The UK's only industry awards for free from food & drink

2021 Judging Panel

Judges for the Free From Food Awards include:

  • Freefrom food professionals – manufacturers, chefs, cookery writers, bloggers etc.;
  • Nutritionists, dietitians and other health professionals;
  • Coeliacs and allergy reactors;
  • Laypeople and food professionals without allergies to benchmark products against their non-freefrom equivalents.

Because the freefrom food world is a small one, some of our judges will, inevitably, be professionally involved with some of our entrants. As far as possible we ensure that no judge actually judges a category that one of their clients has entered by asking them to declare any interests they may have when we confirm their booking. Should it happen that a judge does end up on a panel that is judging one of their clients’ products, then they are welcome to remain in the room but they may not comment on the products, nor do we count their marks for that session.

Please see below for the judges that took part in the Free From Food Awards 2021 Main Awards judging sessions

Adam Martyn – Venice Bakery

Alex Gazzola – Allergy Insight

Alex Turtle – Food and Drink Federation

Alexa Baracaia – @foodallergyuk

Alice Bass – M&S

Alison Atkinson – Genius Gluten Free (sponsor)

Barbara Hirst – RSSL

Ben Richardson-Hughes – Holland & Barrett

Benjamin Richardson – Forever Free-From

Carole Bingley – RSSL

Catherine Rose – Catherine Rose Consulting

Chloe Dixon – @peanutfreezone

Christine Bailey – Advance Nutrition

Claire Marriage – Doves Farm

Claire Nuttall – The Brand Incubator

Danielle Bekker – Good Living Brew

Dash Lilley – Three Spirit Drinks

David Ware – Green’s Gluten Free Beers

Dominic Teague – OneAldwych

Fiona Carter – Tesco (sponsor)

Georgia Townend – Lidl

Hannah Parson – Mr Organic

Hazel Gowland – Allergy Action

Jacqui McPeake – JACS Ltd

Jane Milton – JaneMilton.com

Janette Marshall – Janette Marshall

Jason Gibb – Bread & Jam

Jayne Eckett – pro-JECT – Keep Me Safe

Jeanette Long – Romer Labs (sponsor)

Jenny Smith – DigitalJen (sponsor)

Jenny Tscheische – Lunch Box Doctor

John Burke – FreeFrom Food Awards Ireland

Julia Newns – Alimentary Bites

Julianne Ponan – Creative Nature

Kara Bowen – Virtual Cheese Awards

Karen Woodford – Safer Eating

Kate Dowse – Gluten Free Alchemist

Kirsty Henshaw – Kirsty’s

Lindiwe Lewis – The Allergy Table

Lisa Rogers – Just Love Food Co

Liz Allan – Full Circle CI

Liz Sutton – Planted (sponsor)

Lorna Rhodes – Nutrition Dynamics

Lorraine Eve – Tesco (sponsor)

Lucinda Miller – Nature Doc

Lucy Dearing – LucyDearing

Margarita Kalna – Free From Festival

Marnie Searchwell – Marnie Searchwell Cakes

Matthew Ford – Creative Nature

Nadim Ednan-Laperouse – Natasha’s Allergy Research Foundation (sponsor)

Nathalie Newman – Intolerant Gourmand

Nicki Clowes – Synergis Marketing

Olivia Abrahmson – Tastebud Tickler

Paige Wood – Schar (sponsor)

Paula Austin – Tesco (sponsor)

Paul Degnan – GlutenFreePSD

Peter Hargreaves – Alexir

Rachel Burkinshaw – 7 Years to Diagnosis

Rana Roushdi – My GF Bakery

Raquel Lopes – Mr Organic

Rebecca Smith – Glutarama

Robert Sak – Seedful (sponsor)

Robin Longden – Rollagranola

Ruth Holroyd – What Allergy?

Ryan Panchoo – Borough 22

Sarah de Wit – Virtual Cheese Awards

Sarah Summers – Doves Farm

Sarah Yates – Sea Arch

Simon Wright – OF+ Consulting

Sue Warren – Unismack (sponsor)

Tamara Southworth – BOL Foods

Tanya Ednan-Laperouse – Natasha’s Allergy Research Foundation (sponsor)

Tara Taylor – Good Grain Bakery

Zahra Hadi – Nurture Brands