The FAB Awards
Established in 1998, The FAB Awards is an international awards programme focused on food and beverage brands.[1]
Some of the brands that have won the FAB Award include McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Skittles, James Ready Beer, Heineken and Arla Foods.
Agencies that have previously won the FAB plate include BBDO, JWT, Leo Burnett, DDB, McCann Erickson, Razorfish, TBWA, Ogilvy & Mather, Lewis Moberly, Design Bridge, Pearlfisher, Landor, Turner Duckworth and Williams Murray Hamm.
Categories
Here are the various categories an entrant can submit their work into:[2]
Template:MultiCol 1. Retailers
- restaurants
- hotels
- bars and clubs
- grocery outlets
- off licences
- convenience stores
- petrol stations
2. Health Foods
- low calorie foods
- low fat foods
- organic foods
- slimming products
- sweeteners
- energy drinks
- vitamin and mineral supplements
- lowered cholesterol products
3. Dairy Products
- eggs
- butter
- margarine and other spreads
- cheese
- cream and crackers
- milk
- flavoured milk
- milk shakes
- milk desserts
- yoghurts
- ice cream
4. Baking & Sweet Foods
- biscuits and cakes
- bread
- breakfast cereals
- crispbread
- rolls
- flour and other baking products
- desserts
- jam
- honey
- peanut butter etc.
- sugars and syrups
5. Savoury Foods
- meat
- fish
- seafood
- pasta
- pizza
- rice
- chilled and fresh delicatessen products
- fresh, frozen, canned and dried fruit and vegetables
- mayonnaise
- vinegar and dressing
- oils
- soups and sauces
- baby foods
6. Alcoholic Drinks
- beers
- lager
- cider
- wines and champagnes
- cocktails
- fortified wines
- wine and spirit coolers
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7. Non-alcoholic Drinks
- coffee
- tea
- drinking chocolate
- malted drinks
- mineral water
- still and carbonated soft drinks
- fruit and vegetable drinks
8. Confectionery And Snacks
- sweet
- savoury bars
- bag snacks (inc. nuts, crisps, dried fruits etc.)
9. Pet Foods
10. Sponsorship Idents / Other Sponsorship
11. Environmental
- Green
- Organic
12. Special
13. Photography
14. Airports & Railways
Media
- Ambient Media
- Best Use Of Media
- Best Use Of Technology
- Branded Content
- Branded Entertainment
- Branded Identity
- Brand Redesign
- Charitable Causes
- Collateral & POS
- Direct Marketing
- Experiential Campaigns
- Guerrilla Marketing
- Integrated Campaigns
- Logo Design
- Mobile
- Online Advertising
- Packaging Design
- Photography
- Poster & OOH
- Press
- Radio
- Retail Interiors/ Environment
- Sales Promotion
- Social Media & Social Business
- TV & Cinema Advertising
- User Generated Content
- Virals
- Websites
- Web Banners
Judging
Judging takes place by international juries in London and usually takes three weeks. All nominated entrants are notified shortly after the judging. The winners are announced only at the awards ceremony.
Previous judges
The following are some of the Judges that have judged The FAB Awards over the past 17 years, since :[3] Template:MultiCol
- Stuart Devlyn, Designer – Wiliams Murray Hamm, London
- Danny Klein, Partner – Millford Brand, The Netherlands
- Paula Macfarlane, Creative Director – Siebert Head, London
- David Beard, Creative Director – Brandhouse WTS
- Tim Watson – Zentropy Partners, London
- Joao Fernandes – View, Portugal
- Mark Hiltout, Creative Director – Ogilcy, Brussels
- Rodanthi Senduka, Creative Director – Red Design Consultants, Athens
- Patrick Kampman, Creative Director – Publicis, Stockholm
- Bernd Misske, Chairman – McCann Erickson, Vienna
- John Rushworth, Partner – Pentagram, London
- Adrian Kilby, Founder & Partner – The Formation, London
- Josep Ferrara, Creative Director – McCann Erickson, Barcelona
- Marcello Minale – Minale Tattersfield, London
- Lucy Jameson, Head Of Account Planning – DDB, London
- Matthew Howell – Joshua, London
- Rafa Anton, Exec. Creative Director – Vitruvio Leo Burnett, Madrid
- Carl Jones, EVP Creative – BBDO, Mexico
- Anjana Musenich, Creative Director – Cosmoblonde, Hamburg
- Barbara Schmidt, Creative Director – Elephant Seven, Hamburg
- Martin Boswell, Managing Director – Pancentric, London
- Frederick Dewispelaere, Former Writer – EURO RSCG, Brussels
- Paul-Kemp Robertson – Contagious Magazine, London
- Greg Mutton & Stuart Button, Creative Team – CHI Advertising, London
- Michel Rogale, Exec. Creative Director – JWT, Paris
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- Dave Woodall, Sr. Art Director – JWT, London
- Simon Edwards, Marketing Director – Cobra Beer, London
- Patrick Isaac – Saatchi & Saatchi, Copenhagen
- Martin Lannering – ANR BBDO, Gothenburg
- Rod Petrie – Design Bridge, London
- Richard Mellor, Founder & Creative Director – Hyperinterative, London
- Diedrick Koopal, Creative Director – Neboko TBWA, Amsterdam
- Rolando Sainz De Lan Pena, President – Bassat Ogilvy & Mather, Madrid
- Holger Jung – Jung V Matt, Hamburg
- Mary Lewis, Creative Director – Lewis Moberly, London
- Lucinda Semark – Britvic Soft Drinks, London
- Jeremy Perrot, Exec. Creative Director – McCann Erickson, London
- Cheryl Berman, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer – Leo Burnett, Chicago
- Daniel Bonner - Global CCO, Razorfish
- Neil Dawson - Partner & Exec. Creative Director, BETC London
- John Vinton - Creative Director, AIS London
- Nicola Davies, Planner & Strategy Director
- Graham Wall - Creative Director, Table 19
- David Jenkins - Partner, Keen & Able, London
- Stephen Bell - Creative Director, Coley Porter Bell, London
- Paul Taylor - Creative Director, BrandOpus, London
- Steve James-Royale - Creative Director, The Yard Creative
- JP Hunter - Creative Director, Webb de Vlam, London
- Anthony Biles - Creative Director, Biles Inc.
Awards
The Hurlingham Club in London has hosted the FAB Awards ceremony for the all 18 years of its existence.
The ceremony, which usually takes place in May, is a formal black tie event that includes dinner and drinks. It is attended by nominees, industry personalities, past judges and other select invitees.
The ceremony showcases all the nominated work and hands out the awards to the respective winners.
There are two types of awards to be won on the night:
FAB Award
This is equivalent to a 'Gold' in other major award ceremonies. There can be multiple FABs across a single category.
FABulous Award
These are the grand winners on the night and are awarded over a family of categories, such as, Traditional Advertising (TV, Press, Posters, etc.) or Digital Advertising (Online, Website, Social Media, Viral, etc.)
A project must have won a FAB Award on the night to be considered for a FABulous Award.
Google FAB Brand of the Year
Introduced in 2013, this award is handed out to the brand that fares the best in the judging session. This includes the number of nominations, FAB and FABulous Awards it wins. This is also the only award that is announced before the actual awards ceremony. In 2015, this awards was Sponsored by Google UK.[4]
Previous winners
Year | Brand |
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2016 | Mars, Incorporated |
2015 | Mars, Incorporated |
2014 | Kit Kat |
2013 | McDonald's |
Google FAB Agency of the Year
Similar to the Brand of the Year Award, this award is given to the agency that performed the best during the judging session. The award was introduced for the first time in 2003. This awards was also Sponsored by Google UK in 2015.[5]
Points are handed out for nominations, FAB Awards and FABulous Awards. The agency that amasses the most points is named Agency of the Year.
Previous winners
The following are the agencies that have won the Agency of the Year Award:[6]
Year | Agency |
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2016 | AMV BBDO London |
2015 | AMV BBDO London |
2014 | AMV BBDO London |
2013 | JWT London |
2012 | BBDO Toronto |
2011 | AMV BBDO London |
2010 | BBDO New York |
2009 | Williams Murray Hamm, London |
2008 | Turner Duckworth London & San Francisco |
2007 | AMV BBDO London |
2006 | AMV BBDO London |
2005 | BBDO New York |
2004 | CHI Advertising, London |
2003 | JWT London |
2002 | Leo Burnett Worldwide |
2001 | Adam&Eve DDB London |
2000 | JWT New York |
FAB Food Fight
In 2013, The FAB Awards along with WCRS published seven print ads to promote the 15th edition of the awards. That was the first time FAB ran an advertising campaign to promote the event.
The campaign is the brainchild or former FAB winner and WCRS creative Naz Nazli. Nazli came up with the idea while judging the awards in 2011.[7]
Full credits for the campaign:
- Agency: WCRS
- Copywriter: Naz Nazli & Rob Welch
- Art Director: Naz Nazli & Rob Welch
- Creative Director: Billy Faithfull
- Photographer: Andy Gallacher
- Post Production: Joanne Stubbs, Andy Gallacher & Tomek Drozdowski
- Design: Tomek Drozdowski, Stein Olsen , Felipe Faudez & Daniel Atkinson
- Stylist-Make Up: Bridget Lee
- Client: The FAB Awards
References
- ^ "The FAB Awards", About, June 5, 2013
- ^ "The FAB Awards", Categories, June 5, 2013
- ^ "The FAB Awards", FAB Jury, June 5, 2013
- ^ "F&B News", Google UK to Sponsor Major Categories at The FAB Awards, March 27, 2015
- ^ "F&B News", Google UK to Sponsor Major Categories at The FAB Awards, March 27, 2015
- ^ "Ad Forum", The FAB Award Winners, June 5, 2013
- ^ "F&B News", The FAB Food Fight, May 21, 2013