Foodservice Awards Categories
Category definitions have been provided to help you select the right place for your product to be entered. Please note that categories have been grouped by A-Z. To enter, click on the category below and you will be taken to the online entry form. You will be able to enter multiple categories within one entry.
Entries close at midnight on Friday 2 May 2025
(FS) Biscuits and Snacking
Any biscuits or snack option e.g. in room service or coffee occasion
(FS) Bread and Morning Goods
Range of product that stands out or is unique
(FS) Cakes and Desserts
Whole, sliced or individually wrapped cakes and desserts. For Christmas cakes and desserts, see Christmas. For vegan cakes, see Vegan
(FS) Christmas
Any foodservice Christmas line, pre-packed or whole ranges
(FS) Condiments and Dressings
Any type e.g. sachets, bottles or back of house ingredients
(FS) Cooking Sauces
Includes marinades, pastes, stock – any Back of House/part prepared recipes including ethnic, healthier or innovative
(FS) Dairy
Includes back of house use e.g tubs, or sachets for Room Service and Impulse. Includes cheese, milk, butters, yoghurts etc. For Non-Dairy, see Vegan Products and Alternatives
(FS) Delicatessen Ambient or Chilled
Platters, individual slices/portions or back of house use
(FS) Dry Goods and Pre-prepped Ingredients
Products that aim to save time, or provide back of house advantages, or bulk products for recipes e.g. breadcrumbs, baking mixes
(FS) Fish
Innovation in tinned/ambient, or back of house use e.g. fillets and sides
(FS) Food to Go
Food to Go items such as sandwiches, wraps, sushi and salads. Presentation packaging, new flavours, or platter innovation
(FS) Free From
Free From products for front of house sale or for recipes e.g. gluten free flapjacks, gluten free pastry
(FS) Fresh Produce
Any fresh produce items either for back or front of house e.g. fruit platters
(FS) Hot Beverages
Any hot beverages in any format e.g. Room Service, FOH Impulse, BOH innovation or new for Baristas
(FS) Meal Accompaniments
Includes back of house recipes, including ethnic, healthier or innovative, vegetable based or potato based e.g. cauliflower cheese, potato wedges
(FS) Meat
Any meat whether it be joints, burgers, portions, slices or ready to serve variations
(FS) Party Food and Buffet
Any party food items including presentation packs and ideas on innovation e.g. sausage rolls, canapés
(FS) Pasta, Rice and Grains
Products for recipe ingredients, fillings or to add to a salad
(FS) Pizza, Pies and Pasties
Products of innovation, portions for BOH use, for individual sale or creating a meal
(FS) Preserves
Impulse jars/sachets/blister packs, or bulk for BOH use
(FS) Ready to Cook
Includes back of house or part prepared, for outlets to finish the dish e.g. lasagne, risotto, stews etc
(FS) Soft Drinks
Any soft drink aimed at the FS market
(FS) Vegan Products and Alternatives
Vegan alternatives to act as a meat substitution for recipes, meal centrepieces etc, e.g. soya/mycoprotein sausages/burgers, sandwich fillings, etc, sweet items e.g. vegan cakes, or dairy alternatives