SDT Annual Dinner 2025

The timing of the 2025 SDT Annual Dinner (Key Sponsor Diversey) is perfect for anyone who is attending the International Cheese and Dairy Awards Trade Days. Please come along and join in with other dairy professionals for an evening of great networking, delicious food (and wine!) and most importantly wonderful company. 

 

To learn more about the International Cheese Awards click the logo below:

 

           

 

 

 

Annual Dinner

18:45               Bar opens

18:45 – 19:30  Pre-dinner reception, sponsored by the Kersia Group with drinks and canapés

19:30               Guests seated. Welcome address by SDT President, Mike Pinches & Main Sponsor Diversey

19:40-20:10     Guest Speaker: Helen Skelton

20:10                Meal commences

21:40                Awards to students and members

00:00                Bar closes

 

Annual Dinner Prices

Members                                               £50 (£60 incl VAT)      
Non Members                                      £70 (£84 incl VAT)     
Tables of 10                                          £700 (£840 incl VAT)

Eden Cohorts 14                                  Free of Charge (SDT Members only)      
                                      
To book your place follow the link to Eventbrite at the base of this page or contact execdirector@sdt.org if you would prefer an invoice to be raised.

LINK to the Dinner Menu.  (If you have a dietary requirement please inform execdirector@sdt.org and notify on the Eventbrite Booking Form)

LINK  for sponsorship opportunities information

 

Event Cancellation Policy

All cancellations 4 weeks before the event or less will need to be paid in full.

 

Join us the day before for our Cheese Technology-themed Summer Symposium!

Staffordshire County Showground (Members Pavilion)
Weston Road
Stafford
ST18 0BD

By Road
The Showground is situated on the A518 Stafford to Uttoxeter road some 4 miles from Stafford. Drivers from either the North or South using the M6 motorway should exit at junction 14 and follow the signs for the County Showground.

By Rail
The Showground is just 4 miles from Stafford Railway Station. The station is situated on the West Coast Main Line offering a direct service to London Euston with a journey time of approximately one hour and twenty minutes. It also offers direct services to Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Liverpool.

By Air
Airports - Birmingham International and East Midlands airports are both a 50 minute drive from the Showground whilst Manchester Airport can be reached in little more than an hour.