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Award Rules 2024
Read the Award Rules and Terms of Use of entry for nominations in the 2024 麻豆社 Food and Farming Awards.

• The 麻豆社, its sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem which may result in any nomination not being properly registered. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. The closing date for entries is 23.59 on Sunday 30 June.
• Please make sure you read through the description for each of the categories you are submitting a nomination for. Make sure you clearly explain how your nominee meets, or exceeds, the criteria in the description. The 麻豆社 has the right to disqualify entries that don’t contain the information requested on the nomination pages.
• The 麻豆社 will only ever use personal details for the purposes of administering the Awards and in accordance with the Food & Farming Awards 2024 Privacy Notice. The personal data provided will be shared within the 麻豆社 and with external third parties for the purposes of administering the award. The 麻豆社 will not share your information with any other third parties. The names of entrants who are shortlisted, commended and winning persons may be disclosed to the public. The 麻豆社 will retain your information to maintain an accurate record of the award, for the purposes of administering future awards and will destroy this information provided when it is no longer required. Please feel free to ask questions about what happens to the information provided in the nomination form or let us know if you would like to withdraw your entry by contacting us at thefoodprogramme@bbc.co.uk The 麻豆社 will keep your information secure and in accordance with the 麻豆社’s Privacy and Cookies Policy, available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy
• All entries will be sent to members of The Food Programme, Morning Live, Countryfile, and 麻豆社 Scotland teams to be processed and checked against the criteria before being sent to the judges for consideration.
• Each category judge will select a ‘long list’ for shortlisting. All judges are listed on the 麻豆社 Food & Farming Awards website. The judges are independent and have been selected for their knowledge in the various category areas. All judges see the long lists, and their decisions are final in every category.
• During the judging process, judges will review nominations against set criteria that could cover a number of areas including community involvement, sustainability and other business operational matters. If any ongoing or previous legal proceedings emerge that pose risks, reputational or otherwise to the 麻豆社, this may result in a breach of criteria. The judges or the production team may choose to disqualify that nomination.
• You can nominate yourself or the organisation or company you work for. However, you will need to state if you are nominating your own business. Previous winners are eligible to be nominated again for the 2025 Awards.
• Because of the number of nominations we receive, it will not be possible to update you on the outcome of your individual nomination. We may contact the nominees directly for further details, but all those shortlisted will be contacted personally in July 2025. The next stage of the process will include a visit from selected judge(s) before the winner in each category is decided.
• The Awards are not open to employee or contractor of the 麻豆社, 麻豆社 Group company or any person directly involved in the organisation or running of them, or their family members. This exclusion covers both the nominating process and the right to be nominated.
• Nominees have to be based in the UK, The Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and will also need to have been trading for at least one year to be considered for entry. For the 麻豆社 Food Innovation category only, we will accept nominations from internationally-based companies that have a significant customer base and significant business operation located in the UK, Channel Islands and/or the Isle of Man. All nominees for an award must be over the age of 18, except for the Countryfile Young Countryside Champion 2024 where the nominees must be over the age of 16.
• A press release will be issued with details of finalists in each category, and a later release will name the winners. The finalists will also be announced on the Food Programme and listed on the website during July 2024.
• The award will consist of a certificate and a wooden chopping board. There is no cash prize. No commercial gain can be made from using or referencing the 麻豆社 brand, the award itself or any other element of this awards process. The certificate and wooden chopping board is for the winner’s personal enjoyment only and cannot be sold or transferred in any circumstances. The winner cannot copy, reproduce or distribute or copies of them. Any branding or logos on or associated with the award cannot be used or reproduced by the winner in any way.
• To the extent permitted by law, the 麻豆社 will not be liable for any loss or damage (whether such damage or losses were foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise) including financial, reputational loss or disappointment.
• The 麻豆社 reserves the right to exclude any entry from the award at any time and in its absolute discretion if the 麻豆社 has reason to believe that a nominator or nominee has breached these rules, acted fraudulently or has done anything which, in its sole discretion, brings the 麻豆社 into disrepute.
• The 麻豆社 reserves the right to amend these Award Rules. The 麻豆社 reserves the right to cancel this award or alter any of the Rules at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, or if circumstances arise outside of its control.
• To the extent that they apply – this Award is subject to the 麻豆社’s Code of Conduct on Competitions and Votes –
• These Award Rules are governed by the laws of England and Wales

Your trust is very important to us. This means the 麻豆社 is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. It is important that you read this notice so that you are aware of how and why we are using such personal data. This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal data about you during and after your relationship with us, in accordance with data protection law.

Why are we doing this and how can you participate?
The 麻豆社 is giving those involved in food and farming the chance to enter one (1) of nine (9) categories in the 麻豆社 Food & Farming Awards 2024.

The categories for the awards are:
• Best Food Producer 2024
• Best Drinks Producer 2024
• Best Streetfood, Takeaway and Small Eateries Award 2024
• Digital Creator Award 2024
• The Archers and Farming Today Farming for the Future Award 2024
• Food Innovation Award 2024
• Morning Live Community Food Champion 2024
• Countryfile Young Countryside Champion 2024
• 麻豆社 Scotland Local Food Hero 2024

To enter, simply answer the questions we ask for each award, making your case for why you believe you, or another person/a business/project you nominate should be considered. You can nominate yourself or a project/business you are involved in, however you need to declare that you are doing so in your application.

The 麻豆社 will collect the personal data via an online platform used by the 麻豆社.

Those shortlisted for consideration for an award will be invited to attend the awards ceremony.

The awards will be broadcast on radio, with clips of the awards ceremony also shown on television. If you feature on the broadcast, the programme will be available online and/or on demand, and your appearance may be used again in a future broadcast.

We may use your contribution for promotional purposes on the 麻豆社’s social media sites.

For information in relation to how the 麻豆社 will process your personal data where you are providing contributions to our programmes, please see our Privacy Notice for Contributors .

What personal data will 麻豆社 collect and how will we use it?
The 麻豆社 will collect your personal data for the purposes of running the awards.

Personal data
When you nominate someone for an award, the 麻豆社 will collect and process the following personal data about you:
• Name
• Email Address
• Telephone number (for the Countryfile Young Countryside Champion award only)

Depending on the Award selected, we may also collect the following information about the person or business you are nominating (this will of course be your own personal data if you are nominating yourself):
• Name
• Postal address
• Social media handle
• Information surrounding your/their activity with regards food and/or farming

If you are nominating someone under the age of 18, we ask that you seek parental/guardian permission first. Please do not include any sensitive or special category data in your submission.

Who is the Data Controller?
The 麻豆社 is the “data controller” of your personal data. This means that the 麻豆社 decides what your personal data is used for, and the ways in which it is processed. For the avoidance of doubt, your personal data will be collected and processed solely for the purposes set out in this privacy notice. As the data controller, the 麻豆社 has the responsibility to comply, and to demonstrate compliance with, data protection law.

Lawful basis for processing your personal data
The legal basis on which the 麻豆社 processes your personal鈥痙ata鈥痠s鈥痶he performance of its public task.鈥疶he 麻豆社’s role is to act in the public interest and鈥痶o鈥痵erve all audiences with content which informs, educates, and entertains.鈥疶his is consistent with the 麻豆社’s wider public purposes under its Royal Charter which includes reflecting, representing, and serving the diverse communities of all of the United Kingdom’s nations and regions and providing specialist educational content to help support learning for children and teenagers across the United Kingdom.

We also have a legal obligation to process the personal data of the winners to comply with relevant competition regulations.

Sharing your personal data
The 麻豆社 works with our approved third-party providers who help us to provide some of our services. These partners only use your personal data on behalf of the 麻豆社 and not independently of the 麻豆社.

We may share personal data with a third party where required or permitted by law

Retaining your personal data

The 麻豆社 will retain the personal data of unsuccessful submissions until Monday 9th December 2024 after which it will be deleted.

We keep records of winners and those shortlisted for two (2) years for auditing and compliance purposes.

Should your contribution be broadcast or used across 麻豆社 platforms, it will be retained in perpetuity in alignment with the 麻豆社 Archiving policy.

Your personal data will be stored in the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA).

Your rights and more information
You have rights under data protection law:
• You can request a copy of the personal data 麻豆社 stores about you.
• You have the right to request that we rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we hold about you.
• You have the right to ask for the personal data we collect about you to be deleted however there are limitations and exceptions to this right which may entitle the 麻豆社 to refuse your request.
• In certain circumstances, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data or to object to the processing of your personal data.
• You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal data to you or to another organisation, in certain circumstances.

You can contact our, Data Protection Officer if you have questions or you wish to find out more details about your rights, please visit the 麻豆社’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at .

If you have a concern about the way the 麻豆社 has handled your personal data, you can raise your concern with the supervisory authority in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) .

Updating this privacy notice
We will revise the privacy notice if there are significant changes to how we use your personal data.