World Food Awards 2011 – entries now open

The World Food Awards are open exclusively to companies specialising, promoting or stocking products from the following countries: Asian, Oriental, African, Afro-Caribbean, European, East-European, Middle Eastern, South American and Mediterranean. The 2011 categories are: Product of the Year Best Packaging Wholesaler of the Year Marketing Campaign of the Year Catering Supplier of the Year Independent Retailer of the Year National Retailer of the Year Restaurant of the Year Entrepreneur of the Year Award Lifetime Achievement Award The third annual event will be hosted by comedy legend Lenny Henry. He said: "There was such an impressive range of nominees from Zuma restaurant and Levi Roots to Vita Coco and Pataks – and coming from a Jamaican background myself, I think it's fantastic how practically every ethnicity was represented in this unique celebration of world food. "I had a fantastic experience last year , so am delighted to be back. It's one event that you can attend knowing that the food is going to be great!" The closing date for this year's entries is Friday 29th July 2011. This year's high-profile judging panel consists of some of the UK's most respected industry experts, including Adam Leyland, editor of The Grocer, Simon Numphud, head of AA inspectors and Mintel's director of Innovation & Insight David Jago.