2025 QUALITY FOOD AWARDS SHORTLIST REVEALED!
We are thrilled to unveil the shortlist for this year’s UK Quality Food and Drink Awards. The esteemed panel of judges, including recipe developers, chefs, buyers, and other industry professionals, put each entry through a rigorous judging process, so being shortlisted for a Q is a huge achievement.
View the full shortlist here: https://uk.qualityfoodawards.com/QFA2025/en/page/2025-shortlist
The Judging Process
This year, judging took place over two weeks at 1 Wimpole Street, London. One by one, each product is brought into the judging room and reviewed by the panel. First, judges review the product individually, inputting their personal feedback based on their initial impressions using the key judging criteria.
Following individual reflection, judges will discuss the entry as a collective and debate the merits of each product with reference to the below key criteria:
- Taste
- Texture
- Flavour
- Aroma
- Ingredients list
- Provenance
- Product appearance
- Packaging
- Price point/value for money
- Innovation/aims in the marketplace
To be shortlisted for, or awarded, a Quality Food and Drink Award, a product must excel in every one of these areas.
The product categories
The Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards product categories are divided across four main groups, and the shortlist for each can be viewed by following the links below. The Christmas category winners will be announced separately very soon!
- All Year Round categories shortlist: https://uk.qualityfoodawards.com/QFA2025/en/page/2025-shortlist-all-year-round
- Foodservice categories shortlist: https://uk.qualityfoodawards.com/QFA2025/en/page/2025-shortlist-foodservice
About the UK Quality Food Awards
Now in its 47th year, the UK Quality Food and Drink Awards have become a mark of excellence for food and drink products in the retail, wholesale and foodservice sector.
The UK Quality Food and Drink Awards are under the emap brand. They run 90 industry awards and conferences each year and 100 magazine, conference and award websites.
If you’re interested in becoming a Sponsor or Partner of this year’s UK Quality Food Awards, please get in touch here.
Awards event
This year's awards event will be held at Hilton London Bankside on Wednesday 12 November 2025, where the winners will be announced. Tickets will be available shortly.
Good luck to this year's finalists! We can't wait to celebrate with you!
Contacts
Marketing enquiries:
Ella Jackson
Content and Marketing Manager
ella.jackson@emap.com
Sponsorship enquiries:
Kristy Bovington
Account Manager
kristy.bovington@emap.com