The Fast Food & Café Conventions’ F&B Virtuoso awards for excellence in the industry.

By Neha Mukund

#FFCC has curated 9 editions of the show in India & the Middle East, with the aim of bringing the #QSR, #fastcasual , #Cafe, #Cloudkitchen, and #CasualDinning segments together in a #community that provides the space and opportunity for free thinking, creativity, networking, learning, and most importantly collaborating.

We have met with and befriended thousands of exceptional executives, industry leaders and disrupters. Not to mention, been introduced to over a thousand brands, some at the very pinnacle and some on their way there. We have seen solutions and innovations grow and improve with every passing edition and we want to shine the spotlight of excellence on executives, brands, visionaries and thought leaders in the industry!

With that in mind, we decided to shake things up a bit:

The (FFCC) Fast Food & Cafe Convention 2023 held its first ever F&B Virtuoso awards at the 7th edition of the show in Bangalore at the Hilton convention centre, Manyata tech park presented by Coca-Cola India .

We received over 200 submissions for nominations in 17 categories. Our amazing jury consisted of India’s leading executives and stalwarts: Bijou Kurien , President, Retailers Association of India (RAI) , Ajay Kaul , Senior Director/Advisor with Everstone Capital Asia PTE. LTD, Singapore, Ajay Khanna , Founder, 5th Element Hospitality. Saloni Nangia , President and Managing Partner, Technopak Advisors and Abhijit Saha , Founder and MD, Ace Hospitality and Consulting.

A huge shout out to the winners of the F&B Virtuoso awards 2023

Aaaannd the Winners are -

Greenest of The Green:

Winner - ARAKU Coffee

Socially Responsible Brand -

Winner - Travel Food Services ?

Culinary Visionary – QSR -Winner: Swarup Solgaonkar , Corporate Chef/General Manager & New Product Development, @McDonald’s India (West & South

Culinary Visionary - Casual Dining?-

Winner: ARUP KAKATI , Corporate Chef, The The Littlearth Group

Most Innovative Marketing Campaign:?

Winner: Samosa Party

Best Packaging:?

Winner: Chai Point ?

Most Customer Centric Brand:?

Winner: Coffee Culture

Comeback Restaurant of the Year:?

Winner: JAIKA HOSPITALITY VENTURES PRIVATE LIMITED

Start Up of the Year QSR:

Winner: Samosa Party

Start Up of the Year Café:

Winner: SLAY Coffee

Start Up of the Year - Cloud Kitchen:

Winner: MOPP Foods

Best QSR Domestic:

Winner: Biggies Burger

Best QSR International:?

Winner: Taco Bell India (Burman Hospitality)

Best Café:?

Winner: CAFèNOIR V&RO Hospitality

Best Casual Dining Restaurant:?

Winner:? NKP Empire Ventures Pvt. Ltd

Best Cloud Kitchen:

Winner: Faasos , Rebel Foods

The Rising Star:?

Winner: Akashdeep Dan , Co-Founder, Uncle Peter's Pancakes

Crème de la Crème:

Winner: Varun Tuli , Managing Director, YUM YUM TREE Group??

That concluded our winners, we would like to thank Coca-Cola India for sponsoring the awards and adding a beautiful aesthetic to the networking area at the Hilton.

Thank you to everyone that took the time to send in your submissions and congratulations to the winners!!!

Here’s to more!