🏆 The 35x35 Export Awards 2026 are open
We’re looking for brilliant UK food and drink exporters of all shapes and sizes who are helping move the dial towards a shared goal of £35bn in UK food and drink exports by 2035.
The awards are completely free to enter and are designed to recognise progress, ambition and meaningful export growth. That could mean your first export win, a new market, a major new listing, strong year on year growth, or simply showing real potential to scale. Size is not the deciding factor. What matters is the contribution you are making relative to where your business is today.
There are three award categories:
🌱 Exporter: One to Watch
For an exporter showing strong international potential, early traction, ambition and a credible plan to scale.
🚀 Exporter: Growth Award
For a business demonstrating meaningful export growth, looking at both percentage growth and absolute £ value so smaller businesses can compete fairly.
🌍 Exporter: Market Breakthrough Award
For a business that has successfully cracked a new international market or channel and turned that into commercial results.
🎁 And there are some brilliant prizes
Our Approved Partners are putting real expertise behind the awards, with prizes and support being contributed by:
AA Foods | Netherlands Readiness
AmiVet | Export Ready with AmiVet
Campden BRI | Export Ready: Technical Excellence
Capitex | Export Margin Protection
CBBC | China Market Entry
Fracht Logistics | Export Logistics Support
Green Olive Brand Management | US Market Pathfinder Award
Halal Certification Europe | Halal Certification
Incite | Asia Pacific Breakthrough
Informa Markets | Global Showcase
Johnston Carmichael | Finance & Digital Accounting Health Check
NielsenIQ | Export Growth Opportunity
NxStep | India Market Opportunity
Polytag | Connected Packaging Innovation
Procuros | Smarter Export Operations
PS8 | ANUGA UK Pavilion Pod
The Opal Group | US Operational Readiness
Warrant | Customs & Supply Chain Prize
WTA Group | Food & Drink Export Accelerator
Think market entry support, technical expertise, international insight, trade show opportunities, technology and practical export help.
How to enter
It’s deliberately simple. Complete a short form, tell us a little about your business, then submit up to 500 words covering the export opportunity, how you have achieved success so far, and where you want to take your exports next. You can enter more than one category, but each entry needs to be submitted separately.
To be eligible, you need to be a UK based business contributing to UK export sales, with the business registered and invoicing from the UK. Manufacturing can take place elsewhere.
The final deadline is EOD 6 November 2026. More than 20 industry experts will review the entries, with finalists notified by 13 November 2026. The final pitch day takes place on Friday 20 November 2026 at the Royal Geographical Society in London.
If you make the final, you’ll also get the chance to bring your brand to life with your own pitch area and deliver a one minute elevator pitch to the audience on the day.
500 words. Three awards. One very good reason to shout about what you’ve achieved.
👉 Enter the 35x35 Export Awards now