Last chance to enter the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards – Applications close at 5pm tomorrow (Friday 9 March). 

The awards recognise those Scottish food and drink businesses and individuals who are leading the way with innovation, enterprise and quality.

There are 22 categories for entry, listed below. To enter the 2018 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards, simply click on the category you wish to enter below:

• Savouries & Accompaniments
• Dairy
• Scotch Brand Product of the Year sponsored by Quality Meat Scotland 
• Meat
• Fish & Seafoodsponsored by DR Newitt
• Confectionery, Drinks & Snacking sponsored by New Town Partnership
• Brewing
• Distilling sponsored by Invest in Perth 
• Bakery sponsored by Scottish Bakers 
• Foodservice Product of the Year
• Healthy Choice sponsored by The Rowett Institute 
• Own Label Product of the Year sponsored by The Grocer
• Primary Producer of the Year sponsored by SRUC
• Innovation sponsored by Sodexo
• Scottish Sourcing
• Brand Success of the Year sponsored by Palletforce
• Export Business of the Year sponsored by Dentons
• Success Through Partnership sponsored by SAOS
• Environmental Sustainability sponsored by Zero Waste Scotland
• Investing in Skills sponsored by Skills Development Scotland
• Young Talent sponsored by FDF Scotland
• Entrepreneur of the Year sponsored by Johnston Carmichael
• Food Pioneer sponsored by The Scotsman 
• Product of the Year sponsored by RHASS (not entered)
• Business of the Year sponsored by Clydesdale Bank (not entered)

The awards are run by Scotland Food & Drink in partnership with RHASS. The headline sponsor is Asda. The wine on the evening is sponsored by Polaris Learning and the programme is sponsored by Print & Sign Centres.