Audience participation was key to the prestigious Innovation Challenge Awards at the recent lunch! exhibition. Designed to promote and celebrate genuinely new ideas in the market place, including brand innovations and new twists on established concepts, the Innovation Challenge Awards saw short-listed finalists (as voted for by lunch! visitors on the first day of the show) pitching their innovative ideas to a panel of industry judges (which included industry entrepreneur Jesper Toft; co-founder of Pod, Alastair Eperon; and Clare Benfield, Editor of Café Culture Magazine).
The Innovation Challenge Awards winners at lunch! 2014
Gold
Wribbon: ELLER foodPackaging GmbH
“A great success yet again! We struck Gold the second year in a row in the innovation challenge and ran out of business cards by the end of day one. If we could only do one trade show a year, it would be lunch!,” says Aylin Haas from ELLER foodPackaging GmbH.
Jools: Jools
mini NOM NOMs: mini NOM NOMs
“One of the best decisions I made was to launch mini NOM NOMs to the trade at lunch! and to end the show with a Gold award for innovation is truly the icing on the cake. What a fabulous start for our new brand!” says Lisa Sohanpal from mini NOM NOMS.
Oppo Ice Cream: Oppo Ice Cream
“We’re over the moon to have won the Innovation Challenge Gold Award. Two years ago when I handed in my notice to start Oppo I watched this competition and hoped that I would be up there one day! lunch! and the Innovation Challenge have been a brilliant platform to tell the industry about Oppo,” says Charlie Thuillier, director of Oppo Ice Cream.
Tri-Label Online: Tri-Label
Whitworths Shots: Whitworths – Healthier Snacking
Commended
EssentialFood: G&G Food Supplies
Apple and Cinnamon Love Fruit Tea: Love Taste Co
Metcalfe’s skinny Selfie Range: Metcalfe’s skinny
Phat Soup Server: Phat Pasty Co
Tri-Pot™ Deli Pots: Tri-Star Packaging
Finalists
Vita Aloe: Asiana Ltd
Butterfly Cup: Butterfly Cup
Fru Snax: Premium Snack Company
Simplee Aloe Drinks: Simplee Aloe Drinks
lunch! returns in 2015
lunch! – the UK’s leading, multi-award-winning, trade event for the food-to-go industry, will return to Business Design Centre in Islington, London, on Thursday and Friday, 24-25 September 2015.
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