FDF Awards 2025 shortlist
The final shortlist for the 2025 FDF Awards has been announced, judged by leading figures from the food and drink industry. Congratulations and good luck to all the finalists!
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The winners will be unveiled on Thursday 11 September at the iconic Roundhouse, London.
All early bird tickets will be available until Thursday 31 July.
Shortlist:
- Apprentice of the Year
- Brand Launch of the Year
- Campaign of the Year
- Community Partner
- Diet & Health
- Education Initiative
- SME Emerging Business
- Environmental Leadership
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative
- Exporter of the Year
- Food & Drink Technologist/Scientist of the Year
- Food & Drink Engineer of the Year
- Food Waste Initiative
- HR Initiative
- Manufacturing and Digital Transformation
- Net Zero Initiative
- Product Innovation
- Rising Star
- Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist of the Year
- Sustainable Packaging Initiative
Apprentice of the Year
Alexander Austyn - Unilever UK & Ireland
Rosie Barnes - Unilever UK & Ireland
Gabby Dineen - Unilever UK & Ireland
Annabelle Talbot - Mondelēz International
Joshua Wiley - Weetabix Food Company
Daniel Piaskowski - Samworth Brothers Cornwall
Freya Leigh Shields - Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Brand Launch of the Year
Birds Eye - Birds Eye Chicken Shop
pladis UK & I - McVities Signature
Wall’s Pastry - When Hunger Calls, Grab a Wall’s
Higgidy - Best Ever, New Recipe, 200g Higgidy Pies
PepsiCo UK - Extra Flamin’ Hot
pladis - Jacob’s Bites
Cheez-It
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Campaign of the Year
Branston Baked Beans - #5STARBEANS
Birds Eye - Birds Eye Chicken Shop – The Ultimate Fakeaway
Carlsberg Britvic - Robinsons Wicked Partnership
Ginsters - Taste the Effort
Mondelēz International - Cadbury ‘Yours for 200 Years’ Campaign
pladis - Jaffa 2024 Campaign
PepsiCo UK – No Walkers, no game
Community Partner
Diet & Health
Education Initiative
Müller UK & Ireland – Early Careers
Scottish Sea Farms - Into Aquaculture
Mondelēz International - ProFSET Food Engineer Student Launchpad
pladis - International Work Experience programme
SME Emerging Business
Popcorn Kitchen
The Scottish Bee Co
Over the Moo UK
Gnaw Chocolate
Realfoods by Organico
vybey (Strive Products Sco Ltd)
The Gym Kitchen
Sponsored by 
Environmental Leadership
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
Exporter of the Year
Food & Drink Technologist/Scientist of the Year
Driando Ahnan-Winarno - Better Nature Ltd
Joe McGurk - Mondelēz International
Ryan Carter-Hadley - Mondelēz International
Robert Griffiths - RSSL
Sponsored by 
Food & Drink Engineer of the Year
Jerry Mead - Elopak
Fiona Stafford - Lionel Hitchen Ltd
Laura Malhi - Mondelēz International
Food Waste Initiative
The Bread and Butter Thing & Papilo: Turning Surplus Into Solution
Albert Bartlett x FareShare 15 million meals
FareShare FLEX Programme
The Felix Project & Western International Market
Quorn Foods cross-functional food redistribution programme
Sponsored by 
HR Initiative
Manufacturing and Digital Transformation
Foods Connected & Freshpak
Unsworth
Siemens GB&I & Entocycle
Mondelēz International
Weetabix Food Company
The Pudding Compartment
TraceGains
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Note: KPMG is not in any way involved with the judging and selection of nominees with respect to the FDF Awards 2025.
Net Zero Initiative
Eurest
Cereal Partners UK
Unsworth
Glebe Farm Foods
apetito & Wiltshire Farm Foods Ltd
SSP UK & Ireland
Sponsored by 
Product Innovation
Root Mylk Ltd
Presto
Diversey – A Solenis Company
Glebe Farm Foods
Vadasz
Mondelēz International
POTINA – Plant Based Nutrition
Sponsored by
Note: KPMG is not in any way involved with the judging and selection of nominees with respect to the FDF Awards 2025.
Rising Star
Frances Chatto - Mondelēz International
Kalim Yasin-Guilfoyle - Mondelēz International
Hannah Wareing - Aunt Bessie's
Vlad Racins - British Sugar
Will James - Premier Foods
Urmimala Bose - Shicken Foods Ltd
Sponsored by 
Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist of the Year
Sustainable Packaging Initiative
Accolade Wines
Tata Consumer Products
Compleat Food Group
Premier Foods
Danone UK & I
Mondelēz International
National Cup Recycling Scheme, administered by Valpak
