The winners of the 2025 Great British Food Awards will be announced in October, and I’m excited to see which Northern producers are featured and celebrated in the awards.

“The Great British Food Awards were launched in 2014 to celebrate the very best artisanal produce in the food and drink industry, from flavoured gins and high-quality sausages to artisan breads and undeniably good cheeses. We want to highlight the very best Great Britain has to offer and give producers the chance to stand out from the crowd.”

There are lots of different categories that producers can enter their products into:

• Baked and Puddings: Bread, Desserts, Home Baking, Ready Meals, Savoury Bakes, Sweet Bakes.
• Cheese and Dairy: Cheese, Dairy, Ice Cream.
• Drinks (Alcohol): Any other Spirits, Beer & Lager, Cider, Gin, Liquers, Rum, Vodka, Whisky, Wine.
• Drinks (Soft & Brewed): Coffee, Non Alcoholic Spirits/Beers/Wines, Soft Drinks, Tea.
• Health & Wellbeing: Free-from, Vegan.
• Kitchen Staples: Condiments, Cooking Kits & Sauces, Honey, Seasoning, Vinegars, Oils & Dressings, Sweet Preserves, Savoury Preserves, Fermented foods, Store Cupboard Essentials.
• Meat & Fish: Beef, Charcuterie, Fish & Seafood, Lamb, Pork, Butcher’s Counter.
• Regional Winners
• Snacks & Confectionery: Savoury Biscuits, Savoury Snacks, Confectionery.
• Speciality: Best British Speciality, Best Fruit & Veg, Christmas Dessert, Christmas Mains, Christmas Party, Delivery Boxes.

The categories are judged by a variety of specialists, but the judges include Raymond Blanc, Sally Abe, and Simon Rogan, among many others. You can find the whole list of judges here.

Which Northern Producers would you like to see in these categories? Who do you think deserves that recognition?