Winners 2007

The results of the Winners of the 2007 Bakery Industry Awards are now in. So who won? Come and find out...

John Waterfield of Lancashire craft bakery chain Waterfields scooped the prestigious Baker of the Year prize in British Baker's spectacular 20th annual Baking Industry Awards. The category is sponsored by Vandemoortele.

The James Bond-themed event, hosted by actress Joanna Lumley, took place on Monday, 17 September, at the five-star Grosvenor House hotel on Park Lane.

Waterfield was awarded the prize in recognition of his talent, dynamism and his sustained commitment to the highest standards of quality at his Lancashire-based business.

"We were up against two very good businesses each time and I can’t say that I was confident of winning because of that, so we’re really really pleased," said the delighted MD.

Other big winners included the rapidly-expanding Maple Leaf Bakery UK, which was named Bakery Food Manufacturer of the Year, beating off competition from finalists pudding company Farmhouse Fare and Ginsters in the ADM-sponsored category.

Marketing and strategy director Guy Hall, who picked up the prize commented: "I am utterly delighted on behalf of the whole company. We really feel we have arrived on the bakery scene now."

Bakery Supplier of the Year, sponsored by Sainsbury’s, went to Bells of Lazonby.

In the battle of the supermarket in-store bakeries, sponsored by Délifrance, Asda’s Boldon store in Tyne & Wear emerged the best in the UK, with Sainsbury’s London Colney store in Hertfordshire, Tesco in Meltham Lane, Chesterfield and Halfway Morrisons in Sheffield highly commended.

Some 900 guests from all the major plant bakeries, millers, associations, supermarkets and suppliers saw Stamp Collection Foods win the Healthy Bakery Concept of the Year, sponsored by Tesco. And the British Baker Special Award for Services to the Industry went to John Gillespie, who recently retired from ingredients supplier Macphie.

New categories this year were Patissier of the Year, sponsored by Puratos, which went to Ernst Bachmann of Bachmann’s Patisserie in Surrey, a previous winner in 2004. He said: "This will award will really have ripples, we only have one shop but people come to us for advice."

And the Food-to-Go Innovation Award sponsored by Christian Salvesen went to Monty’s Bakehouse, Kent.

Previous Winners

The following links showcase the list of winners from previous Baking Industry Awards, from the Winners in 2004 to the WInners in 2006.