Previous Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
| 2009 | Mr Hugh Little | Dairy Industry |
| 2010 | Dr Ken J Kirkpatrick | Dairy Industry |
| Mr Max Parkin | Dairy Industry | |
| 2011 | Dr Andrew Ferrier | Dairy Industry |
| 2012 | Dr Kevin Marshall | Dairy Industry |
| 2013 | (no award) | |
| 2014 | Mr John Wood | Dairy Industry |
| 2015 | Mr Rod Bennett | Dairy Industry |
| 2016 | Mr David Illingworth | Dairy Industry |
| 2017 | Mr Paul McGilvary | Dairy Industry |
| 2018 | Keith "KJ" Johnston | Dairy Industry |
| Brian Wilkinson | Meat Industry | |
| 2019 | David Rout | Wider food Industry |
| 2020 | Norman Lodge | Fruit processing & Food Safety |
| Hamish Kennedy | Horticultural Industry | |
| Dennis Thomas | Regulation | |
| 2021 | Allan Main | Dairy Industry & Intellectual Property |
| 2022 | (no award) | |
| 2023 | Craig Honore | Dairy Industry |
| 2024 | Peter Gwatkin | Food Ingredients & Beverage Industry |