President
Catherine Paice

Catherine Paice, MA (Cantab), is a freelance journalist and editor who started her career writing for and about theatre but for the past 25 years has specialised in agriculture and rural businesses, working for radio, print and on-line media. She is a former business editor of Farmers Weekly and spent many years contributing to BBC Radio 4 while working for a range of business publications covering food commodities. Catherine is currently a director of Eden Publishing Ltd, with responsibility for an international publication offering daily online and fortnightly printed market news and business updates for dairy processors. She wrote ‘Rural Britain’ for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office as a showcase for the British countryside and has school governance experience.

Chair
Nigel Bardsley

Chair of Trustees
Claire Seymour

Treasurer
Chris Morris

CFO of Avalon Produce, Chris is an invaluable addition to the show team.

Vice-Chair
Annette Bardsley

Annette has consistently been the one to beat in the competition, a stalwart member of the general committee for many years, Vice Chair for four of them with a remit as Chair of Competition.

MFSS Manager
Eileen Haffenden

Education Officer
Mandy Hounsell

Chairman of the Judges
Jonathan Blackman

Consultant to the fruit, hops and ornamentals sector specialising in crop protection and nutrition. Previous experience in the research sector. Currently in a Technical Management role and previous experience in giving technical support to colleagues in the horticulture sector. Member of the DEFRA Pesticide Residues in Food Expert Committee.