The Tableware Awards Categories 2025
In celebration of the excellence and innovation displayed in tableware, we are inviting tabletop suppliers, brands, companies and factories to enter tableware collections and products into our Awards 2025. There are 13 product categories (along with a Lifetime Achievement Award and a Designer of the Year award) covering the complete tabletop, and brands can enter collections/products in up to three categories (see tab ‘how to enter’).
Our international panel of experts, including buyers, will judge the entries across all categories using the following criteria: Design, Innovation, Aesthetics, Storytelling. The Tableware International Awards of Excellence 2025 categories are as follows, and can include a full collection, capsule collection, single product or extension(s) of an existing collection, but must have launched January 1, 2024 onwards.
• Serveware
serving pieces, platters, bowls
• Barware
tools, drinkware, serveware: collection or specific pieces
• Flatware/Cutlery
collections or individual items
• Casual Glassware
everyday, machine-made
• Fine Glassware
premium, crystal, mouthblown
• Decorative
vases, bowls, candlesticks, photo-frames, figurines
• Coffee/Teaware
full set and/or individual coffee/tea pieces
• Hospitality Dinnerware
HoReCa specific collections
• Hospitality Glassware
HoReCa specific collections
• Casual Dinnerware
everyday, informal
• Fine Dinnerware
bridal, formal, premium, luxury
• Innovation Award
collections or individual pieces with stand-out, innovative elements either in design or make
• 2025 Designer of the Year
a designer whose work is considered excellent
• Lifetime Achievement Award
someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the industry
• NEW AWARD: Sustainability
Products, collections or projects created in a sustainably responsible way, purposefully designed to reduce environmental impact
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