Option 1
Send your own entries without any support from ICDA.
Please note there is no minimum entry number per exhibitor in 2025 if you deliver your own entries with no ICDA support.
We are thrilled that you are considering entering this year’s International Cheese and Dairy Awards, being held at Bingley Hall, Stafford, 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 enhance your reputation internationally for producing quality cheese and dairy products.
- Judging Date: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
- Presentations: Thursday, 26 June 2025 at 10 AM
We are working with our colleagues globally to make the safe passage of your cheese as simple as possible.
DO NOT SEND YOUR ENTRIES DIRECTLY TO THE SHOWGROUND DUE TO THE LACK OF CHILLED FACILITIES ON SITE, AHEAD OF THE SHOW.
Make your own arrangements to deliver your competitive entries directly to the following address before Friday, 20 June 2025:
Delivery Address:
Adrian Davies
Competitive Entries
GS Davies and Son
Quakers Coppice
Crewe Gates Industrial Estate
Crewe
United Kingdom
CW1 6FA
Further instructions will be provided once entries have been made online.
Option 2
Send your own entries with support from ICDA through its Consolidation Location.
Minimum entry requirement: 15 entries per exhibitor in 2025.
Arrange to move your exhibits into our European consolidation point on time (details below) using the show’s Import Authorisation. The consolidator will confirm the documents required for the movement of your entries.
The show will take full responsibility and meet the costs for the onward journey from the consolidation point through to the staging of exhibits, prior to judging.
Important Notes:
- An official veterinary stamped health certificate is NOT required.
- We will issue you with a UK Import Authorisation on behalf of the awards.
- Your consignment must not exceed 250 kg (550 lbs).
- Ensure you get your cheese to the consolidation point on or before the required date.
EU (and EFTA Countries) CONSOLIDATION POINT AND CONTACT
Delivery Address:
SEAFRIGO AIRFREIGHT
SOGARIS Rungis – BAT N
Place de la logistique
94150 RUNGIS
France
Opening Hours for Delivery: 23.00hrs - 15.00hrs
Contact:
Morgane LE GAC
📧 m.legac@seafrigo.com
📞 +33 1 48 62 41 25
📱 +33 6 31 04 89 82
Please copy: exportfresh@seafrigo.com
Important Information:
- All deliveries and the quantity of parcels must be notified to the above email addresses, giving the anticipated delivery date.
- All consignments must be labelled in English.
- Please complete the Combined Signed Self-Declaration/Commercial Invoice Template as soon as you have the exact number of units and weight information. Do not use any other document. Ensure this is signed. A copy and paste of an electronic signature will be accepted.
- Before movement, email a copy of the Signed Self-Declaration/Commercial Invoice (IN EXCEL FORMAT) to the above addresses at Seafrigo and copy: ianluxton@internationalcheesedairyexpo.com.
- You will receive a copy of the import license from ICDA approximately 7-14 days before dispatching your entries.
- Please include inside your outer cases:
- A copy of the Import Licence
- A copy of the completed Combined Signed Self-Declaration/Commercial Invoice – See Attachment 3, which will be sent once entries have been made online.
- All contents of deliveries must be listed with 8 or 10-digit EU customs codes when emailing: exportfresh@seafrigo.com.
- Copy and paste this link into your web browser to access the EU customs code search: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric/measures.jsp
IMPORTANT:
- ONLY YOU can classify YOUR GOODS, and you must add this number to the Combined Self Declaration/Commercial Invoice template, which will be sent once entries have been made online.
- All parcels arriving at SEAFRIGO RUNGIS must be labelled on at least two adjacent sides with large labels: “SEAFRIGO / ICDA CREWE” + “YOUR COMPANY NAME” used, to enter the awards.
Delivery Timeframe:
- Monday 26th May – Wednesday 11th June 2025 (inclusive)
- PLEASE CONTACT RUNGIS AHEAD OF YOUR DELIVERY TO CONFIRM YOUR DELIVERY DATE.
- Entries will be stored and transported in refrigerated conditions.
- An official vet-stamped health certificate is NOT required. A UK entry waiver has been arranged by ICDA.
Parcel Labelling Requirements:
- All parcels arriving at SEAFRIGO (RUNGIS) must have a label attached on each outer case with the exact wording for UK Customs (See Attachment 4, which will be sent once entries have been made online).
- SEAFRIGO (RUNGIS) needs to list the commodity codes for French/UK Customs.
- ONLY YOU can provide the commodity code which relates to YOUR CHEESE.
TIMELINE
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Invitation Schedules circulated | Jan 2025 – May 2025 |
| Absolute closing date for entries received | Wed 07 May 2025 |
| ICDA requests Import Licence from DEFRA | Mon 12 May 2025 |
| Identifying labels dispatched to exhibitors by email | Before Mon 12 May 2025 |
| Requests for Combined Commercial Invoice and Export Health Declaration | Feb - May 2025 |
| ICDA receives Combined Commercial Invoice and Export Health Declaration | By Mon 12 May 2025 |
| ICDA circulates Import Licences to exhibitors | Mon 19 - Fri 23 May 2025 |
| Exhibitors move entries to SEAFRIGO AIRFREIGHT - RUNGIS | Mon 26 May – Wed 11 Jun 2025 (After receiving Import Licence) |
| Dispatch to PML Seafrigo London | Fri 13 Jun 2025 |
| Customs clearance | - |
| Chilled Delivery to Bingley Hall, Stafford, UK (By 8am) | Tue 24 Jun 2025 |
| Cheese staged | Tue 24 Jun 2025 |
| Judging | Wed 25 Jun 2025 |
| Results available online (PM) | Thu 26 Jun 2025 |
UK CONSOLIDATION POINT AND CONTACT
Delivery Address:
PML SEAFRIGO
UNITS 1-6 SKYPORT HEATHROW
ARMADALE ROAD
FELTHAM
MIDDLESEX
UK
TW14 0LW
Contact:
Robert Haynes
📧 robert@pml-ltd.com
📞 +44 (0)208-893-2666
Please copy:
CONSIGNEE DETAILS – UK (FOR INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATOR USE ON COMMERCIAL INVOICES):
Mr Ian Luxton
ICDA Awards Limited
The Show Secretary
Ferndale, Aston Heath
Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 8DB
PML WILL DIRECTLY DELIVER ENTRIES TO THE COMPETITION DESTINATION BEFORE 10AM THE DAY PRIOR TO JUDGING:
INTERNATIONAL CHEESE & DAIRY AWARDS
Staffordshire County Showground
Bingley Hall
Weston Road
Stafford
United Kingdom
ST18 0BD
Important Notes:
- The International Cheese and Dairy Awards (ICDA) provides an undertaking to cover the costs of movement from its designated consolidation points to the UK and onwards to the showground for competition.
- ICDA is not responsible for:
- The value or associated costs of any entries not delivered to the showground.
- Any missed departures, errors, rejection prior to arrival, government action, or any other issues resulting in entries being unable to be staged before the competition.
- Entering the competition assumes these risks are accepted by the competitor.