The finalists for 2022’s Food and Drinks Heroes have been announced!
The finalists for 2022’s Food and Drinks Heroes have been announced! With a whopping 700 entries this year alone, it was hardly slim pickings amongst the variety of inspirational and talented entrepreneurs who submitted their applications. Despite the tough task, an especially talented selection of entrepreneurs have been chosen as finalists for this year’s awards in each individual category.
To address the ever-growing interest in the awards, even more categories, such as Street Food Entrepreneur of the Year and Producer of the Year were created to give a larger number of talented entrepreneurs a vehicle to communicate their brands and astonishing personal experiences.
The selected finalists have told touching tales that are sure to impress and inspire. Despite coming from an assortment of categories in the food and drink industry, finalists all seem to have two things in common, an admirable entrepreneurial spirit and an astonishing set of achievements, by not only themselves, but also their brands.
Francesca James, founder of Food and Drink Heroes, said: “The line-up of finalists is nothing short of impressive. I’m more than pleased to see even more entrepreneurs being given the chance to share their story. It’ll be a tough task for the judges to select the winners from such an impressive list of talent, but I have no doubt that this year’s finalists are some of the best businesses we’ve seen yet and will be recognised as such.”
Here are our 2022 finalists:
Alcoholic Drink Entrepreneur Of the Year
Liam Manton, Alderman’s Drinks
Morgan Arnell & Elaine Arnell, Crumbs Brewing
Philip Everett-Lyons, Hattiers Rum
Jacob Liddle, Jiddler’s Tipple
Jesse Wilson, Jubel Beer
Richard Sager & Luca Quaglianio, NIO Cocktails UK
Jay Bradley, The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. & Whiskey & Wealth Club
George Blurton, Long Shot Drinks
Animal Food Entrepreneur of the Year
Mark Scott & Tony Ottley, Bella & Duke
James Lacy & Nathan Perry, Denzel’s
Mathew Cockroft & Daniel Valdur Eha, Pure Pet Food
Pankaj Hurria, Tiana Halal Cat Food
Baked Goods Entrepreneur of the Year
Lisa Smith, Ginger Bakers
Alice Williams, Luminary Bakery
Rachel Hanretty, Mademoiselle Macaron
Paul Clark & Laura Clark, Phat Pasty Co
Max Poynton, Jacob Watts & Matthew Bond, Project D
Andy Welch, Seriously Low Carb by Keeto Life
Paul Rostand, The Artful Baker
Meenesh Mistry & Parul Mistry, Wholey Moley
Confectionary Entrepreneur of the Year
Kane Dowell, Ask Mummy & Daddy
James Cadbury, Love Cocoa & H!P Chocolate
Manav Thapar, LoveRaw
Andy Valentine & Louise Webb, Popcorn Kitchen
Sally Newall, Simply Ice Cream
Maria Romero & Emanuel Ferrandez, Sur Chocolates Ltd
Christina Bull, Sweet Tree by Browns
Mike Grant & Jason Grant, The Copper Fudge Company
Export Entrepreneur of the Year
Edmund Wood, Belgrove Rum
Giuseppe Gallo, Italicus LTD
Sean Ramsden, Ramsden International
Sherwin Acebuche & Tim Driver, Tarsier Spirit
Health Entrepreneur of the Year
Andrew Gibb, Coldpress Juices
Nick Pullin & Maxine Brown, Healthipops
Bethan Thomas & Kate Achilles, HotTea Mama
Amy Moring & Jeff Webster, Hunter & Gather Food
John Woods, Linwoods Health Foods
Wayne Starkey & James Whiting, Skinny Food Co
Suzie Walker, The Keto Collective
Rahi Daneshmand, Virtue Drinks
Hospitality Entrepreneur of the Year
Liv Pritchard, Bustler Market
Phil Harrison & Mel Harrison, Escapism Bar Group
Arnaud Kaziewicz, Loaf & Coal
Teddy Lee, Maki & Ramen
Sophie Pottle & James Hallworth, Perch & Co Ltd
Louise Palmer-Masterton, Stem & Glory
Rachel Wisson-Brooks & Holly Wisson-Brooks, The Chocolate Cocktail Club
Jessica Manley, William Manley, Sally Keighley & David Keighley, The Yan at Broadrayne
Innovation Entrepreneur of the Year
Bay Burdett, Bay’s Kitchen
Andy Haddon, Big River Bakery
Paul Brown, BOL Foods
Tom Walker & Gaz Booth, Holy Moly Dips
Sanjay Aggarwal, Spice Kitchen
Charlie Gilpin & Sam Moss, Stocked
Jagir Mankodi & Nirali Mankodi, Superfoodio Limited
Olivia Ferdi & Daniel Khoury, TRIP Drinks
Non-Alcoholic Entrepreneur of the Year
Rob Fink & James Kindred, Big Drop Brewing Co.
Ellie Webb, Caleño
Raissa De Haas & Joyce De Haas, Double Dutch Drinks
Joelle Drummond & Sarah McNena, Drop Bear Beer Co.
Lawrence Mallinson, James White Drinks Ltd
Kerstin Robinson & Julia Kessler, Nix and Kix
Kate Towers & Becky Coletto, Small & Wild
Phil Pinder & Ben Fry, The Potions Cauldron Ltd
Food Service Entrepreneur of the Year
Marco Rosa, Delicario
Assean Sheikh & Ryan O’Rorke, Flavourly
Antoine Melon & Nicolas Payet, HOMETAINMENT
Peter Moore, It’s Lolly
Joey Barnett & Dovi David, Leslie
Richard Canterbury, Love Struck
Harry Slagel & Lewis Slagel, Plateaway
Sahil Verma & Nidhi Verma, The Cookaway
(NEW)
Producer of the Year
Adrian Louden & Ron Young, Contract Bottlers Glasgow Ltd
Maria, Mark & Izzy Whitehead, Hawkshead Relish
Mary Monkman, Lakeland Artisan
Fionagh Harding & Richard Harding, Norton Barton Artisan Food Village
Pam Digva & James Digva, Sauce Shop
Roger Saul, Sharpham Park
David Thompson & Tom Mellor, Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery
Jayne Mugridge & David Mugridge, Yarty Cordials Ltd
Start-up Entrepreneur of the Year
Amelia Christie-Miller, Bold Bean Co
Rachel Kettlewell, Fearne & Rosie
Sarah Brading & Rich Baker, Flat Earth Pizzas
Andrew Daly, Good Its Gluten Free
Martin Holden-White, Grubby
Laura Riches & Laura Rosenberger, Laylo
Aiden Ryan, Loaf Mcr
Tom Whittle, Mission Health and Wellness Ltd
Tomas Mesa & David Ventura, Mister Free’d
Taeya Abdel-Majeed & Maya Harunna, No Guilt Bakes
(NEW)
Street Food Entrepreneur of the Year
Puneet Wadhwani, Patri Artisan Street Food and Drinks
Sanjeev Sanghera & Laura Bruce, Haus Holdings
Hope Bainbridge, Hoba Ltd
Georgia Hussey, LOKI POKÉ
Daniel Webber-Quick, The Little Pasta Company LTD
James Eagle, The Pished Fish
Sustainability Entrepreneur of the Year
Hannah McCollum, ChicP
Safia Qureshi, CLUBZERØ
Karina Sudenyte, Flawsome! Drinks
Carrie Vallance, Food Troops CIC
Phill Lewis & Deb Lewis, Kindle
Sameer Vaswani, Prodigy Snacks Ltd
Lee Congdon & Richard Elmer, Sipple Hydration Stations
Jamie Crummie, Too Good To Go
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