P2P Food Solutions has written pieces for Fine Food Digest and Speciality Food Magazine and consults for several food brands including Tyrrells Crisps, Australian Wagyu, Silver and Green Olives, Piltons Cider and Granny Gothards Ice cream. Simon also works with a number of local authorities looking at healthy alternatives for their school meals offering.

Hari is an Indian cook, author and the founder of the biggest Indian food digital platform in the UK. Her website and social platforms feature hundreds of easy to follow recipes, videos, articles and live weekly cooking sessions that attract a global audience. The Hari Ghotra community App is a real time location with a thriving community of food lovers who share pictures and ideas, it’s a place Hari communicates with her followers daily. She is also the food and beverage development manager for Virgin Atlantic leading creating menus on all inbound routes and managing over twenty catering units across the world.

Richard is the oldest son of the three Nicholson brothers who run the multi-award winning Cannon Hall Farm visitor attraction in South Yorkshire. The family farm has played host to Channel 5’s On the Farm TV shows for the past five years. He’s worked in many areas of the business including on the farm, and in the farm shop butchery department. Richard is a keen home cook and online food blogger, broadcasting live on Facebook every week on the Cannon Hall Farm Shop Facebook page. He is enthusiastic about promoting the farm shop's quality, home produced beef, pork and lamb. A graduate in graphic design and photography, he now spends most of his time in the farm’s marketing department.

John has been involved in selecting, procuring and retailing great food and drink for 15 years with Booths. In this time John has experienced the arrival and emergence of some wonderful food and drink brands and is always keen to support and encourage new and exciting products to market. With a wealth of experience in food and drink awards judging, John is looking forward to judging the Product Awards again this year. 

“Most of my career I have been involved in product research and design. I have been a food judge for many years and trained National Federation of Women's Institutes Cookery and Preserves Judges in a professional qualification. I have written and published cookery books. I am a food coach for Foodwise charity. I enjoy research food and compiling recipes. Always happy when cooking especially something new.”

David has spent more than thirty years in food manufacturing, working with all sizes of business from solo entrepreneurs to big food. He worked at executive level from procurement through manufacturing to distribution, as well as managing new product development and quality. He co-founded Cert B Corp Maia Growth Partners to help independent local food businesses access the skills, knowledge and expertise they need to build a sustainable and resilient brand.

Laura has over twenty years experience in buying and started out as a Buyer’s Assistant at Safeway. She has brought lots of categories from chilled, bakery and ambient grocery. Laura has a real passion for food and loves discovering new brands and products.

With over 30 years’ hospitality management experience Grahame entered the speciality & fine food sector when he and business partner Richard Fennell (now Commercial Director at The Gorgeous Food Company) opened their delicatessen in 2008.

Whilst owning the deli, Grahame and Richard were asked by one of their suppliers if they could support them with some wholesale distribution, and the duo started wholesaling tea to cafes, coffee shops and other delicatessens.

In 2013 they decided to sell the deli to concentrate on wholesale distribution and The Gorgeous Food Company was born.

Ten years later with a range of over 1700 products, The Gorgeous Food Company is going from strength to strength supplying delicatessens, farm shops and independent food stores across the UK.

Jo is a knowledgeable, respected and highly productive senior commercial marketing professional - dynamic, inquisitive, considerate and well-organised.

She has three decades of experience in the food and drink industry from FTSE 100 organisations through to start-ups and scaling businesses working at executive level and has spent time working with and within the biggest UK supermarket. Jo champions local food and enjoys being a judge for both Taste of the West food group and The Great Taste Awards.

Emma Mosey is a co-owner of Minskip Farm Shop and a key figure in the farm retail industry. With a strong passion for sustainable farming and local produce, Emma's leadership and vision have earned her recognition in the sector, contributing to her active involvement with the Farm Retail Association where she advocates for farm shops and independent retailers across the UK.

Casually known as the Duchess of Doughnuts, Amy is responsible for leading and developing all aspects of British Baker’s editorial coverage, from breaking online news to in-depth features and analyses. She has over a decade of experience as a journalist, many of which have been spent at British Baker.