Best Airport Food & Beverage Opening & Casual Food Finalists Named for FAB Awards 2023
Source, Airport FAB + Hospitality Conference & Awards
INTERNATIONAL/THAILAND. The judging is done, the scores are in. Now it’s a matter of awaiting the results of The Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Awards to be revealed at a glittering Gala Dinner to be hosted by Airports of Thailand on 13 September.
The dinner forms the culmination of The FAB + Hospitality Conference & Awards 2023, an event making a welcome return in physical format for the first time since pre-pandemic 2019. For details on how to register for FAB and an exciting programme line-up, click here.
As reported, Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) is the Gala Dinner Partner.
Today we publish the final short-lists from the 20 award categories, starting with the Airport Food & Beverage Opening of the Year, historically one of the most sought-after awards. It is followed by Airport Casual Food Offer of the Year, always the most popular category, a status confirmed this year by an all-time record number of entries.
The Moodie Davitt Report Founder & Chairman Martin Moodie said: “We received almost 30 nominations in the Airport Food & Beverage Opening of the Year category so it was an invidious job to whittle down such a diverse array of candidates to a shortlist. But again we are confident that our final selection represents a high-class and diverse roll-call of concepts across multiple geographies.
“These top-calibre openings confirm that the spirit of imagination and the commitment to investment have outlasted the pandemic and augur well for the future of our industry in serving the travelling consumer.
“And our unusually long short-list, as it were, bears testament to the importance of the casual food category in a time-pressed airport environment. As a result, we can promise some very interesting results at the FAB Awards dinner.”
The nine judges (see below) have worked assiduously since nominations closed, carefully evaluating almost 250 top-class entries from around the world. ✈
FAB + HOSPITALITY AWARDS 2023 FINALISTS
AIRPORT FOOD & BEVERAGE OPENING OF THE YEAR
Codo Agave Social House – Calgary International Airport
The Farmers Market – SSP America, Indianapolis International Airport
Fendi Caffe – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
Intervals – Plaza Premium Group, Hong Kong International Airport
Louis Vuitton Lounge by Yannick Alléno – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
NamNam – SSP Asia Pacific, Changi International Airport
Oreo Café – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
Ralph’s Coffee – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
Taiwan Flavors – Ever Rich Duty Free, Taoyuan International Airport
Vagabond – Vagabond Wines, Gatwick Airport
ZOMA – Emirates Leisure Retail & MMI, Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
AIRPORT CASUAL FOOD OFFER OF THE YEAR
Bad Egg Breakfast Bar – SSP America, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Beercode Kitchen & Bar – Paradies Lagardère, San Antonio International Airport
Bistrot Benoit – Areas, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Comptoir Libanais – Dufry-Autogrill, London Stansted Airport
Cravings Restaurant and Bar – Sunshine Retail, Addis Ababa Bole Airport
Factory Kitchen & Bar – SSP, Larnaca International Airport
The Continents – Sama-Sama Hotel, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
The Fallow – SSP, Dublin Airport
Gordon Ramsay Burger – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
Habit Burger Grill – Dufry-Autogrill, Chongqing Airport
Hunt & Fish Grill – SSP America, LaGuardia Airport
Jamie Oliver – SSP Asia Pacific, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
James Martin Kitchen – Travel Food Services, Kempegowda International Airport
Jim Stump’s Taproom – SSP America, San José Mineta International Airport
Jones Social – HMSHost International, Hamad International Airport
The Kitchen by Wolfgang Puck – Emirates Leisure Retail and MMI, Dubai International Airport
Le Pain Quotidien – Dufry-Autogrill, Brussels Airport
LouLou Market and Bar – SSP America, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Mercantile Dining & Provision – Tastes On the Fly, Denver International Airport
Poppy’s Bagels & Chuko Ramen – OTG, LaGuardia Airport
Sonoma – TRG Concessions, Gatwick Airport
Sophia Loren Restaurant – Autogrill, Rome Fiumicino Airport
STK – Areas, Los Cabos International Airport
Summer House Santa Monica – Delaware North, Superior Hospitality & Sweet Mango Hospitality, Orlando International Airport
Sunday Supper – OTG, LaGuardia Airport
TGI Fridays – Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Vin Room – Calgary International Airport
Wolfgang Puck Kitchen + Bar – HMSHost International, I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport
The following shortlists were revealed earlier
AIRPORT RESTAURANT DESIGN OF THE YEAR
Alemagna Caffè Pasticceria – Autogrill, Milan Linate Airport
Bad Egg Breakfast Bar – SSP America, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Codo Agave Social House – Calgary International Airport
Fendi Caffe – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
NamNam – SSP Asia Pacific, Changi International Airport
Perch – HMSHost International, London Stansted Airport
San Carlo – TRG Concessions, Manchester Airport
STK – Areas, Los Cabos International Airport
Sunday Supper – OTG, LaGuardia Airport
Terracotta Italian Kitchen – HMSHost International, London Stansted Airport.
Wolfgang Puck – SSP, Vienna International Airport
Zugvogel – Lagardère Travel Retail, Vienna International Airport
AIRPORT COFFEE OR TEA OFFER OF THE YEAR
Bieder & Maier – Lagardère Travel Retail, Vienna International Airport
Cakes&Bakes – BTA Food & Services
Coffee Berry – Athens International Airport
Coffee Quarter – Delaware North, Perth Airport
Costa Coffee – HMSHost, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Costa Coffee, Dubai International Airport, Emirates Leisure Retail & MMI
Deville – Deville Coffee, Calgary International Airport
Kaffet Helsinki – SSP, Helsinki Airport
Ralph’s Coffee – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
VyTA – Areas, Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport and Milan Linate Airport
WASCOFFEE Lab – Dufry-Autogrill, Palermo Airport
AIRPORT F&B OFFER BEST REPRESENTING SENSE OF PLACE
Bar de la Plage – Lagardère Travel Retail, Nice Côte d’Azur Airport
Bridgewater Exchange – The Restaurant Group, Manchester Airport
Chapati & Karak – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
Dhaba@T3 – Travel Food Service, Indira Gandhi International Airport
IMM Rice & Noodle – SSP Asia Pacific, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport
Kaffet Helsinki – SSP, Helsinki Airport
Mercantile Dining & Provision – Tastes On the Fly, Denver International Airport
Taiwan Flavors – Ever Rich Duty Free, Taoyuan International Airport
The Farmers Market – SSP America, Indianapolis International Airport
Salmon n’ Bannock On The Fly at YVR – Vancouver Airport Authority, Vancouver Airport
South Downs – Vagabond Wines, Gatwick Airport
Tadında Anadolu – BTA Food & Services, Istanbul Airport, Ankara Airport and İzmir Airport
Whiskey Bread – SSP, Dublin Airport
Xi’an Xianyang International Airport T2 Food Boulevard – Xi’an Xianyang International Airport Commercial Branch Company
ZOMA – Emirates Leisure Retail & MMI, Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
AIRPORT BAR OR PUB OF THE YEAR
The Belgian Red House – Autogrill, Brussels Airport
Bottega Prosecco Bar & Craft Beer – HMSHost International, Dubai International Airport
Bridgewater Exchange – The Restaurant Group, Manchester Airport
Tickerdaze – BTA Food & Services, Istanbul Airport
Budweiser – Lagardère Travel Retail, Dubai International Airport
Juniper & Co – SSP, Gatwick Airport
Koh Hop Bar – SSP, Suvarnabhumi Airport
Oakland Draft House – SSP America, Oakland International Airport
Sibarium – Areas, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport
Sports Shack – Emirates Leisure Retail, Dubai International Airport
Stomping Ground Brewery – Delaware North, Melbourne Airport
Sycamore Brewing – HMSHost, Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Ta.Sh.Ba Bistro Bar – SSP Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Larnaca International Airport
AIRPORT FOOD TO GO OFFER OF THE YEAR
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese – SSP, LaGuardia International Airport
Bubby’s – OTG, LaGuardia International Airport
Deli&Cia – Areas, Multiple Airports
The Dirty Apron – SSP, Vancouver International Airport
The Farmers Market – Indianapolis International Airport
Food For Flight (Food to Go) – SSP, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Larnaca International Airport
Kirei – Areas, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Koulurades – Dufry-Autogrill, Athens International Airport
Le Croque Monsieur – Lagardère Travel Retail, Sofia International Airport
1 Minute Smacznego! – Lagardère Travel Retail, Multiple Polish Airports
Oreo Café – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
Purebread – Purebread, Vancouver International Airport
TGI Fridays – Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
AIRPORT SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Airport Authority Hong Kong – Food TranSmarter Treatment Process
Allresto Flughafen München Hotel und Gaststätten – ‘Rethink’ campaign
Areas For Change – Areas
Autogrill Group – Green Store Guidelines
Dallas Fort Worth Airport – Waste composting initiative
HMS Host – ‘Make it Happen’ ESG Strategy, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
HMSHost The Netherlands partnership with Schiphol Airport
Lagardère Travel Retail – PEPS Program
SSP Bahrain Sustainability Team – Bahrain International Airport
SSP Group – Reimagining Food for People and the Planet
AIRPORT FOOD HALL OF THE YEAR
The Food Hall at Helsinki Airport Arrivals Hall – Finavia Corporation
Food Hall at Fiumicino Airport Terminal 1 – Dufry-Autogrill
Rome Mezzanine Food Hall – Lagardère Travel Retail
Food Market (Free flow concept) – SSP Eastern Europe and the Middle East
Food Court – Airport Authority Hong Kong
Food Market at HIA – Qatar Duty Free at Hamad International Airport
OTG Global Bazaar – New York and New Jersey airports
Zone F Food Hall Suvarnabhumi Airport – SSP Asia Pacific
Sangster International Airport Food Hall – MBJ Airports
La Place by Areas – Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport
Food Village DXB – HMSHost International
Boston Public Market – HMSHost, Boston Logan International Airport
AIRPORT HEALTH & WELLBEING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Free food for Heathrow employees – Eurest
Wellness Wednesday – Travel Food Services
OTG Crewmember Wellness Program – OTG
SSP Group Global Safety Governance and Framework – SSP
AIRPORT CHEF OF THE YEAR
Sudhir Arora – Travel Food Services
Charlotte Boothby – HMSHost UK
Keyon Coleman – Kitchen Step, Newark Liberty Airport International Airport, Master ConcessionAir
Vladimir Drietomsky – SSP Deutschland
Rahul Khosla – Lagardère Travel Retail, UAE
Roy Limpag – Emirates Leisure Retail & MMI
Robert Maluso – SSP America
Aarón Mizrahi – Areas Mexico
Ahmad Farhan Noorzali – Sama-Sama Hotel Kuala Lumpur International Airport
David Sosson – Qatar Duty Free
Marcel Tauschek – Hilton Munich Airport
AIRPORT CUSTOMER/HOSPITALITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Amore – Dufry-Autogrill, Athens and Düsseldorf airports
Breaking Bread – Travel Food Services, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and Kempegowda International Airport
High Tide Bar – Dufry-Autogrill, I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali
iCoupon Global – Multiple airports
James Beard Foundation at Chicago O’Hare International Airport – Dufry-Autogrill
Kepler Club – Kepler Club, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
AIRPORT DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Empowering Voices: Embracing Diversity Through Inclusion – Travel Food Services
Homeboy – Areas
OTG Pride Initiative – OTG
SSP DE&I Framework – SSP
SSP Hellas HR Team – SSP Catering Cyprus
Women in Leadership – Tastes on the Fly
AIRPORT FOOD & BEVERAGE MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Brisbane’s Best Bites – Brisbane Airport Corporation
Path Water – Dufry-Autogrill, Multiple US airports
The Gallery at Zurich Airport – Dufry-Autogrill
AIRPORT FOOD & BEVERAGE OFFER OF THE YEAR
Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
Singapore Changi Airport
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
AIRPORT HEALTH-CENTRED OFFER OF THE YEAR
Exki – Autogrill Europe, Brussels Airport
Deli&Cia – Areas, Multiple airports
Liv Eat – SSP Asia Pacific, Hobart International Airport
Haferkater – Lagardère Travel Retail, Berlin Airport
Nourish the Dirty Apron – SSP America, Vancouver International Airport
Sambazon Açaí Bowls – Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Gully Kitchen – Travel Food Services, Kempegowda International Airport
Leon – HMSHost International, London Stansted Airport
AIRPORT HOTEL OF THE YEAR
Calgary Airport Marriott In-terminal Hotel – Calgary Airport Authority
Sama-Sama Hotel Kuala Lumpur International Airport
080 Transit Hotel – Travel Food Services, Kempegowda International Airport
Hilton Munich Airport – Allresto Flughafen München Hotel und Gaststätten
AIRPORT LOUNGE OF THE YEAR
Louis Vuitton Lounge – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
Muscat Primeclass Lounge – TAV Operation Services, Muscat International Airport
1903 Lounge – Manchester Airport Terminal 2, CAVU
The Club CLT – Airport Dimensions, Charlotte Douglas International Airport
080 Lounge by TFS – Travel Food Services, Kempegowda International Airport Terminal 1
Bodrum Primeclass Lounge Domestic Terminal, TAV Operation Services
AIRPORT LOUNGE FOOD & BEVERAGE OFFER OF THE YEAR
Louis Vuitton Lounge – Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport
Muscat Primeclass Lounge – TAV Operation Services, Muscat International Airport
080 Lounge by TFS – Travel Food Services, Kempegowda International Airport Terminal 1