The World Culinary Awards™ serves to celebrate and reward excellence in the culinary industry through our annual awards programme.
It is the sister event of World Travel Awards™, which was launched in 1994 to celebrate excellence in travel and tourism.
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World Culinary Awards™ serves to celebrate and reward excellence in the culinary industry through our annual awards programme. World Culinary Awards™ is the sister event of World Travel Awards™, itself inaugurated in 1994.
This year the 4th annual World Culinary Awards Ceremony will be hosted at Atlantis The Royal in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where winners will celebrate their victory on 16 October 2023.
The agenda includes a Cocktail reception, and Winners’ dinner.
Guests are expected to wear semi-formal attire or their National dress.
The categories judged this year are in theree categories.
Subregional level categories –
nominees compete with fellow Culinary brands within their country, province, state or emirate. The winner with the most votes overall goes on to take the regional title for that respective category. In a similar manner, the winner with the most votes overall goes on to take the World title for that respective category.
Regional level categories –
nominees compete with fellow Culinary brands at a regional level. The regions are Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Indian Ocean, Latin America, Oceania, Middle East and North America. The regional winner with the most votes overall goes on to take the World title for that respective category.
World level categories – open for entry at a World Level only.
Each year the World Culinary Awards encourages the culinary industry to enter one of the many available categories for nomination:
Entry is free of charge.
Your entry will be checked and vetted to ensure your nomination qualifies for the selected category. The decision of World Culinary Awards is final.
Nominations can be made by members of the culinary community or industry consumers.
Winners are determined by the number of votes gained during the voting period.
See full list of categories.
Voting:
A specific voting period is announced each year:
The culinary community, industry experts and consumers are invited to vote online.
Nominees are invited to purchase the official World Culinary Awards digital nominee pack to use in their voting campaign.
Winners:
After the voting period, all votes are checked and counted.
World Culinary Awards winners are then contacted directly and provided with further details surrounding the official winners announcement and celebration. This annual celebration of the culinary industry allows:
Announcement of winners to the general public.
The award of trophies
Interviews with winners for media promotion.
An opportunity for industry networking.