2015 Food and Farming Awards Launch

The Food Programme

BBC

Arts, Food

4.4 • 976 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Sheila Dillon unveils a new team of judges for the 2015 BBC Food and Farming Awards, including Giorgio Locatelli, Diana Henry and Cyrus Todiwala.

Sheila catches up with previous nominees and winners, looks ahead to the big food stories of the coming year, and explains how you can send in your nominations.

Producer: Rich Ward.

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0:00.0	You don't need us to tell you there's a general election coming.
0:04.6	So what does it mean for you?
0:06.4	Every day on newscast we dissect the big talking points,
0:10.1	the ones that you want to know more about.
0:12.3	With our book of contacts, we talk directly to the people you want to hear from.
0:16.8	And with help from some of the best BBC journalists,
0:19.4	we'll untangle the stories that matter to you.
0:23.0	Join me, Laura Kunsberg, Adam Fleming, Chris Mason and Patty O'Connell for our daily
0:28.3	podcast.
0:29.3	Newscast, listen on BBC Sounds. These awards are really important.
0:35.0	People work so hard and often,
0:40.0	in the food industry don't get paid or incentivized
0:45.4	massively for doing so. This means the world to people.
0:50.8	Sinic might ask do these awards really matter?
0:54.0	Well, I think the awards matter because I think food and farming matter hugely.
1:00.0	The BBC Food and Farming Awards. we set them up in 2000 to shine a light on those who through food are making Britain a better place.
1:10.0	People and organizations, changing lives and the food landscape and today we're asking for your help
1:17.6	We were so thrilled to be nominated by our customers
1:21.2	You know, it's not only myself and my staff that are excited but all
1:24.2	our customers are really excited for this. Winning the award was so great for me
1:27.8	because it gave me that extra injection of self-belief. This is the best way that
1:32.0	anyone can be recognized for the work that they're carrying out.
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