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Star TV teams up with World Food Awards 2012

27 June 2012

Star TV has once again teamed up with the 4th annual World Food Awards, which take place on Friday 2nd November at London’s prestigious Lancaster London Hotel.

The World Food Awards are open exclusively to companies specialising, promoting or stocking products from the following communities: Asian, Oriental, African, Afro-Caribbean, European, East-European, Middle Eastern, South American and Mediterranean. The closing date for this year’s entries is Tuesday 31st July 2012.

Harry Dulai one of the World Foods Association’s founding supporters, said, “This event has proved an amazing success with our industry, quickly attracting the who’s who of the world food sector – a clear sign to me that an event to honour the achievements of this thriving sector was long overdue. By refining our existing categories and introducing new categories we hope that the World Food Awards will this year, receive even more entries.”

Yeshpal Sharma, Vice President for Star UK & Europe said, “We are delighted to be hosting these fantastic Awards again this year. There are hundreds, if not thousands of companies that deserve to be recognised for the impact they have made on the cultural landscape of Britain and it is a pleasure to see so many of them coming forward to participate in the World Food Awards.”

Source: Media 24/7

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