Alice Ryan

Journalist Alice Ryan has been organising and hosting regional food and drink awards since 2014 - and writing about food and drink for far longer. . . In her current roles - as editor of Velvet magazine, a lifestyle title for Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, and writer for Waitrose Weekend, the newspaper produced for the supermarket's customers nationwide - she covers everything from restaurants and chefs to artisanal produce and farming. Alice is judging Farm Shop/Deli of the Year