
Last chance to nominate for Eat Game Awards 2026
Eat Game Award nominations close on 14 December, giving you just over a week to put forward the chefs, producers and businesses who champion game on the plate.
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The shortlist has been unveiled and voting opened for the 2025 Eat Game Awards, spotlighting the best in game cookery, promotion and innovation.
Award categories include best game pub/restaurant, and best game chef, butcher and retailer, featuring some of the foremost names in the business, plus new and emerging talent.
Public voting is open to determine winners, showcasing the place of wild game in contemporary cuisine. Winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony, taking place on 20 March 2025.
The full list of categories are as follows:
Voting in this year’s awards closes on 3 February 2025. Find out more about the Eat Game Awards and cast your votes here.

Eat Game Award nominations close on 14 December, giving you just over a week to put forward the chefs, producers and businesses who champion game on the plate.

A new partnership with The Chefs’ Forum has allowed BASC to educate the next generation of young chefs through its virtual game masterclasses.
Following thousands of public votes to decide the finalists, we now know the top three going forward to final judging in the Eat Game Awards.