SPAIN. The 2025 Airport Food and Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Awards is now just three weeks away and as the countdown quickens The Moodie Davitt Report proudly reveals the finalists in the most popular category this year – FAB Airport Food & Beverage Offer Best Representing Sense of Place.
The 2025 Award winners will be revealed at the FAB 2025 Gala Dinner in Barcelona on 26 June.
There are 23 categories in this year’s FAB Awards, which attracted a record-breaking number of entries. There will also be additional special judges’ awards.
Commenting on the latest shortlist, The Moodie Davitt Report Chairman and Founder of the FAB Awards Martin Moodie said: “This category attracted a record number of entries, by far the highest in FAB 2025. That represents an important statement in terms of the importance airports and their commercial partners rightly place on reflecting local cuisine and culture.
“During the invidious task of more than halving the consistently excellent entries to an ultimate shortlist, our judges stayed true to what we consider the essence of sense of place. Not just downtown concepts reimagined in an airport but offers and environments that truly seek to capture the tastes, traditions, heritage and history of a particular location.”
The remaining category finalists will be announced this week. 
FAB Airport Food & Beverage Offer Best Representing Sense of Place Finalists
080 International Lounge – Bengaluru Airport Services Limited, Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru, India
Airbräu – Allresto Flughafen München Hotel & Gaststätten, Germany
Alas by Hemanos Torres – SSP Spain, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport, Spain
Bagnard – SSP Frabel, Nice Côte d’Azur Airport, France
Bombay Brasserie – Travel Food Services, Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru, India
Café Iruña Berria – Lagardère Travel Retail, Bilbao Airport, Spain
Capital One Lounge – Capital One, Washington Dulles International Airport, USA
Central Tiffin Room – CTR VTP Hospitality Private Limited, Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru, India
Chef Wan Petit Café – SSP Asia Pacific, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia
Changyu 1892 Airport Wine & Brandy Bar – Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Company, Yantai Penglai International Airport, China
Hithes London Bar + Eatery – SSP UK & Ireland, London City Airport, UK
Jómfrúin – SSP, Keflavik Airport, Iceland
Lumee – SSP Eastern Europe and Middle East, Bahrain International Airport, Bahrain
Oven and Shaker – SSP America, Portland International Airport, USA
Sibarium – Areas, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport, Spain
Sirkus Renaa – Avolta, Stavanger Airport, Norway
Sussex House Kitchen & Bar – TRG Concessions, London Gatwick Airport, UK
Note: The exciting FAB 2026 venue will be revealed during a special handover ceremony at the Gala Dinner for this year’s FAB in Barcelona. The combination of FAB plus Airport Hospitality World will see the event take on an additional exhibition element next year.
More finalists revealed…
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- FAB Airport Restaurant Design of the Year
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- FAB Airport Bar or Pub of the Year – Airport ≥20 million passengers finalists
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- FAB Airport Offer of the Year
- FAB Airport F&B Opening of the Year
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- FAB Airport Food & Beverage Marketing Campaign of the Year
- FAB Airport Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year – Airport ≤20M passengers
- FAB Airport Lounge of the Year finalists
Click here for the finalists in the following categories:
- FAB Airport Health-Centred Offer of the Year
- FAB Airport Food & Beverage Digital Initiative of the Year
- FAB Airport Customer/Hospitality Initiative of the Year
- FAB Airport Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year
And here for:
- FAB Airport Lounge Food & Beverage Offer of the Year
- FAB Airport Instagrammable Location of the Year
Our 11 superstar finalists in FAB Airport Chef of the Year can be found here.
And click here for the shortlisted entrants in:
- FAB Airport Lounge Opening of the Year
- FAB Airport Bar or Pub of the Year (≤20M passengers)
- FAB Airport Food Hall of the Year (≤20M passengers)
 The Moodie Davitt Report is delighted to announce Airport Hospitality World, the latest edition to its wide-ranging, market-leading travel retail and airport non-aeronautical revenues publishing and event portfolio. Airport Hospitality World will cover all forms of airport lounges across international and domestic terminals, including various definitions globally as follows:
Plus other hospitality-related platforms:
Excitingly, the long-established Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Conference & Awards will embrace Airport Hospitality World from the 2026 edition – the event’s 15th anniversary. The event will take on an extended form, featuring an exhibition and the ultimate one-stop airport hospitality and food & beverage conference and awards platform. |
