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    Meet the judges for the National Egg & Poultry Awards 2018

    Chloe RyanBy Chloe RyanFebruary 19, 20184 Mins Read
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    The National Egg & Poultry Awards, organised by Lewis Business Media, publisher of Poultry Business magazine and poultrynews.co.uk is looking for the brightest and best in the industry. Entries are open now in 13 categories, and the awards dinner will take place on 26 June in London at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington.

    We’ve lined up an excellent panel of judges:

    Charles Bourns

    Charles Bourns is a first generation broiler farmer from Gloucestershire growing 480,000 chickens per year for Hook 2 Sisters.

    He has been involved with the NFU for 36 years and was chairman of its National Poultry Board for 12 years. In addition, he is on the NFU’s South West Regional Poultry Board representing poultry farmers and he represents the NFU at meetings of Red Tractor.

    In Europe Charles is chairman of Copa Cogeca’s Poultry Meat and Eggs Working Group having been involved in the organisation for over 16 years.

    Charles has been involved in consultation work on all aspects of environmental, zoonotic and other aspects of poultry production both in the UK and in Europe, and is passionate about the industry and its future.

    Paul Kelly

    Paul Kelly is managing director of Kelly Turkeys, the largest independent turkey hatchery in the UK supplying over 450 farmers with specialist breeds of turkeys for the Christmas market. It also grows circa 160,000 turkeys for the Christmas market.

    The meat side of the business supplies major multiple retailers, independent butchers and retails from the farm gate. Paul sits on the NFU poultry board and is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the World’s Fastest Turkey Carver and Plucker. 

    Chloe Ryan

    Chloe Ryan has been a journalist specialising in food and farming her whole career, covering the meat industry in depth for more than a decade.

    She was the launch editor of Poultry Business at the start of 2017.

    Richard Griffiths

    Richard Griffiths has been with the British Poultry Council for over twelve years, first as Policy Director and latterly as Chief Executive. In that time, he has covered welfare, campylobacter, antibiotics, meat inspection, avian influenza, and is responsible for raising the profile of the UK poultry meat sector. Leaving the EU has introduced new challenges in the form of the cost of trade and access to labour.

    Richard has a background in mining engineering and began his working life with British Coal in underground mines, and then spent eight years with the Quarry Products Association before moving to the poultry sector.

    Mark Williams

    Mark Williams is a poultry farmer’s son. After studying at Harper Adams Agricultural College in Shropshire, he managed a large pullet rearing / egg production unit. Following gaining valuable experience, he returned home to expand the business. 

    In 1991, he joined the National Farmers’ Union as a Regional Poultry Adviser in the north of England. In 1995, he was appointed National Egg Specialist. He joined the British Egg Industry Council in 1999 and became Chief Executive in 2000.

    His additional roles include: Secretary-General of EUWEP (the EU trade association for egg packers, egg traders and egg processors) (since 1999). He is currently the President of the EU Civil Dialogue Group on Poultry and Eggs. He is a Board member of CELCAA (the EU liaison committee for the food trade). 

    He was President of the European Commission’s Advisory Group on ‘Poultrymeat and Eggs’ from 2010 to 2012. He is also a Nuffield Scholar, and was Chairman of the Nuffield Poultry Study Group from May 2012 – May 2015. He was Chairman of the UK Poultry Health and Welfare Group during 2015 and 2016. He was Statistical Adviser to the International Egg Commission from 1996 – 2006.

    Gary Ford

    Gary Ford was appointed NFU Chief Poultry Adviser in September 2013 having joined the NFU in January 2009 as a Group Secretary based in Staffordshire. Gary’s practical poultry experience came as an agricultural manager in the broiler industry where he worked for ten years before he joined the NFU. In this role he was responsible for all aspects of production on company farms as well as contract growers – a role that brought him into contact with many of the key players that are involved in the poultry sector today.

    Gary is based at the NFU’s HQ in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire however he also spends time at the NFU’s London and Brussels offices. Covering both the poultry meat and egg sector Gary’s role is to promote the interests of NFU poultry members and to provide support – the recent AI cases being a good example.

    Gary has a degree in Law from the University of Staffordshire and a degree in Agriculture from Writtle Agricultural College, Essex.

    Gary is from a farming background – his parents are beef and sheep farmers from Worcestershire.

     

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    Chloe Ryan

    Editor of Poultry Business, Chloe has spent the past decade writing about the food industry from farming, through manufacturing, retail and foodservice. When not working, dog walking and reading biographies are her favourite hobbies.

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