Marketing Derby Food and Drink Awards: The categories

This year, the Marketing Derby Food and Drink Awards feature 11 categories, which have been designed to allow as many food and drink businesses as possible a chance to enter.

For 2024, as well as long-standing categories, such as Best Café, Best Pub, Best Bar and Best Country Pub / Restaurant, there is a new category for this year – Best Curry.

And a new award will also be handed out – the Marketing Derby Innovation Award – which will be given to the most innovative food and drink business in Derby.

And, as always, an award will be presented on the night recognising Outstanding Achievement.

Here is the full list of 11 award categories:

Marketing Derby Restaurant of the Year 2024

Outstanding Achievement Award

Best Café

Best Bar

Best Pub

Best Country Pub / Restaurant

Best Newcomer

Best Overall Experience

Best Curry

Best International

Marketing Derby Innovation Award

Nominations, which open from today, are welcomed from members of the public, business leaders in the city and food and drink establishment owners.

Online voting closes on Friday 26 July. The entries will then be used to select the three finalists in each category, who will be announced on Friday 16 August.

Representatives from each sponsor will judge their category, which involves ‘mystery shopping’ at all three finalists and scoring against defined criteria.

The winners will then be announced at a ceremony at The Chocolate Factory on Monday 7 October.

The awards have already attracted an enviable line-up of partners, including The Chocolate Factory, Denby Pottery, Royal Crown Derby, Sky Recruitment, Derby College Group, Ocean King, Balls2 Marketing , Spaceman Marketing, NK Motors, the University of Derby, and Pro Technical.

To find out more about the Marketing Derby Food and Drink Awards, please visit https://www.marketingderby.co.uk/food-and-drink-awards/ .

To nominate click here https://forms.gle/hiDJVY3kTP9sqT4H7 .