All Year Round Categories
To enter, simply click on the category below and you will be taken to the online entry form. You will be able to enter multiple categories within one entry.
Please note that categories have been grouped by relevance before A-Z and so your category may appear further down the page.
Entry Fee (per product): £469+VAT
(£79+VAT for qualifying Small Producers)
Bake at Home
Any ready to bake at home sweet or savoury product whether they be stored chilled or frozen. This could be a batch of cookie dough that you simply slice and bake, a pizza dough you add your own toppings to or a pre-prepared item such as a croissant, bread roll or cinnamon swirl that you pop in the oven and heat to eat. Please note dry baking mixes should be entered into ‘Home Baking Kits’
Biscuits
Categories include sweet and savoury biscuits.
Pastries
Includes sweet and savoury non-main meal pastries, pain au chocolat, croissants, brioche, pastel del nata, Danish pastries, cheese twists etc. Does not include savoury main meal pastries e.g. beef slice. See ‘Quiches, Pies and Savoury Pastries’ category
Cereals and Porridge
Any cereal or porridge e.g. porridge, cereal, granola
Cheese
Includes all cheese products: British, continental, hard and soft, goats, sheeps, baked etc.
Chocolate and Confectionery
Chocolate bars, boxes, sharing bags e.g. fudge, tablets, truffles, seasonal (excludes Christmas), sweets, nougat, marshmallows.
Condiments
Anything you add to your meal after preparation to enhance the flavour, i.e. mayonnaise, ketchup, balsamic glaze etc. For vinegar – see ‘Store Cupboard’.
Cooking Sauces
Anything you add to your meal during the cooking stage, i.e. stir-in pasta sauce or pesto etc.
Dairy
Includes butters and spreads, milk, cream, yoghurt, kefir. Excludes Cheese
Deli
Products that are sold on the delicatessen shelves or counter.
Desserts and Puddings
Sweet pudding or desserts, whether they be stored ambient, chilled or frozen e.g. cheesecakes, tarts, crumbles, pies, crème brulée, sticky toffee pudding. Excludes ice cream and lollies.
Fish
Including fillets, prepared fish e.g. breaded fish, fishcakes; shellfish and smoked fish.
Food to Go
Including pre-prepared, ready to eat sandwiches, wraps and salads, ready to heat/eat hot food products, sushi.
Free From
Products specifically created and marketed so as to exclude at least one of the following allergens: celery; crustaceans; eggs; gluten; fish; lupin; milk; mustard; molluscs; nuts; peanuts; sesame; soya; sulphates.
Fruit
Fresh or frozen fruit including prepared or unprepared e.g. whole fruits, pre-cut fruit pots, frozen mixed berries.
Hot Beverages
Includes coffee ground, instant and pods (excludes beans); tea and herbal tea; hot chocolate etc.
Ice Cream and Ice Lollies
Any ice cream or ice lolly product including individual hand-held lollies, tubs and pots, frozen yoghurt, sorbet
Meal Accompaniments
Any prepared or unprepared accompaniments to the main meal whether ambient, chilled or frozen.
Meal Kits
Kits that include all the flavouring and accompaniments to a meal that needs additional ingredients such as protein or rice added, e.g. fajita kits, curry kits
Meat
Includes both chilled, frozen, and roast-in-the-bag. Products can include sauces, garnish, crumb, and can be plain or stuffed. If specifically reduced fat, enter the ‘Reduced Fat Meat’ category.
Pasta, Rice, Grains and Pulses
Pasta or noodles can be fresh or dried, with or without filling; rice; grains and pulses of any variety, e.g. couscous, pearl barley etc.
Pickled and Fermented
Any food which has been pickled or fermented i.e. kimchi, sauerkraut, kombucha etc.
Pizza
Pizza with any type of toppings, including chilled and frozen. For garlic pizza bread – see ‘Garlic Bread’ category.
Preserves and Sweet Spreads
Including jams, marmalades, sweet spreads, syrups, honey, nut butters
Quiches, Pies and Savoury Pastries
Includes ambient, chilled or frozen. Also includes sausage rolls, slices and savoury tarts
Ready Meals
Pre-prepared products that just require heating up at home e.g. seafood linguine, curry and rice, chilli and rice. Products may be split by cuisine/type at judging
Reduced/Low
Products specifically created with reduced sugars, salts, fats in comparison to their standard counterparts e.g. reduced fat salad dressings, reduced salt condiments, sugar-free drinks, ice cream etc. Does not include reduced fat meat products or Ready Meals, see ‘Meat’ or ‘Ready Meals’ categories
Relishes and Chutneys
Any relish or chutney including savoury jams or marmalades suitable for cheese e.g. pickled chutney, onion marmalade
Salad
Fresh salads, prepared or unprepared, not intended to provide a whole meal e.g. whole lettuces, salad bags, coleslaw, potato salad. For salads designed to eat immediately, e.g. as a lunchtime option with fork included – see ‘Food to Go’
Snacks
Sweet and Savoury food designed for snacking includes crisps, nuts, popcorn, jerky, bars. Does not include Chocolate
Soft Drinks
Includes all juices, smoothies, cold-pressed, carbonates, waters, cordials, iced coffee, milkshakes, whether sparkling, still or flavoured
Soup
Including ambient, tinned, and chilled soups
Store Cupboard
Includes home baking kits, herbs and spices, salts, oils and vinegars, all canned goods except Soup.
Subscription and Recipe Boxes
Subscription items delivered to the home e.g. nut boxes, coffee, meat, fresh produce, vegan items (does not include alcohol) or box delivered to the home that contains all ingredients required to create a meal with a recipe card or step by step process
Vegan
Products specifically created to cater to the vegan market.
Click through for a full list of Vegan categories.
Vegetarian Meal Centres
Vegetarian products created to replace a meat centrepiece, but may still contain dairy or egg, e.g. halloumi burgers, cheesey veggie sausages etc. For Vegan options – See ‘Vegan Meal Centres’
Vegetables
Fresh or frozen vegetables including prepared or unprepared e.g. whole vegetables, vegetable roasting trays, stir fry kits, frozen broccoli
