Gold Medal Awards shortlist announced

The waiting is over as the industry’s biggest night of the year reveals the line up of nominees for its array of awards

The FWD Gold Medal Awards shortlist has been revealed, and can be read below. The event, held at Old Billingsgate, London, will take place on Thursday 27 November 2025 where the winners in all categories will be announced.

Congratulations to everyone on the shortlist:

Best Use of Data and Insight

• Birchall Foodservice
• Henderson Foodservice
• North West Teas

Diversity in Wholesale

• AF Blakemore
• Creed Foodservice
• JW Filshill

Sustainable Wholesaler

• Booker Group
• JW Filshill
• Trevors

Telesales Star

• Robert Pace, Bidfood
• Jonny Carroll, Birchall Foodservice
• Jodie Chlopek, Creed Foodservice

Star Driver

• Dave Gwilt, AF Blakemore
• Joshua Davidon, Oliver Kay
• Kevin Elwood, Trevors

Wholesale Manager

• Leanne Fay, Booker Group
• Ed Lax, Booker Group
• Richard Turvey, Booker Group

Customer Development

• Sebastian Serrano, Bidfood
• Keri Donaldson, Birchall Foodservice
• Kish Ramasamy, The Wholesale Group

Wholesale Star

• • Kerry Love, Bidfood
  • Sushmitha Ventakesh, JJ Foodservice

• Chloe Staniforth, Pricecheck

Emerging Talent

• Nic Veale, Creed Foodservice
• Santosh Salunkhe, Dunsters Farm
• Sarah Boal, Hendersons Foodservice

Best Wholesaler with T/O up to £50m

• Birchall Foodservice
• Freemans Event Partners
• Robinsons

Best Foodservice Wholesaler

• Bidfood
• Booker Group
• Creed Foodservice

Best Retail Wholesaler

• Bestway Wholesale
• Booker Group
• JW Filshill
• Parfetts

Supplier award – Emerging Talent

• Alice Davies, Budweiser Brewing Group
• Dan Dunster, Cola-Cola Europacific Partners
• Nic Mynott, Lumina Intelligence