Great Taste Bursary
Each year the Great Taste Bursary offers 50 micro producers the chance to put one new product in front of its expert panel of Great Taste judges for free.
Great Taste Bursary 2025 is now open for applications.
Apply for a bursary
Great Taste is for everyone, which is why we want to make sure that no matter the size of your business, you have the opportunity to achieve the Great Taste seal of approval and recognition your product deserves. The bursary has been designed especially for emerging micro producers who might normally find the entry fees and process prohibitive.
Applications for the Great Taste Bursary 2025 are now open and will close on Sunday 5 January 2025.
Why enter?
Recognised by consumers and retailers as the world’s largest and most trusted food and drink accreditation scheme, Great Taste is an opportunity for your product to be assessed by chefs, buyers, food writers and retailers. No matter the accolade you receive, our rigorous process provides every entrant with impartial, honest feedback from industry experts. The bursary has been designed to help and support emerging businesses begin their Great Taste journey by giving them one free entry to the awards.
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Who can apply?
If you meet the following criteria, we would love to receive a bursary application from you:
- Your business is less than two years old.
- Your business has a turnover of less than £100,000.
- Your product is commercially available in the UK.
- Your product has not been entered into Great Taste before.
- You have not received a Great Taste Bursary before.
Don’t forget, you can only submit one product for the bursary!
Manisha Solanki and Jacob Thundil, Sozye
Key dates for next edition
9 December 2024
Open for applications
5 January 2025
Closed for applications
17 January 2025
Bursary winners announced
21 January 2025
General entry closes
Producers not granted a bursary still have time and can enter Great Taste 2025 before the closing date.
Great Taste Awards 3-star judging day
In 2023, an extraordinary 21 producers out of 50 given a Great Taste Bursary place won a 1-, 2- or 3-star.
Award-winning producers from the Great Taste Bursary 2023
Meet the 2024 bursary judges
Adrian Boswell
Buyer, Selfridges
AJ Sharp
Marketing & PR expert
Mallika Basu
Industry commentator & food entrepeneur
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