The organiser of the annual Ladies In Meat Trade Awards has described the response to this yr’s Ladies In Meat Trade Awards occasion as “wonderful.”
Simply days after the ceremony, Sharon Yandell confirmed that this yr noticed a document attendance on the awards dinner with slightly below 400 company celebrating collectively. Associate bookings from these corporations who sponsor the 13 classes are additionally at a excessive stage, with availability nearly bought out already for 2024.
Sharon commented: “The Ladies In Meat Trade Awards is at all times actually extremely widespread and is rising quickly year-on-year. We had a implausible night time on seventeenth November and we have now already booked the 5-star Royal Lancaster Resort once more for subsequent yr’s celebration, however because of demand have additionally needed to improve the occasion as soon as once more to be staged within the lodges spectacular and far bigger 9 Kings suite to accommodate larger numbers.
“It’s also very pleasing to see our class companions enthusiastically rebooking for 2024 and supporting this distinctive and widespread initiative.”
New class
For 2024 a brand new further class has been launched; Meat Businesswoman – Livestock Procurement & Sustainability which has already been partnered by PHS Teacrate. Sharon added: “We needed so as to add this necessary class and by doing so recognise the numerous ladies who do such an awesome job on this space of the enterprise. Nonetheless, I believe we have now now reached a ceiling relating to the variety of classes that make up the annual Awards.”
In 2023 over 100,000 visits had been made to the Ladies In Meat Trade Awards web site leading to 11,000 votes for finalists. In 2024 the nomination and voting course of will begin in June and the ceremony will happen in November.
Movie and movie gallery
A brand new brief movie capturing the environment and numerous feedback from the 2023 ceremony is now obtainable to view on-line right here. Additionally an internet image gallery could be considered right here. As well as, a full assessment of the winners and the general 2023 occasion will probably be revealed within the forthcoming December version of Meat Administration journal.
Editor of Meat Administration, Joanna Thomson summed up: “The occasion on seventeenth November this yr was the perfect but and I wish to thank everybody who made the night time potential and so particular. That is an initiative the trade could be actually happy with and our crew at Meat Administration are additionally delighted to have the ability to stage it. Roll on 2024!”
Thanks to the WIMIA 2023 companions: