
British Frozen Food Awards 2026
The Frozen Food Awards are a celebration of quality, innovation and success of the best new and exciting products from across the frozen food sector over the past twelve months.
It is an opportunity for brands and businesses to promote products and to gain the recognition they deserve. Every year competition is stiff but for award winners there is no greater accolade or bigger opportunity to stand out in a busy market place. Category winners gain the opportunity to utilise the prestigious Frozen Food Award winning logos across packaging and marketing communications to promote their product.
Award Entries 2026
Entries Now Open!
The British Frozen Food Awards 2026 are now open for entries and the categories are:
Retail
- Best New Bakery & Pastry
- Best New Meat Main
- Best New Fish Main
- Best New Vegetarian
- Best New Vegan
- Best New Side/Vegetable
- Best New Seasonal Product
- Best New Party Food
- Best New Ice Cream
- Best New Potato Product
- Best New Dessert
- Best New Pizza/Savoury Bread
- Best New Frozen Drinks
- Best New Ready Meals
Entries close - Friday 28th November 2025
Full terms and conditions are available to download here


Foodservice
- Best New Bakery, Morning Goods & Pastry
- Best New Meat Main
- Best New Fish Main
- Best New Vegetarian
- Best New Vegan
- Best New Side/Veg
- Best New Starter/Buffet
- Best New Ice Cream
- Best New Potato Product
- Best New Ingredient
- Best New Dessert
- Best New Cost Sector/Specialist Meal
Entries close - Friday 13th February 2026
Judging
Judging is completed by independent panels across the country where the product is cooked in conventional appliances and served according to the instructions laid out on the packaging.
This intense and vigorous judging process takes pace over a 12 week period involving hundreds of consumers and a panel of professional chefs.