Kent Ready Meal or Prepared Food Product of the Year

Who should enter? Producers, manufacturers and processors of ready meals and prepared food products made in Kent. This includes meat, fish, vegetable or dessert-based meals that are ready to cook or ready to serve, and packaged with ingredients and serving instructions. If you've done the hard work so the customer doesn't have to, this is your category.

How will this category be judged? Entries are blind taste tested by a panel of expert judges drawn from across the food and drink sector, including chefs, retail buyers and food writers.

Judging criteria: Appearance, use of locally sourced ingredients, texture, taste, innovation, ease of use and relevance to market.