The 2023 Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards heads to Southampton for the first time
Southampton FC to host The Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards 2023 on Thursday 8th June 2023 at St. Mary’s Stadium.
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Your venue will be judged on the entire matchday experience, including efficiency pre-match, professionalism and customer service on the day with the main focus being on the catering and service experience. To enter, you must provide two places in hospitality at a match of your choice (ideally a Saturday match), with parking, in a non-exclusive suite that is available to purchase by the general public*. Tickets must be sent to Stadium Experience which will be sent to the judge at least 10 days prior to the match experience, along with the judging reporting pack. Venues with multiple clubs may enter one club per awards year.
*Must be hospitality packages sold match by match, which are available for individual purchase by the general public.
As judges diaries fill fast, we advise you to enter early to avoid disappointment!
The match must be held before Sunday 16th April 2023. Tickets, itinerary and parking passes required at least 10 days prior to match date.
This category is judged independently by industry experts with over 20 years experience in the chef and hospitality industries. The judge will have strict criteria report pack with them, which has been developed jointly by the Head Judge and the Stadium Experience Leadership Team. The full report will be validated by the Head Judge and Stadium Experience and will be sent to your venue after the awards evening. The judges biography will be shared with you in advance of the fixture. View the report the judges will be completing.
There will be a Bronze, Silver and Winner in each of the following categories:
Small Stadium = Up to 1000 Total hospitality guests
Medium Stadium = 1001 – 2000 Total hospitality guests
Large Stadium = Over 2001 Total hospitality guests
There will also be an award for the Overall Matchday Hospitality Winner (taken from the total scores across the three categories).
An allocated judge and guest will visit your stadium to judge your matchday hospitality offering. Their name and biography will be shared with you. The current list of judges is shown below, please click to read more about their culinary and hospitality experience.
See all of the judges biographies for the Matchday Hospitality Awards below:
| Rod Bowker (Head Judge) | Geoff Acott | Lee Corke |
| Graham Crump | Paul Gilmore | Mark James |
| Ian Jaundoo | Rob Kennedy | Donald Leitch |
| David McKown | Dennis Mwakulua | Neil Thomson |
| Sue Woolcock |
Read More About Awards Judging
Bronze, Silver and Winner awards will be announced and presented at The Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards 2023. All award winners will be invited to the stage to collect their award. Winners will be asked for a short quote for the official awards press release, and a brief video interview on the night to share your success.
To complete the form successfully, you must download the form and complete it using Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat on your PC or Mac. The form cannot be completed and submitted through your web browser. You can download Adobe Reader for free below.
31/03/2023
Free. You must provide tickets, hospitality and parking.
Southampton FC to host The Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards 2023 on Thursday 8th June 2023 at St. Mary’s Stadium.
The Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards 2023 are now open for entry. There will be 14 award categories, closing 31st March 2023.
Results 2022 – The Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards. 22 different clubs scooped at least one of 39 gongs (across 13 categories).
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