On Saturday night, the scene is set for the sparkling annual Gala Dinner and Industry Awards ceremony, celebrating the cream of the floral crop. Join us to find out who has won the coveted awards as they are crowned the best in their category as voted for by the industry, and in most categories, judged by the panel too.
What happens next
- Nominations Open – This is the time to put forward the names and contacts of your favourite suppliers, colleges, students, tutors, shops, studios and growers.
- Voting Opens – Voting for the shortlisted nominations opens, this is the time for companies and individuals across the UK to get everyone voting.
- Documents returned to the BFA by the nominees as per their category criteria obligation.
- Voting closes – The BFA and independent adjudicators verify all votes.
- Finalists announced if you haven’t yet booked your Gala Dinner ticket now is the time!
- Winners announced at Gala Dinner
Dates 2022
Midday 1st September – Voting closes. Questionnaire must be complete and returned to the moderator with any photographic evidence as required by category. The judging panel will start to review the entries.
26th September – Finalist announced at 5pm
15th October – Winners announced at the award ceremony.
Nominations
The rules were:
Only nominate one company/person per category. You will only be able to cast nominations once.
There are 11 categories, you may nominate in all 11 or only those you feel are relevant.
All nominations received will be verified before they make it to the 2022 shortlist.
Nominations received that have been placed in the wrong category or those that do not meet the category criteria will be removed.
All nominations will be verified.
Nominations close 5pm 20th June 2022.
Categories
- IPF Floristry Student of the Year
- Floristry Tutor of the Year
- Training Provider of the Year
- Grower of the Year
- National Flower Sender of the Year
- Floristry Service Provider of the Year
- Sundries Supplier of the Year
- Flower Supplier of the Year
- Local Flower Wholesaler of the Year
- Wedding/Event Florist of the Year
- Retail Florist of the Year
Terms and conditions
CLICK HERE TO READ TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Criteria
CLICK HERE TO READ THE CRITERIA
Rules of Judging
All nominations received will be verified before they make it to the 2022 Shortlist. This will be checked by the moderator.
For categories with a questionnaire to complete these must be sent to nikki@britishfloristassociation.org by the date given above.
Once received a panel of judges from the Industry will check and mark the criteria and/or questionnaire given.
In all relevant categories the questionnaire received will marked out of 100
From the questionnaire received, the judges marks will be collated and divided by 3 to reach an average mark. The questionnaire mark will be added to the voting mark where points will be awarded for the top 10 nominees.
Judges are only allocated some of the categories and never where their organisation, or a colleague or a project from their association has been nominated
The judging is completed remotely and independently of each other, with each judge rating each section of the nominations
Hotel Accommodation
Guests to call our Central Reservations on 0870 4100 800 in order to make their bookings.
Guests to quote Code BFABED141022.
PLEASE NOTE – Cut off date for reduced rates will be 14th September 2022. The Hotel is likely to be completely booked that weekend, so please book early. Special room rates will change throughout the year but will be fixed until the 14th September 2022 where full rates will be applicable thereafter.
Bookings on a pre-payment basis and non refundable
All guests responsible for settling their own accounts
PLEASE NOTE – Hotel booking queries should be directed to Eleesha at Hinckleyisland_Conference@jurysinns.com where the booking will placed for you.
