Our Team

Meet our Judging Panel

We are very grateful to all our judges, who taste and scrutinise hundreds of products every year, giving valuable feedback to the rest of the panel and every entrant. Our esteemed judging panel is made up of food and drink industry experts from all areas, including chefs and nutritionists to packaging experts and food technologists. We are in the process of recruiting judges for this year's Quality Food Awards, and will be updating this page with their details over time.

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Michelle Aaron
Head of Innovation

Mathiesons

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Susan Arkley
Food Developer, Consultant and Lecturer

Foodier

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Lee Attwood
Freelance New Product Development Consultant

FABRIC-FOOD

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Jonas Aurell
Founding Partner and MD

Scandinavian Kitchen Ltd

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Charles Banks
Director & Co-Founder

thefoodpeople

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Simon Bell
Director

Simon Bell Food Industry Consulting

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Lilla Bessenyei
Research and Operations Executive

Branding Innovations

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Biff Bloom-Burrows
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Cosmo Boardman
Creative Director

Moore House Cocktail Company

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Amanda Bootes
Editor & Food PR Director

Consommé Magazine

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Dave Brooks
Non Executive Director

Ebuyer

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Ellie Brown
Founder

Kinda Co.

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Dani Busseni
Food Innovation Solutions - Regal Springs
Danny Butt
Director

Food Innovation Solutions

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Michelina Caliendo-Sear
Director/Chef

Caliendo’s Gelato

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Ellen Chapman
Product Development Manager

The Compleat Food Group

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Michelle Charrington
Business Development Director

Invest Northern Ireland

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Sergey Chekmarev
Director, Food Service UK

Circana

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Valia Christidou
Lecturer and Food Industry Consultant

The Food Launchpad

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Sinae Churm
Food Blogger and Community Leader

Girl Out For Tea

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Patrick Clifford
Principal Research Chef

PepsiCo International Ltd.

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Stella Colleluori
Caterer, Chef, Catering Consultant

Hatters & Co.

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Ben Colvill
Freelance Food and Wine Writer/Editor
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David Cook
Commercial Director

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Michelle Aaron

Head of Innovation

Mathiesons

Lover of all things food. I am an innovations and development specialist with a chef background.