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  • 2026 Hero & Icon Awards

    The hospitality awards decided by the industry’s own
  • 2026 Hero & Icon Awards

    Voting now open
  • 2026 Hero & Icon Awards

    Who will be your 2026 winners?

The 2025 Hero & Icon Awards

Business leaders networking at the Peach 20/20 Conference  

The 2025 Hero & Icon Awards

Let the voting begin

Voting is now open for the 23rd annual Peach HERO & ICON Awards - the hospitality awards decided by the industry’s own.

Our judging 'Academy' are board-level operators, founders and investors with deep sector knowledge, first-hand experience and genuine skin in the game.

In a challenging and increasingly polarised market, we're looking for the leaders, brands and businesses challenging the status quo, thinking strategically and delivering outstanding results.

Who is outperforming the market? Who is successfully reinventing the model? Who is turning ambition into measurable results?

It's time for the industry's leaders to have their say. Keep an eye on your inbox for your invitation to cast your vote.

The winners will be revealed at the HERO & ICON Awards presentation dinner following the Peach 20/20 Leaders Summit on Wednesday 18th November 2026, at one of London’s most exciting new venues - the Town Hall by Bottaccio.



 

Peach 20/20 Hero & Icon Awards Headline Partners

Your 2025 Hero & Icon Awards winners

Newcomer - sponsored by UberEats

Winner - Dave's Hot Chicken

Breakout Brand - sponsored by Chapman Ventilation 

Winner - Nell's Pizza

Best Opening - sponsored by Harri

Winner - Blacklock (Manchester)

Evolutionary Brand - sponsored by Fourth 

Bill's 

Pub Business - sponsored by Diageo

Winner - Urban Pubs & Bars

Bar Business - sponsored by Airship + Toggle

Winner - Albert's Schloss

Restaurant Business - sponsored by Crunchtime

Winner - Dishoom

Coffee / Bakery / QSR Business - sponsored by 125 Data & Insights 

Winner - WatchHouse

Multi-Unit Multi-Brand Operator - sponsored by Sona

Winner - JKS Restaurants 

International Business - sponsored by Access Hospitality

Winner - Red Engine | Flight Club | Electric Shuffle 

Sustainability Champion- sponsored by Nutritics

Winner - Faber 

EDI Champion- sponsored by Boardwalk & Be Inclusive Hospitality

Winner - Pizza Pilgrims

Investor of the Year - UKHospitality

Winner - McWin Capital Partners  

Consumer Choice - sponsored by Coca Cola Enterprises Europe 

Winner - Rudy's Pizza Napoletana

Power Brand - sponsored by CGA by NIQ

Winner - Lounge Café Bars

Industry Leader - sponsored by Zonal 

Winner - Brian Trollip

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 Winner - Laura Harper-Hinton, Co-Founder & CEO, Caravan

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Winner - Charlie Carroll, Founder, Flat Iron & The Devonshire

Peach 20/20 Hero & Icon Awards Premium Partners

 The Peach Icon Hall of Fame includes...

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  • Jane O’Riordan (Caravan, Red Engine & Turtle Bay)
     
  • Will Beckett (Hawksmoor)
     
  • Huw Gott (Hawksmoor)
     
  • Roy Ellis (Mission Mars)
     
  • Neil Macleod (Mission Mars) 
     
  • Tim Bacon (Living Ventures) 
     
  • John Barnes (La Tasca, Novus)
     
  • Andy Bassadone (Strada, Côte, Bill’s) 
     
  • Peter Boizot (Pizza Express) 
     
  • Rupert & Jo Clevely (Geronimo, Hippo)  
     
  • Tony Hughes (Whitbread, Mitchells & Butlers)
     
  • Gerry Ford (Caffè Nero) 
     
  • John Hutson (JD Wetherspoon)

 

  • Alan Jackson (Whitbread, The Restaurant Group)
     
  • Karen Jones (Cafe Rouge, Spirit, Food & Fuel, Hawksmoor)  
     
  • Phillip Kaye (ASK, Zizzi)
     
  • Jeremy King (Corbin & King)
     
  • Simon Kossoff (Carluccio’s)
     
  • Tim Martin (JD Wetherspoon)
     
  • Julian Metcalfe (Pret a Manger)
     
  • James Horler (La Tasca, 360 Restaurants)
 
     
  • Chris Corbin (Corbin & King)
  • Thomasina Miers (Wahaca)
     
  • Ian Neill (Wagamama, Las Iguanas)
     
  • Bob Ivell (Whitbread, Scottish & Newcastle, Mitchells & Butlers)
     
  • Laura Harper-Hinton, Co-Founder & CEO, Caravan
  • Kate Nicholls (UK Hospitality) 
     
  • David Page (Pizza Express, Fulham Shore) 
     
  • Ian Payne (Stonegate) 
     
  • Steve Richards (Novus, Casual Dining Group)  
     
  • Robin Rowland (YO! Sushi)
     
  • Mike Tye (Whitbread, Spirit) 
     
  • Danny Meyer (Union Square Hospitality)
     
  • Karen Forrester (TGI Friday’s) 
     
  • Jane Holbrook (Cote)
     
  • Mark Derry (Heartwood Collection
     
  • Emma Woods (Tortilla)
     
  • Kavi & Shamil Thakrar (DIshoom)
     
  • Charlie Carroll, Founder, Flat Iron & The Devonshire

Peach 20/20 Hero & Icon Awards Event Partners

Celebrating our 2024 winners

 

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Charity & Association Partners

Testimonials

Testimonials

  • "Peach is my favourite industry event."
    Laura Harper-Hinton
    CEO & Founder | Caravan
  • "I come to Peach because the quality of the audience is great."
    Alasdair Murdoch
    CEO | Burger King UK
  • "I’ve never left a Peach event without five or six things I want to bring to our business."
    Tom James
    Managing Director | Bill's
  • "The most interesting information comes out of these type of events rather than inside the boardroom."
    Éadaoin McDonagh
    COO | White Rabbit Projects & MD | Lina Stores
  • "Being recognised by the industry at the Peach 20/20 Hero & Icon Awards is so special."
    Marta Pogroszewska
    NED | Bread Holdings
  • "Winning a Peach 20/20 Hero award means so much to us. We’ve been working towards this for eight and a half years."
    Tas Gaitanos
    Co-founder | Brother Marcus
  • "It’s great being part of the Atlantic Club, meeting some great colleagues from across the U.K. and the U.S., seeing new concepts and sharing ideas."
    Jon Knight
    MD Leisure & Concessions The Restaurant Group
  • “Peach 20/20 is a must-attend event in the hospitality calendar. Informative, thought-provoking and, most importantly, immense fun."
    Alex Reilley
    Co-founder and executive chair of Loungers
  • “Peach 20/20 is a genuinely enjoyable and thought provoking industry event. It’s one that those involved in hospitality really want to go to and treat seriously.”
    Karen Jones CBE
    Icon award winner and industry leader
  • "Peach 20/20 is a brilliant event, with an agenda that always hits the big topics with intelligence and insight - and with top class speakers."
    Nisha Katona MBE,
    founder and CEO of Mowgli Street Food