our much delayed People Awards. Over the last few months, it is clear that many members have seen team performance go way beyond what was normally expected, from covering for team members off with covid, organising new supply chains or just supporting other team members. So, it is with great pleasure that tonight we will recognise some of these individuals and teams within the BFFF membership.

We will also announce the winners of the BFFF Frozen Food Awards. Over the last few years our market has been defined by some amazing product development. We have seen many high-quality products enter the market which has helped change consumers perceptions of frozen food.

This year’s awards are no exception and we have been delighted to see enhancements to everyday products, through to totally new concepts being brought to the market.

We have lined up some amazing entertainment for the evening, with Rollacoaster providing their great set that is sure to get you on the dance floor. We also welcome back The Jersey Boys, an act that always goes down well with BFFF members.

Finally, I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to our sponsors whose generousity and commitment to our industry enables us to support you, our members.

So, welcome everyone, whether you are a BFFF member or guest and we hope you have a wonderful evening.

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Programme 6.30pm -

Drinks Reception in The King George Room

7.15pm

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Call to Dinner

7.30pm

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People Awards commences in The Porter Tun Room

8.15pm

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Dinner commences

9.45pm -

Caberet performance from Frankie’s Guys

10.05pm

Frozen Food Awards commences With thanks to our Awards sponsors:

Retail Awards

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FoodserviceAwards

11.15pm

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Entertainment with live band Rollacoaster

1.30am

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Carriages

Menu Seared Shiitake crusted tuna loin, tuna carpaccio, truffle kewpie & ponzu mayonnaise, Japanese pickles, avocado sorbet, tapioca rice cracker

Cider glazed pork belly, hazelnut & rosemary crackling crumb, Pommes Anna potatoes, broccoli, caramelised shallot, Nduja mascarpone sauce

Dulce de leche chocolate fondant, vanilla ice cream, pea shard, pea, and palm sugar puree

Vegetarian Menu Heritage tomatoes, Bloody Mary gazpacho, cucumber sorbet, aioli focaccia crouton

Miso & vegan feta infused aubergine, mixed grains & beans, sweet & sour peppers, red pepper puree, crispy courgette ribbons, watercress, wasabi & lime yoghurt

Dulce de leche chocolate fondant, vanilla ice cream, pea shard, pea, and palm sugar puree

If you do have an allergy or intolerance, please inform a member of staff before you consume any food or drink who will do their best to advise you or ask for the advice of an Event Manager or Chef.

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With thanks to our sponsors GXO is the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider.

GXO is committed to providing a diverse, world-class workplace for approximately 120,000 team members across more than 900 facilities totalling approximately 200 million square feet. The company partners with the world’s leading blue-chip companies to solve complex logistics challenges with technologically advanced supply chain and ecommerce solutions, at scale and with speed. With over 40 years’ experience in food processing and packing, GXO is the partner of choice for the UK’s frozen food manufacturers.

Sun Valley offers a range of added value frozen poultry products to the foodservice market. Sun Valley has been serving consumers with high quality poultry products for over 60 years. In 1980, Sun Valley became part of the global Cargill business committed to delivering high quality innovative poultry products.

Freiberger are focused on the production of private label products in the frozen pizza category. As the world’s largest supplier of frozen pizza in the private label market we serve the UK public through our key retail partners and their individually tailored ranges. Innovation and inspiration are key to the UK pizza market and alongside key relationships from our partners we continue to drive strong growth and consumer reach in this market.

Birds Eye Ltd is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, responsible for the manufacture of some of the nation’s most-loved frozen foods brands such as Birds Eye Fish Fingers, Aunt Bessie’s Yorkshire Puddings and Goodfella’s Pizza – as well as a number of private label brands.

1.5 billion meals a year consumed in the UK feature a product from the Birds Eye stable of products, which are bought by over 80% of households every year. The company endeavours to serve the nation with better food; promoting the nutritional benefits and convenience of frozen food and the role it plays in helping reduce food waste. Birds Eye Ltd is owned by Nomad Foods, the market leader in the European Frozen Foods category.

Greenyard is a global market leader of fresh, frozen and prepared fruit & vegetables, flowers and plants. Supplying Europe’s leading retailers within its customer base, the group provides efficient and sustainable solutions to customers and suppliers through best-in-class products, market-leading innovation, and outstanding service. Our vision is to make lives healthier by helping people enjoy fruit and vegetables at any moment, easy, fast and pleasurable, whilst fostering nature.

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Companies in Attendance Company ABP Albert Bartlett

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Aldi apetito Ltd apetito Ltd - Ian Stone

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Aviko

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Bannisters Yorkshire Family Farm

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BFFF - Harry Hinks

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BFFF - Kate Miller

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BFFF - Richard Harrow

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BFFF - Rupert Ashby

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BFFF Staff

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Billington Group

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Billington Group - Peter Allan

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Birds Eye Ltd

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Brakes

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Butterfly Poultry Ltd

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Companies in Attendance Company Cargill Protein Europe Cold Chain Federation - Shane Brennan

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Cold Clad Ltd

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Cook Trading Ltd

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Coppenrath & Wiese (UK) Ltd

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Craft Guild of Chefs - Andrew Green

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Crops UK

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Crown Foods Ltd

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D’Arta UK Ltd

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Dalziel

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Daregal Gourmet Ltd

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Dawn Foods Ltd

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Destiny Foods

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Fareshare UK

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Foodbridge

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FBI Food Group

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Food Manufacture - Rod Addy

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Frieberger UK Ltd Fresh Montgomery

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Table Number

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Frostkrone

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Fullers Foods International Plc

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Funnybones

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Companies in Attendance Company

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Glendale Foods Ltd

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Gourmet Island Ltd

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Greenyard Frozen UK Ltd

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GXO

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Heron Foods Ltd

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Ice Cream Treats

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Ice Kitchen

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Iceland Foods Ltd

25

IRI

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Joe Buckner Associates

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KK Fine Foods Ltd

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Lakeland Dairies

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Companies in Attendance Company

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Magnavale

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Marks & Spencer

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Meadow Vale Food Group

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NewCold

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Paramount 21 Ltd

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Partners&

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Pilgrims Foodservice

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Peter Backman

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Pelican - Michael Bennett

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Powerknot Poundland - Dillon Heffernan Princes Ltd

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Provisions Trade Association

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Pukka Pies Ltd

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Samworth SC - Paul Bennell

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Sea Products International Ltd (SPI)

35

The Ice Co.

22

The UK Foodhall Ltd

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Companies in Attendance Company

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Uren

Viciunai UK & Ireland Ltd

Table Number 9

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Virto

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Westbridge Food Group Ltd

17

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Youngs Foodservice

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Zest Food Partners - Nick Redford

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DANCE FLOOR

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BFFF Gala Dinner Dance - Seating Plan 14

RAMP

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ENTRANCE

SOUND DESK

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With thanks to our sponsors:

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People Awards Finalists Name: Company: Category:

Adam Falck Birds Eye Sustainability Champion

Adam is currently the Packaging Development Manager for the UK and Ireland at Nomad Foods Europe working on the Birds Eye, Aunt Bessie’s and Goodfella’s brands. Adam is focussed on improving the sustainability of the packaging used by the business and mythbusting common packaging challenges.

Name: Company: Category:

Health and Safety Team apetito Health & Safety Champion

The Health and Safety team has been an integral part of running the business safely through the Covid-19 crisis, implementing robust measures to keep staff and customers safe. The team worked tirelessly to ensure these measures were put in place including the early adoption of lateral flow testing in the workplace and temperature monitoring leading the way for other businesses to follow.

Name: Company: Category:

Ben Scholey The Ice Co Adaptability Champion

Ben has worked his way up through the ranks from the warehouse team to Assistant Sales Order Processing Manager, and will soon go on to lead the team as Manager. This has been achieved through hard work, a willingness to learn new systems and consistently high standards. He is a keen leader whose team look to him for guidance and advice, he possesses a calming approach during difficult working periods which in turn filters through his team and those he corresponds with.

Name: Company: Category:

David Lennox Iceland Adaptability Champion

David grew up working in one Michelin star hotels and restaurants across the UK and Europe, like Inverlochy castle near Fort William and Hartwell house near Aylesbury, before opening his own restaurant in Leicestershire.

David was nominated for best newcomer, the only restaurant nominated outside London that year and achieved the highest rating in the good food guide of any restaurant in Leicestershire and a star in the harden’s guide.

David is currently Head of Product Development at Iceland foods and has been there for six years. Iceland have put a state of the art development kitchen in place as a real statement of intent to improve innovation and quality in ther food offer. Before Iceland David worked at Morrisons head office as Senior Development Chef and was part of the team who launched 11,000 products in 18 months.

Previous to this he worked for Bakkavor and was seconded into Waitrose head office to work on helping launch a wide range of Heston products into the market.

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People Awards Finalists Name: Company: Category:

Declan Henderson apetito Rising Star

Declan is Category Development Manager for Specialist Nutrition at apetito.

He is also a Registered Dietitian. Declan’s passion and determination, coupled with a growth mindset and strong dietetic influence over product development, has seen our Softer Foods range expand exponentially delivering world-leading innovation, making a real difference to our customers and their consumers.

Name: Company: Category:

Ellie Shreeves Birds Eye Rising Star

Ellie is the Senior eCommerce Manager at Birds Eye, where she is responsible for the strategic development of the eCommerce Channel, across the Birds Eye, Aunt Bessie’s & Goodfella’s brands. Her role has recently expanded and now covers the three key subchannels in eCommerce: .Com, Pureplay & Quick Commerce.

Name: Company: Category:

James Buckingham Birds Eye Key Account Manager

James is a Commercial Manager on the Tesco account at Birds Eye and has worked across a number of different customers since joining the business in 2019. Prior to this, James worked as an National Account manager within the UK Telecoms industry at both Samsung and Nokia after he completed the Graduate Management Scheme at Enterprise Rent A Car. James is passionate about healthy, accessible and sustainable food that delivers on flavour and excites consumers and is driven to bring engaging NPD to market that support different meal occasions.

Name: Company: Category:

Jessica Wilsdon The Ice Co Rising Star

Jessica is the The Ice Co’s Marketing Executive and has been with the company for nearly seven years. She’s the brains behind their digital marketing. Starting as an intern all those years ago, Jessica has grown with them and been a part of the team that has seen The Ice Co go from strength to strength. You’ll often find her brainstorming and researching ideas for what they can do next. Her commitment, dedication and enthusiasm results in trust and confidence from the senior leadership team and board.

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People Awards Finalists Name: Company: Category:

Jonathan Whiteley Birds Eye Rising Star

Jonathan is a Senior Category Development Manager for Birds Eye and has worked across a variety of accounts and channels since joining Birds Eye in 2018. Prior to joining Birds Eye, Jonathan was part of the 2 Sisters Food Group graduate management scheme and transitioned to Birds Eye when the business acquired the Goodfella’s pizza brand in 2017. Jonathan is approaching five years working in the Frozen Food industry and has experience across: top four, discounters, convenience and online. Jonathan currently works on the Tesco account, having been promoted to the role in January 2022.

Name: Company: Category:

Jonathan Wright Birds Eye Digital Champion

Jonathan is Regional Media Manager for the UK & IE at Birds Eye. Starting his frozen food career in 2013 at Aunt Bessie’s, Jonathan has gained invaluable experience with roles in marketing, commercial, shopper marketing, eCommerce and digital. Since the acquisition of the brand by Birds Eye in 2018, Jonathan’s role has evolved and become focused on implementing best in class communication and media plans across the different portfolio of brands in an ever-changing landscape.

Name: Company: Category:

Lauren Metcalfe Iceland Buyer of the year

Lauren has worked in the food industry for 12 years, since graduating with a Masters in Business and Marketing. Her roles have been predominantly trading focussed with a number of buying and leadership roles across grocery and frozen food categories. She worked closely on the Power of Frozen Campaign at Iceland, bringing high quality and brilliant value products to market that contributed to the changing perceptions of frozen food. Her current role as Head of Exclusive Brands has responsibility for existing and new License Partners at Iceland, including Slimming World, Greggs, TGI Friday’s, Harry Ramsdens and The Hershey Company. The ranges launched in partnership with these brands have delivered significant sales and have contributed towards Iceland delivery record market share performance, for five consecutive periods.

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People Awards Finalists Name: Company: Category:

Lauren Ward BirdsEye Rising Star

Lauren was promoted to Brand Manager for the Aunt Bessie’s brand in April 2021 working across vegetables, accompaniments, meals and desserts.

Within her first year Lauren has shown real ambition, determination and drive over-coming all challenges faced to successfully deliver her first product launch to the market. Prior to joining Aunt Bessie’s as Marketing Co-ordinator back in 2018, Lauren started her career at Nisa working as a Marketing Assistant straight from Hull University where she studied Marketing and graduated with a first class honours degree.

Name: Company: Category:

Lee Sefton Magnavale Health & Safety Champion

Lee Sefton is Magnavale’s Group Health, Safety and Technical Manager. Lee manages Health and Safety across all three sites, liaising with all governing bodies to ensure internal and external stakeholders are safe and fit for work.

Name: Company: Category:

Sustainability Team apetito Sustainability Champion

Headed by Lee Sheppard, the Sustainability team has looked to underpin every business decision made by apetito with sustainability and environmental credentials and targets, giving commitments that will make a real difference – and fast! The team has ensured that apetito have made tangible changes that will help to achieve their targets as soon as 2025, leading the way to net zero.

Name: Company: Category:

Magnavale Team Magnavale Supply Chain/Logistics Team

Magnavale’s Supply Chain team is located within our three sites, Magnavale Chesterfield, Magnavale Scunthorpe and Magnavale Warrington.

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People Awards Finalists Name: Company: Category:

Mark Slater Magnavale Sustainability Champion

Mark Slater is Magnavale’s Group Engineering Manager and is responsible for all preventative and reactive maintenance, all engineering systems, and Capex project execution. Mark ensures the day to day running efficiencies of all equipment across the sites within Magnavale, and has coordinated various upgrades to enhance efficiencies and reduce their carbon footprint. During the past 18 months, Mark has begun revolutionising their existing facilities. He coordinated the implementation of the new fleet of electric vehicles and has conducted many other development projects at Magnavale, including new high-speed roller doors that improve thermal efficiencies of cold stores.

Throughout his time at Magnavale, Mark has maintained the same drive and passion that he entered the business with. With the completion of each project, it is clear to see the positive effects it has on the business in terms of the services we deliver, and other factors equally as important such as environmental and social impacts. Mark has an extremely forward-thinking approach to his crucial role within the business. He is a fundamental member of the team who actively encourages his colleagues to take part in all discussions and aims to bring sustainability to the forefront of all projects within the business.

Name: Company: Category:

Megan Sealey Birds Eye Rising Star

Megan joined Birds Eye in 2020 and whilst working on the Ocado business, became interested in developing Birds Eye’s performance in the eCommerce channel. In October 2021 she was promoted to eCommerce Manager, working in the Channel Development team on developing our business capabilities in the eCommerce space.

Name: Company: Category:

Natalie Lee Birds Eye Rising Star

Natalie is the Trade and Shopper Marketing Manager for the UK at Birds Eye. Starting her FMCG career in convenience and finding the love for frozen food in 2017 at Aunt Bessie’s. Since the acquisition of the brand by Birds Eye in 2018, Natalie’s role has evolved and grown, which has led to her implementing first-to-market and best-in-market shopper activities across the different portfolio of brands in an ever-changing landscape.

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People Awards Finalists Name: Company: Category:

Nathan Wilson Birds Eye Digital Champion

Nathan has been with Birds Eye for a little over five years now, after starting his career with Aunt Bessie’s and transitioning to Birds Eye after its acquisition. Nathan has worked across each element of digital throughout the last five years, beginning in the eCommerce team, moving to the digital comms team and most recently being promoted to Activation Manager in a hybrid position between the digital comms team and eCommerce team.

Nathan has experienced huge growth, going from managing one social channel with a budget of £10k to managing huge digital campaigns, spanning three brands and delivering over a billion digital impressions.

Name: Company: Category:

Nicola Jackson Birds Eye Sustainability Champion

Nicola is Trade and Shopper Marketing Controller for Birds Eye, after establishing the Shopper Marketing function in Birds Eye in 2018, she has lead the team to land stand out activation and campaigns across the Birds Eye, Aunt Bessie’s and Goodfella’s brands. Nicola is passionate about raising awareness of the benefits of frozen, developing campaigns to educate and communicate the benefits across the shopper journey. Prior to joining Birds Eye, Nicola was Brand Communications Marketing Manager at Aunt Bessie’s where she established the Shopper Marketing and eCommerce function as well as leading the Brand Communications strategy. Nicola has also held roles in Asda and Morrisons bringing her retailer experience to life in the supplier environment.

Name: Company: Category:

Patricia Flynn Birds Eye Risinng Star

Patricia is an Assistant Product Development Manager at Nomad foods.

Throughout her three years in Nomad, she has worked in numerous roles across the Goodfella’s pizza business RDQ, including Process Development, R&D Design and R&D Value Creation. Having graduated top of her class with a BSc. in Food Science and Health from the University of Limerick, she has previously worked in other areas of the food industry such as cheese and drinks manufacturing.

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People Awards Finalists Name: Company: Category:

Paul George Birds Eye Adaptability Champion

Paul started life as a Medical Microbiologist studying virology and immunology before moving to Birds Eye as a Food Microbiologist. He became Quality Assurance and Laboratories manager for Birds Eye’s Lowestoft factory in 2002 Responsible for the food safety, quality and legality of approximately 130,000 tonnes per year of famous branded products such as Waffles, Garden Peas, Chicken Dippers, Original Beefburgers, Coated Fish and now Plant Protein.

Paul’s skill-set from his former occupation was heavily drawn upon during the pandemic to help keep Birds Eye and its key workers safe and operational to fulfil the needs of consumers over lockdowns, both in terms of increased demand and a sense of security in a trusted brand in difficult times.

Name: Company: Category:

Peter Jenkins Dalziel Ingredients Health & Safety Champion

Peter is an engaging Safety, Health, and Environment professional with a passion for organisational architecture, digital management system design and implementation, policy and strategy development/delivery, data analysis, and SME support. With core objectives of making life easier for staff, and facilitating transformational change and leading indicator performance growth across multiple departments, underpinned by purpose and values that champion people first.

His current Group Health and Safety Manager role sees him leading ‘SHEW’ (Safety, Health, Environment, Wellbeing) across 15 depots, three food manufacturing sites, and one packaging site throughout England, Scotland, and Wales, with a total headcount in excess of 700. His multi-site role encompasses all strategic health and safety work, delivering business transformation through sustainable organisational architecture. His efforts integrate health and safety into every activity through inspiring colleagues to ask great questions, and empowering them to make great decisions.

Name: Company: Category:

Sam Money NSF Foods Rising Star

Sam joined NSF Foods on an apprenticeship straight from school. He studied business management during a two year, work based apprenticeship.

He became a key member of the sales and development team, and quickly began to manage his own customers. Five years later Sam is now managing customers with a six figure turnover. He is involved in new product development, technical support, food safety, and new supplier development.

There have been many challenges in Sam’s short career, but he has performed well, and always gone beyond the call of duty. His approach to the business, customers and his colleagues is second to none.

A raising star who is worth his waiting in gold, and one the frozen food industry should be proud of.

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People Awards Finalists Name: Company: Category:

Sam Tippins Cargill Protein Europe Rising Star

Sam joined Cargill at the peak of the pandemic as Regional Account Manager for our foodservice sales channel and during that time has triumphed against all adversities and raised our company profile and product awareness to wider audience. Sam has heavily contributed to the success of our Sun Valley brand since her time at Cargill.

Name: Company: Category:

Scunthorpe Team Billington Foods Supply Chain/Logistics Team

Becki Watson As part of the supply chain team, Becki ensures their customers are served as well as possible even when they saw a huge surge in demand when restrictions were lifted. With the driver shortage in the run up to Brexit they had to work effectively with their third-party hauliers ensuring that loads were optimised wherever possible in order not to waste drive time and vehicle space.

Jefrin Sunny As part of the supply chain team, Jefrin ensures their customers are served as well as possible even when they saw a huge surge in demand when restrictions were lifted. With the driver shortage in the run up to Brexit they had to work effectively with their third-party hauliers ensuring that loads were optimised wherever possible in order not to waste drive time and vehicle space.

Josh Foster Josh has worked at Billington Foods for seven years and has worked in various parts of the business since starting, including prep, stock control, production planning, customer services and he is currently in materials planning.

Essentially his job is to keep the factory supplied with the materials needed to run 24/7, whilst trying to optimise their stock holding to meet the budget. Another element of his role is to manage at risk stock and trying to minimise at risk raw materials by highlighting these internally and coming up with a solution to prevent waste.

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People Awards Finalists Name: Company: Category:

Scunthorpe Team (Cont’d) Billington Foods Supply Chain/Logistics Team

Lawrie Warsap Lawrie joined Billington Foods in November 2020 as a Supply Chain Executive.

His role involves the daily reporting of the factories performance to an accurate level with the findings to be issued to relevant colleagues on a timely basis. By interpreting data, He is able to outline the findings into effective reports whilst challenging managers to deliver information in order to achieve consistent reporting. Lawrie also provides administrative support to the operations management team and the customer service team by pulling board reports together and manage the day to day activity of the stock being planned and produced.

Marc Ferguson Marc has worked at Billington Foods for over ten years, beginning in an operational role and moving to a role solely within the Supply Chain team for the past six years. He heads up the Planning team at Scunthorpe. His role predominately involves leading a team of three planners ensuring both short and long term plans are in place to service customers on time, in full and in a manner which minimises waste, presents opportunities to the Operations team in terms of efficiencies and is in alignment with the short and long term strategic aims of the business.

Matt Panton Matt started at the business 22 years ago and originally worked on the despatch casing line packing product into boxes and order picking ready meals, soups, sauces and dressings.

His role as Site 2 Operations Manager involves monitoring and improving warehouse and dispatch productivity, labour, health and safety, recruitment and training requirements. High focus on reducing waste and ensuring procedure compliance, in particular around HACCP and Food Safety. He is responsible for monitoring and improving stock accuracy on inbound and outbound deliveries/orders along with a focus on achieving 100% service to internal and external customers on a daily basis.

Michael Burley Michael joined Billington Foods in January 2010 and has worked there for 12 years. He has worked in a number of roles making his way up to his current role as “Demand Manager”. Michael’s main responsibility is to control the visibility of the demand coming in and out of the business, whether it be through forecasting meetings, managing the S&OP process or creating Christmas stock build plans.

Paul Naylor Paul has worked for Billington Foods (and previously TSC foods) since September 2011 as Warehouse Area Leader at Site 2. His main responsibilities are to ensure the whole department runs efficiently and safely.

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People Awards Finalists Name: Company: Category:

Scunthorpe Team (Cont’d) Billington Foods Supply Chain/Logistics Team

Paul Richards As part of the supply chain team, Paul ensures their customers are served as well as possible even when they saw a huge surge in demand when restrictions were lifted. With the driver shortage in the run up to Brexit they had to work effectively with their third-party hauliers ensuring that loads were optimised wherever possible in order not to waste drive time and vehicle space.

Simon Seals Simon has worked at Billington Foods for four years, starting as a Production Operative before becoming a Machine Minder/Mixer in the Deli dept. In July of 2021, Simon joined the Supply Chain Team as a Supply Chain Planner. His main role is to ensure products for the Deli dept and Doy line are planned in on a daily basis, ensuring minimum wastage and maximum order fulfilment.

As a secondary role he also has a hand in ensuring the full range of chilled products they manufacture are planned to cover current orders and future trends.

Tom Watson Tom has worked at Billington Foods for five years with the last three and a half years being in planning. His main daily task is formulating a plan for the production team to meet orders and monitor stock holding for all of the sku’s.

Name: Company: Category:

Simon Husbands Cargill Protein Europe Adaptability Champion

Simon has been at Cargill for 40 years, he has amassed a wealth of knowledge through his years at Cargill and is considered an expert in Cargill Protein Europe’s supply chains. Simon’s role is Supply Planning and Inventory Manager for CPE.

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People Awards Finalists Name: Company: Category:

Supply Chain & Logistics Team The Ice Co Supply Chain/Logistics Team

The Ice Co’s Supply Chain & Logistics team is made up of two internal teams, the ‘Top Bank Team’ and ‘Sales Order Processing Team’.

Top Bank are new members of The Ice Co (they were previously employed by their sister company) and manage their new 20k pallet Cold Store. In this time the team have had to be ultra-flexible and adaptable to an ever-changing environment.

Top Bank work closely with their Sales Order Processing team, who have had a busy year as they moved to processing orders seven days a week (previously five), which allowed retailers to react to their own requirements faster, ensuring a smoother stock process.

Name: Company: Category:

Wiltshire Farm Foods Team apetito Adaptability Champion

Wiltshire Farm Foods Team has continually adapted to the turbulence caused by Covid and Brexit. The team has demonstrated flexibility and resilience by continuing to deliver thousands of meals every day to some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Name: Company: Category:

Will Dickinson Billington Foods Rising Star

Having worked for the Billington Group since February 2020, Will became Head of Innovation at Billington Foods when the business was formed in September 2021. Before joining the business, he spent eight years working in innovation for the retail sector, having spent ten years as a chef in high end restaurants prior to that.

He is responsible for the development at both of the company’s production sites and leads a team of talented chefs and developers in the research, development and launch of innovative new products for the foodservice, retail and B2B markets.

Name: Company: Category:

Yvonne Bennett Cargill Protein Europe Charity/Community Award

Yvonne Bennett has been the Office Manager at the Cargill site in Worcester for four years. Yvonne is passionate about ensuring everyone feels valued and appreciated and sharing her knowledge so everyone can access all the help available and supporting our Cargill Cares Community projects which benefit the local community and the mental wellness of those that participate and encourage team work and endorse team development.

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Dates for your Diary!

19th/20th September 2022 BFFF Frozen Food Business Conference and Networking Dinner

22nd November 2022 BFFF Frozen Food Annual Luncheon Take advantage of our ‘Early Bird’ ticket offer per table Book your tickets here: https://bfff.co.uk/events/

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