Food and Drink Events

The CWFoodie Awards 2025 are a local industry favourite. The event celebrates the makers, creators and providers of local, regional food, drinks and hospitality experiences.

The Coventry and Warwickshire Foodie Awards offer something unique a relaxed event and forum to celebrate and commend warm, sociable, great food vibes. It’s all about real food and real people. Relating the stories from the best food van, pop-up café, long table service, drinks experience to the finest Michelin restaurant - delicious and captivating.

With a big nod to nature and sustainability, the Foodie Awards celebrates all food, drink, chef, venue experiences and aims to raise the profile of regional food, drink, and their platforms to put them firmly on the map. They’re about visibility and commendation in a relaxed and friendly setting, celebrating people in the industry who continue to strive, create and evolve delicious and captivating food and drink.

For 2025 Warwickshire County Council teamed up with Coventry City Council to support the awards with sponsorship over the Artisan and Sustainability categories.

The Awards Night took place at Kings High School, Warwick and you can find local coverage of the event an winners in Warwickshire Means Business.

More information via the CWFoodie Awards Website

The Coventry and Warwickshire Producers' Network (CWPN) is a local initiative supporting food and drink producers across the region. It provides a collaborative space to share challenges, explore solutions, and uncover new opportunities, with insights from a range of industry experts.

Upcoming Event: Hospitality Hook-Up & Industry Discussion

Date: Tuesday, 8 October 2025,  9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Venue: Dhillon’s Brewery, Coventry, CV6 6AT

This event brings together food and drink producers with hospitality venues for a morning of networking, collaboration, and discussion. Following a busy summer season, it’s a chance to reconnect and reflect on current industry challenges.

We’re also delighted to welcome Steph Kerr, Executive Director of Leamington BID, who will share insights from the hugely successful Leamington Food & Drink Festival. Steph will also lead a conversation on the urgent issues facing local hospitality businesses and the opportunities for collective action.

Register now via Eventbrite(search Hospitality & Food and Drink Producers Networking Event)

For more information, contact: towns@warwickshire.gov.uk

The Coventry & Warwickshire Food and Drink Showcase took place at Warwick Racecourse on Tuesday 24 September 2024. Hospitality professionals came together to network and do business. As the second event from the newly formed ‘Local Visitor Economy Partnership’ (LVEP) the day shone a light on the hospitality sector and its fantastic offerings.

Warwickshire County Council trialled a collaboration with local producers at the 2024 NEC Farm & Deli Show.  An exhibition stand, which featured local Warwickshire Produce along with spots for the 4 contributing businesses to promote and carry out trade deals proved to be a welcome addition for show visitors who were impressed to see the breadth of product Warwickshire had to offer.

The stand headlined with ‘The Taste of Warwickshire’ as an aspirational brand for future development.

Warwickshire Means Business - The Taste of Warwickshire