Category Nominations for 2024

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Emerging Concept

  • Brightside
  • Buns from Home
  • NQ64
  • Yolk
  • F1 Arcade
  • Pizza Punks
  • Noci

Award sponsor: Greene King

 

Best New Opening

  • Brightside, Exeter (Loungers)
  • Arcade Food Hall, Battersea
  • Masala Zone, Piccadilly
  • The Devonshire, Soho
  • Manzi's, Soho (Wolseley Hospitality Group)
  • Sexy Fish, Manchester (Caprice Holdings)
  • Gaucho, Liverpool (Rare Restaurants)
Award sponsor: Chapman Ventilation

 

Best Pub/Bar Company

  • Fuller's
  • Heartwood Collection
  • Inception Group
  • Loungers
  • Urban Pubs & Bars
  • Incipio Group
  • Inn Collection Group
Award sponsor: Aspall Cyder

 

Best Restaurant Company

  • Caravan
  • Dishoom
  • Hawksmoor
  • Nando's
  • Pizza Pilgrims
  • Big Mamma Group
  • Wagamama

 

Best Coffee Shop/Café Group

  • 200 Degrees
  • Blank Street Coffee
  • Gail's Bakery
  • WatchHouse
  • Caffe Nero
  • Black Sheep Coffee
  • Knoops
  • Pret A Manger

 

Best Concept

  • Albert's Schloss
  • Lounge (part of Loungers)
  • Dishoom
  • Incipio Group
  • The Ivy
  • Turtle Bay
  • Arcade Food Hall

 

Deal of the Year

  • Apollo's acquisition of TRG
  • Big Table Group's purchase of TRG's Leisure estate
  • Toridoll/Capdesia acquisition of Fulham Shore
  • McWin's acquisition of Big Mamma Group
  • Young's purchase of City Pub Group
  • TriSpan's investment into Mowgli
  • Calveton and Breal Capital purchase of D&D London

Award sponsor: Alix Partners

 

Best QSR Company

  • GDK
  • Popeyes UK
  • Five Guys
  • Wingstop
  • LEON
  • Burger King
  • Greggs
  • itsu

 

Sustainability Award

  • All Bar One
  • Drake & Morgan
  • Gail's Bakery
  • Greene King
  • Heart with Smart
  • Punch Pubs & Co

Award sponsor: Pernod Ricard

 

Best Omnichannel Brand

  • Greggs
  • itsu
  • LEON
  • Nando's
  • PizzaExpress
  • Pret A Manger
  • Snowfox Group

Award sponsor: Vita Mojo

 

Diversity Leadership

  • Arc Inspirations
  • Caravan
  • Chopstix
  • Greene King
  • Moto Hospitality
  • Rare Restaurants (Gaucho and M)

 

Rising Star

  • Amy Primrose, Moto Hospitality Ltd
  • Fernanda Dias Antonio, Caravan
  • Inga Gruoda, Pret
  • Louisa Richards, Hawksmoor
  • Mel Harrison, McDonald's UK
  • Sean Weeraratna, Gaucho

Award sponsor: Red Bull

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

To be decided by MCA’s editor, this award recognises the exceptional achievements and impact an individual has had on the sector over multiple decades.

Award sponsor: Brakes/Sysco

 

Leader of The Year

  • Alasdair Murdoch, Burger King
  • Ian Payne, Stonegate
  • Nick MacKenzie, Greene King
  • Paula Mackenzie, PizzaExpress
  • Sarah Willingham, Nightcap
  • Simon Emeny, Fuller's

Award sponsor: Uber Eats

 

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