EquipHotel and FCSI France join forces to launch the first edition of the Foodservice Equipment Design Awards

In a world where hundreds of products and designs are launched every year, the Foodservice Equipment Design Awards were born out of a desire to highlight the best designs and well-designed kitchen equipment whether displayed in the front or back of the house of an establishment. Open to all Foodservice and Coffee making, wine & bar exhibitors at the EquipHotel trade show, the competition offers a new and innovative space for expression!

2022 WINNERS

Front of House and Jury's Favourite

dVine

dVine Pro

Back of House

Rational

iVario 2-XS

Our goal

Reward manufacturers and exclusive distributors according to a new spectrum, that of product aesthetics at the service of technically innovative proposals. The winning designs will be presented to the public at the EquipHotel trade show in Paris and communicated to the international press.

Take up the challenge and promote your brand throughout your professional sector!

Our mission statement

The mission of the Foodservice Equipment Design Awards is to provide a fair, ethical and competitive platform for companies and professional kitchen equipment designers while providing them with a global audience to showcase their creations.

Our vision

To promote and defend useful aesthetics, designers and design-oriented kitchen equipment companies. We also want to channel the attention of the press, digital media, design critics, distributors and buyers to the winners.

Visibility

The competition aims to highlight existing products and models that have been developed with style and elegance in design. Our objective is to increase the visibility of good products, to provide designers and companies with a solid argument to enhance the aesthetics of their product to their customers and prospects.

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3 AWARDS

  • Front Of House : Front of House, also called Front Office, refers to all areas to which a customer has access in a restaurant, such as the lobby, the bar, the dining room and outdoor areas, or at the sight: show kitchen, show cooking.
  • Back Of House : The Back of House, also known as the Back Office, encompasses all the behind-the-scenes areas that clients will not see. It is the central control centre of a restaurant.
  • Jury's "Favourite" Award

VOTING SYSTEM

  • The 12 nominees are chosen by the panel of experts
  • Winners: The jury’s score accounts for 100% of the vote prior to the trade show

KEY DATES

  • Entries can be submitted until September 30th, 2022 on the Exhibitor Portal
  • The panel of experts selects the nominees: October 2022
  • Winners announced at the awards ceremony: Tuesday 8th November at 5:30 PM - Pavilion 4 FCSI France booth F112

JURY 2022

Béatrice Gravier

EquipHotel Paris director

Denis Daveine

President of FCSI France and the foodservice consulting company Alma Consulting

Franck Wagner

President of FCSI EAME & FCSI Germany/Austria and Director of K'DREI catering engineering consultancy in Germany

 

Paul Montégut

Member of FCSI France & President of the engineering consulting firm Restauration Conseil

Yannick Alléno

3-star chef of the Pavillon Le Doyen in Paris

ABOUT THE FCSI

The FCSI, Foodservice Consultants Society International, is an international federation of consulting and engineering professionals in the hotel and restaurant industry, all co-opted, which also brings together their equipment manufacturer partners.

The FCSI France is the only national association in this sector to be part of a collective present on all continents.

Created in the United States in 1979, the FCSI now has 1,100 consulting members, including 350 in Europe and 70 in France. The FCSI France association was created in 1999 in Lyon. It guarantees decision-makers in the hotel and restaurant industry an expertise that is both rooted in Made in France know-how and open to innovations in the sector at the international level.

Contact: [email protected]