Rest of the World

We are thrilled that you are considering entering this year’s International Cheese and Dairy Awards, being held at Bingley Hall, Stafford in the United Kingdom. As the oldest Cheese and Dairy Show in the world it has an excellent reputation both in the UK and Internationally providing a platform to Benchmark your products against the very best on the market and help to further enhance your reputation internationally for the manufacture of quality cheese and dairy products.

We hope that you will be at the show for the presentations on 10am on Friday 28 June 2024.

We are trying to make the safe passage of your cheese as simple as possible, working with our colleagues globally.

Please arrange to move your exhibits via your chosen freight forwarder on time (details below). Your forwarder will confirm the documents required for movement of your entries to our location at Gatwick in the United Kingdom. Full details will be provided once on-line entries have been processed.

Once successfully through customs, the show will take full responsibility and meet the costs for the onward journey by chilled road freight from our consolidation location at Gatwick, through to the staging of exhibits, prior to judging.

PLEASE NOTE:

  • AN OFFICIAL VETERINARY STAMPED HEALTH CERTIIFICATE WILL BE REQUIRED. FURTHER GUIDANCE WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER ENTRIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ON-LINE.
  • WE WILL ISSUE YOU WITH A UK IMPORT AUTHORISATION ON BEHALF OF THE AWARDS.
  • INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 5KGS OR 11 LBS. WE RECOMMEND A MINIMUM OF 1KG PER ENTRY.
  • THE TOTAL CONSIGNMENT MUST NOT EXCEED 250KGS OR 550LBS.
  • I WILL NEED AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF A COMPLETED ENTRY TRACEABILITY FORM AHEAD OF DESPATCH
  • I WILL NEED AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF YOUR COMMERCIAL INVOICE BEFORE YOU DESPATCH AND THE DETAILS ON THIS INVOICE MUST MATCH EXACTLY, THE CONTENTS OF EACH CASE

PLEASE ENSURE YOU GET YOUR CHEESE TO THE CONSOLIDATION ADDRESS AT LONDON GATWICK ON OR BEFORE THE REQUIRED DATE BELOW:

Date
Invitation Schedules circulatedJan 2024 – Mar 2024
Closing date for entries received30 April 2024
Identifying labels despatched to exhibitors by e-mailTarget 03 May 2024
Requests for Entry Traceability declarationJan-Apr 2024
Last date to receive completed Entry Traceability Form24 May 2024
Last date to receive Commercial InvoiceMonday 10 Jun 2024
Last Despatch to London Gatwick Consolidation PointFriday 14 Jun 2024
Chilled Delivery to Bingley Hall, Stafford, UK (By 8am)Wed 26 Jun 20243
Cheese stagedWed 26 Jun 2024
JudgingThu 27 Jun 2024
Results available onlineP.M. on 27 Jun 2024

Full details of the Consolidation point and contact information, along with further instructions, will be forwarded to you upon successful completion of your on-line entry.

We look forward to receiving your entries and wish you every success this year.