SSP wins nearly 30 awards at The Moodie Davitt FAB Awards 2024

SSP Group, alongside its partner Travel Food Services, has collectively won 17 awards at The Moodie Davitt Reports’ FAB + Hospitality Awards 2024 and 10 Awards at the FAB Superstars Awards 2024.

The FAB Conference and Awards is an event dedicated to the airport food and beverage business. Recognising those who have done outstanding work over the past year. The FAB Awards and FAB Superstars Awards are prestigious awards, recognising airports, F&B operators, and brands around the world. These awards recognise excellence in the industry and highlight our commitment to delivering exceptional customer experiences.

The FAB Superstars Awards 2024 recognised the efforts and achievements of staff and teams across the travel F&B industry the world over. From star individuals behind the scenes and front of house, the awards recognised the ‘stars’ who have helped their organisations, customers, communities and the wider industry as a whole throughout the last year.

The FAB Awards overall winners are:

• SSP America – Airport Food & Beverage Marketing Campaign Of The Year for the "Seas The Day" campaign
• SSP Emirates, Zayed International Airport – Airport Sustainability & Environmental Initiative of the Year (Klimato partnership)

The FAB Awards regional winners are:

• SSP Finland, Airside Foodcourt, Helsinki Airport – Airport Food Hall of the Year
• SSP Asia Pacific, Jones the Grocer, SG – Airport Restaurant Design of the Year
• SSP Asia Pacific, Hard Rock Cafe, MY – Airport Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year
• SSP Asia Pacific, Global Lounge, MY – Airport Lounge Food & Bev Offering of the Year
• SSP America, Bridgehead Coffee, Ottawa International Airport – Coffee Shop of the Year
• SSP UK & Ireland BrewDog, Gatwick Airport – Airport Bar or Pub of the Year
• SSP UK & Ireland Cloud Picker, Dublin Airport –  Airport Coffee or Tea Shop of the Year

The FAB Awards highly commended are:

• SSP Emirates, Butlers Chocolate Café, Zayed International Airport – Airport Coffee Shop of the Year
• SSP Emirates, Food Park, Zayed International Airport – Airport Food Hall of the Year
• SSP America, Big Rig Kitchen & Brewery, Ottawa International Airport – Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year

TFS winners are:

• Airport Chef of the Year, Dominic Gerard, Bangalore (Regional Winner)
• Airport DE&I Initiative of the Year (Regional Winner)
• Food & Beverage Opening of the Year, Destination Bengaluru, Bangalore (Regional Winner)
• Restaurant Design of the Year - Bombay Brasserie, Bangalore (Regional Winner)
• Sustainability and Environment Initiative of the Year (Regional Winner)

The FAB Superstars winners are:

• Roz Friel (Glasgow, SSP UK & Ireland – Team Member) –  Highly commended, Star Individual front of house, Europe
• Rhodes Starbucks and Burger King Teams (Rhodes International Airport Diagoras, SSP Hellas) – Star Team front of house, Europe
• The Concept Development Team (SSP UK & Ireland) –  Star Team back of house, Europe
• Siewlay Chew (Kuala Lumpur International Airport, SSP Asia Pacific – Head of Business Development) – Star Individual back of house, Asia Pacific
• Back of House Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur International Airport, SSP Asia Pacific) – Star Team back of house, Asia Pacific
• Jenelyn Gallardo Patubo (Zayed International Airport, SSP Emirates – Restaurant Manager) – Star Individual front of house, Middle East
• Dony Mathew (Zayed International Airport, SSP Emirates – Head Chef) – Star Individual back of house, Middle East
• Bikas Bashyal  (Hamad International Airport, QASSP – Cook) – Highly commended, Star Individual back of house, Middle East
• Alvin Coronel (Oakland International Airport, SSP America – Warehouse Associate) – Star Individual back of house, America
• Manny Gagaoudakis (Montréal-Trudeau International Airport, SSP America – Commissary and Production Manager) – Highly commended, Star Individual back of house, America