Celebrating inspirational women in the meat industry.
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Women in Meat Industry Awards!
An initiative from Meat Management magazine
Launched to great acclaim in 2018, from the publishers of Meat Management, the Women In Meat Industry Awards are designed to recognise the vitally important contributions that women make to the meat sector. This unique awards initiative is driven by reader nominations and votes, with an expert judging panel gathering to select the overall Meat Businesswoman of the Year recipient (presented to one of the other category winners).
2025 nominations are now open, so nominate someone special today!
Special Guests
Rory Bremner and Julie Peasgood to host the Women in Meat Industry Awards 2025
Rory Bremner, widely regarded as Britain’s top impressionist, has been announced as the VIP guest presenter for the 2025 Women In Meat Industry Awards ceremony. Rory will be supported by actor, broadcaster and writer Julie Peasgood.
2025 Awards
A special thanks to our 2025 Awards partners
Become an Awards Partner
The support of our award partners is vital to ensure this important initiative takes place. In return, we reward them with extensive branding across our media portfolio over several months, a full page advert in the Women in Meat Industry Awards Review (both in print and online).
Category partnerships offer amazing value. To find out more about our packages, contact Michelle Ingerfield on 01908 613323 or e-mail michelle.i@yandellmedia.com.
Meat Business Women of the Year Timeline
Below are the overall previous Meat Businesswomen of the Year winners, women who made or are making an exceptional contribution to the UK meat industry.
You can scroll through the timeline slideshow below using the arrows to the left or right of the image. Alternatively the slideshow will scroll through automatically.
Meat Businesswomen of the Year Timeline
2018 – Lisa Hand
2019 – Lucianne Allen
2020 – Margaret Boanas
2021 – Lindsay Murphy
2022 – Michelle Low
2023 – Julia Hewerdine
2024 – Nompilo Sibanda
2024 Awards and Reaction
Awards Hosts: A Timeline
We’ve had a variety of celebrity hosts at the Women in Meat Industry Awards over the years. See who has presented at the awards below.
You can scroll through the timeline slideshow below using the arrows to the left or right of the image. Alternatively the slideshow will scroll through automatically.
Awards Host Timeline
2018 – Lesley Waters
2019 – Katie Derham
2020/21 – Katharine Merry
2022 – Rachel Allen
2023 – Jennie Bond
2024 – Annabel Croft
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