Tickets have now gone on sale for the Food and Drink iNet
(Innovation Network) Innovation Awards ceremony.
Guest speaker for the event, held at Nottingham Conference
Centre, Burton Street, Nottingham, on November 17th will be food
critic Jay Rayner.
The winners of the Food and Drink iNet Innovation Awards 2011
will be announced at the ceremony, which has now become a regular
date on the calendar of the food and drink sector in the East
Midlands - attracting guests from across Derbyshire,
Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and
Rutland.
"The Food and Drink iNet Innovation Awards ceremony is an
excellent chance to keep up to date with the latest innovations in
the sector and to network with others in the industry," said Food
and Drink iNet director Richard Worrall.
The Innovation Awards, which are being held for the fourth year,
aim to reward some of the most exciting innovations in the East
Midlands food and drink industry.
Previous winners have included the development of a new material
for food and drink packaging that featured non-leaching and
antimicrobial properties, the invention of modified salt crystals
to create a more intense flavour from less salt and thus allow a
reduction in salt used in manufacturing, and the development of a
sweet-tasting broccoli.
They have gained a string of benefits after scooping an accolade
in the annual awards including media exposure, raised profiles in
the industry and the chance to network with those who work in the
sector.
The Food and Drink iNet Innovation Awards have three categories
open to firms, organisations and individuals working across the
food and drink sector. They are - Most Innovative Food and Drink
Business, Most Innovative Business Supplying into the Food and
Drink Sector and Most Innovative Research Project.
The Campden BRI Innovation Champion 2011 will be chosen from the
winner of the three categories.
Entries need to be submitted by September 30th. Forms are
available to download from the iNet section of the Food and Drink
Forum website www.foodanddrinkforum.co.uk.
Tickets to the awards ceremony cost £65 plus vat each or
£650 plus vat for a table of ten, and are available by
calling 0115 9758810.
Funded by East Midlands Development Agency (emda) and the
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Food and Drink iNet
co-ordinates innovation support for businesses, universities and
individuals working in the food and drink sector in the East
Midlands. One of four iNets, it has developed an effective network
to encourage the collaboration of academic expertise and knowledge,
and local food and drink business innovation needs.
It aims to build on the tradition of innovation in the food and
drink industry in the region by helping to create opportunities to
develop knowledge and skills, and to help research, develop and
implement new products, markets, services and processes.
The Food and Drink iNet is managed by a consortium, led by The
Food and Drink Forum and including Food Processing Faraday,
Nottingham Trent University, the University of Lincoln, and the
University of Nottingham. It is based at Southglade Food Park,
Nottingham, with advisors covering the East Midlands region.