The Bisto Awards have been sponsored since their inception in 1990 by R.H.M. Foods, now Premier Foods Ireland.

Children's Books Ireland would like to thank Premier Foods, particularly Eddie Scaife, Karen Mc Kenna and Sean Brett  for their invaluable support, both personally and through their generous sponsorship of the Bisto Book of the Year Awards.

CBI would also like to acknowledge the support and partnership of Wilson Hartnell PR, particularly Claire Guiney and Deirdre O'Connell. 

Colmán Ó Raghallaigh and members of the Cartoon Saloon, winners of a 2001-2002 Bisto Merit Award with Mark Dorman of RHM Foods and Rosaleen Linahan