Velvet Food & Drink Awards 2025

Nominations are now open

The popular Velvet Food & Drink Awards are doubling their size for 2025 – running two sets of awards, one each for Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. Nominate now!

It is time that time of the year again – the Velvet Food & Drink Award

Velvet Food & Drink Awards expanding

When Velvet Magazine launched the Velvet Food & Drink Awards three years ago, to give much-deserved recognition to both the businesses and individuals that make our area a more delicious place, they knew it was going to be popular, but never could have dreamt it would get ‘out of hand!’. Nominations are coming in thick and thin from althrough the distribution area of this popular magazine so they decided to double it up and run it not only in Cambridgeshire this year, but Suffolk too, which is also an area with incredible food businesses and foodies who support these businesses.

This expansion has been made possible with the support of their headline sponsors: TR Global Events in Cambridgeshire and Thomas Ridley Foodservice in Suffolk.

I’m proud to be part of this exciting event, judging the best restaurants

Velvet needs your help!

These awards wouldn’t be a success without you! Velvet is calling on you, their readers, to nominate your favourites across 12 categories in each county: Food Producer, Beverage Producer, Farm Shop/Deli, Pub/Bar, Tearoom/Coffee Shop, Street Food/Pop-up, Restaurant, Chef, Hotel, Hospitality Hero, Sustainability Hero and Food Hero.

The three businesses or individuals with the most nominations per category will then be shortlisted and the winners chosen by a panel of independent, industry-expert judges.

Don’t miss the deadline – get your vote in by the 2nd of May!

Nominating is easy!

Nominating is easy: hit either ‘Cambridgeshire’ or ‘Suffolk’ below and fill in the swift nomination form, telling us what makes your favourite/s stand out from the culinary crowd. You’ve got between 1am on January 28 2025 and midnight on May 2 2025 to get your nominations in.

So whether you’ve got a soft spot for a particular bakery’s bread, swear the coffee in your local cafe can’t be beaten or book every special–occasion meal at a specific restaurant, we want to hear from you! These awards are YOUR awards, so get nominating.

Vote now for the Velvet Food & Drink Award 2025!

The awards are presented at two ceremonies

Suffolk’s winners will be announced at a ceremony at Stowmarket’s Haughley Park on June 9, with coverage following in July’s Velvet, while Cambridgeshire’s awards ceremony will take place at Childerley Hall on June 23, with coverage in August’s magazine.

Fingers crossed that your favourite one will win!

Gerla

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