Entries open for the Marketing Derby Food and Drink Awards 2025

Entries for the Marketing Derby Food and Drink Awards 2025 are now open!

Designed to shine a light on Derby’s brilliant food and drink businesses, the awards aim to recognise and celebrate the very best places to eat and drink across the city.

Nominations are now being accepted for the awards, which will culminate in a vibrant ceremony at The Chocolate Factory on the 6th of October.

Last year, the awards attracted over 4,500 nominations – and now nominations are being invited for this year’s awards.

Christopher Tebbs, inward investment executive at Marketing Derby and Food and Drink Awards lead, said: “We are delighted to launch the Marketing Derby Food and Drink Awards 2025.

“The awards ceremony itself has become a highly anticipated fixture in the business calendar.

“We are looking forward to celebrating the achievements of our very best food and drink businesses – and would urge everyone to get their nominations in.”

Featuring 12 categories, the awards have been designed to allow as many food and drink businesses as possible to enter.

This year’s categories include Best Café, Best Pub, Best Bar and Best Country Pub / Restaurant – and, of course, Restaurant of the Year.

There will once again be an Innovation Award, chosen by Marketing Derby, and an award presented on the night recognising Outstanding Achievement.

And there will also be a new category this year, Bustler’s Best Bite, overseen by Bustler, which will ask people to nominate their favourite dish, snack, drink or bite from around Derbyshire.

An updated Food and Drink Guide will also be produced, which will feature all of the 2025 winners.

This year, the public, the business community and the food and drink outlets themselves are invited to make nominations.

Once the nomination period closes on 25 July, judges will round them down to a shortlist of finalists, who will be announced in August.

The winners will then be revealed at the awards ceremony in October.

For more information about the awards visit Marketing Derby Food and Drink Awards – Marketing Derby .

To nominate visit Marketing Derby Food and Drink Awards – 2025 Nominations .

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