Awards

FDF Awards 2025 shortlist

07 July 2025

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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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

 

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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

 

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Community Partner

NEMI Teas

Birds Eye

Danone UK & Ireland

KP Snacks

Scottish Sea Farms

AB World Foods

 

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Diet & Health

Lidl GB

Hip Pop

Danone

Birds Eye

PepsiCo UK

Saltire Patisserie Ltd

Tempo Tea Bar

 

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Education Initiative

Müller UK & Ireland – Early Careers                          

Scottish Sea Farms - Into Aquaculture                              

Mondelēz International - ProFSET Food Engineer Student Launchpad

pladis - International Work Experience programme

 

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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

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Environmental Leadership

The Bread and Butter Thing (TBBT)

Mondelez UK

Valpak Limited

Quorn Foods

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative

Weetabix Food Company

Danone 

Premier Foods

Mondelēz UK

Browne Jacobson

 

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Exporter of the Year

Gü Desserts

Ramsden International

Lionel Hitchen Ltd

Foods of Europe

 

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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

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Food & Drink Engineer of the Year

Jerry Mead - Elopak

Fiona Stafford - Lionel Hitchen Ltd

Laura Malhi - Mondelēz International

 

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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

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HR Initiative

PepsiCo UK

Mondelēz UK

SLR Consulting

 

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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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Net Zero Initiative

Eurest

Cereal Partners UK

Unsworth

Glebe Farm Foods

apetito & Wiltshire Farm Foods Ltd

SSP UK & Ireland

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Product Innovation

Root Mylk Ltd

Presto

Diversey – A Solenis Company

Glebe Farm Foods

Vadasz 

Mondelēz International

POTINA – Plant Based Nutrition

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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

 

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Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist of the Year

Dr Marietta Sayegh – Tate & Lyle

Dr Sue Gatenby - PepsiCo UK

 

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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

 

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