FDF Awards
28 February 2024
The FDF Awards are the ones to win for our sector, recognising and rewarding excellence for innovation, competitiveness and talent in the food and drink industry.
Each year, companies from across the food and drink supply chain enter our awards, and over 500 guests come together to celebrate the winners at the FDF Awards ceremony.
Entries for the FDF Awards 2024 are open!
Take a look at our award categories below and enter for free before 28 February 2024, for your chance to win - you can enter as many categories as you like and nominate multiple projects/colleagues.
Entry is open to both FDF members and non-members.
Topics
How to enter
- Read the frequently asked questions and tips for a successful entry
- Download the entry form
- Register for an FDF web account if you don't already have one
- Submit your completed entry form and supporting materials online before the deadline
- Wait for the shortlist to be announced in summer!
Who can enter?
- Food and drink manufacturers
- Retailers, producers, growers, hospitality
- Sectors working with the food and drink supply chain including researchers, distributors, health, local authorities and education providers
Apprentice of the Year
Do you employ a brilliant apprentice in your food and drink manufacturing company? Have you got an exceptional young talent among your teams?
Brand Launch of the Year
Have you launched an exciting new brand, whether a single product or a range? Or is your business strengthening an existing brand or rebranding an existing range?
Business Resilience
Tell us how your business has coped with a challenging situation during the year to emerge stronger.
Campaign of the Year
This category is for in-house or agency teams to enter campaigns centring on sales, driving behaviour change, launches, research or increasing awareness.
Community Partner
Are you making a difference in your community? We are looking for companies that have carried out outstanding work with their chosen community and made a positive difference.
Diet and Health
This award is aimed at recognising where companies are helping their customers achieve dietary goals by changing products or introducing new products.
Education Initiative
Does your company work positively with schools and colleges to encourage interest in food and drink manufacturing or help facilitate employment opportunities for young people?
SME Emerging Business
Have you started your business and experienced a significant growth in the past few years? Are you proud to be a thriving UK food or drink SME?
Environmental Leadership
Does your company have a leading environmental initiative?
Exporter of the Year
British food and drink has never been more popular and exports continue to be a key area for growth.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
Is your company taking strides to create an equal, diverse and inclusive workplace?
Food and Drink Engineer of the Year
Engineering skills are essential for our industry to grow and we want to recognise the people that will make this happen.
Food and Drink Technologist / Scientist of the Year
Scientific developments help to give our industry its competitive edge and we are fortunate to have many talented scientists working within our sector.
HR Initiative
Employee recruitment and retention is important to a successful company, so show us how your company is a great place to work.
Manufacturing Transformation
Has your company developed a new manufacturing process or adopted technology that has led to significant business improvements?
Net Zero Initiative
This award is open to any business that is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and will award entities pushing the boundaries to reduce and/or eliminate emissions to the greatest extent possible.
Product Innovation
Does your company carry out exceptional work, creating innovative new products?
Registered Dietitian / Nutritionist of the Year
Nutritionists and dietitians support our food and drink industry in improving the health of the nation, and are crucial to innovative new product development.
Rising Star
Open to entrants within their first five years in the industry at any academic and training level, the Rising Star category is for the people with the potential to go far.
SME Rising Star
Have you recently started your role in the food and drink industry? Open to businesses with a turnover of less than £50m and entrants within their first five years in the industry.
Sustainable Packaging Initiative
This category looks at how food and drink producers have moved towards more sustainable packaging solutions particularly in respect of plastics.
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Take the opportunity to place your brand in front of established leaders as well as the ambitious, growing small enterprises aiming to be the stars of the future.
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Contact us
For more information contact
Casey Horn
Marketing and Commercial Analyst
Tel: 020 7420 7146
Email: casey.horn@fdf.org.uk