Entry Criteria at a glance
To qualify for entry to the Free From Christmas Awards, all entries
- must be free from at least one of the top 14 UK-listed major allergens with no precautionary allergen labelling for the allergen/s specified in the free from claim*
- must be commercially available nationwide in the run up to and during Christmas 2025, i.e. sold through independent retailers, online or a multiple retailer.
- must be available to buy from a valid UK website (except for in-store only retailers).
*e.g. product cannot claim to be gluten free and have a ‘may contain’ warning for gluten.
The full Awards Terms & Conditions can be found here.
By submitting an entry you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions.
Enter here!
The Entry Process
- Early bird 10% discount ends 15th August 2025
- Entry closes midnight 19th September 2025
First step – submitting product information for each entry
Before you start:
- Please take 4 mins to watch this step-by-step video on the entry process
- One entry form will take 10 mins to complete depending on the detail you supply
- Have the product with you, or have access to the full details of product / packaging, plus promotional images
Ready to enter?
- Go to the Entry Page
- Click ENTER NOW
- You will then either be automatically logged in to your existing account, or directed to create a new account
- New account users will receive a confirmation email with a link & code; either click the link to validate your account, or copy the validation code to paste when prompted
- Once in your account, select & complete an entry form for your product
About entry forms:
- You can edit forms whilst they are in BASKET.
- Save a partly-finished form (it will move from BASKET to SAVED) to finish it later
- Edit partly-finished forms in SAVED
- Finished forms must be moved back from SAVED to BASKET
- Forms moved to COMPLETE are safely entered
- Forms moved to INCOMPLETE still require processing, and may not be entered
Fees:
Cost to enter remains frozen for the sixth year running, and is scaled to your company turnover. Companies with a turnover of less than £3,000,000 can get a reduced rate entry fee:
10% discount on entries submitted by midnight 18th August 2025
Making payment
- Once you have finished your form, tick the Ts & Cs acceptance box
- Click CONTINUE, and enter or locate your address
- Click NEXT, (then if applicable add your discount code* where it says VOUCHER and click APPLY)
- Please make payment via Stripe or Paypal using a debit card or credit card.
- You will receive a VAT invoice once payment has been made.
- If you wish to pay another way, please click ‘Send me an invoice’.
- You will then receive your invoice by email.
- Please make sure to pay within 30 days.
REMEMBER! Apply the relevant code at check out, or you will miss out on the discount!
Micro Company: FFCA25Micro
Small Company: FFCA25Small
Please make payment via Stripe or Paypal using a debit card or credit card. You will receive a VAT invoice once payment has been made.
If you wish to pay another way, please click ‘Send me an invoice’. You will then receive your invoice by email. Please make sure to pay within 30 days.
NDA: At the very bottom of each form you will be asked to confirm that you agree not to disclose whether your product has won a medal before the announcements of all winners have ended (at approximately 7pm) at the Awards Presentation on November 3rd 2025. See The Results Process below for detail.
Any problems?
- Please email us: awards@freefromfoodawards.co.uk
You’re now entered into the Free From Hallowe’en & Christmas Awards – share the news!
Everything you need to share news of your entry can be found in your account, including:
- Copy, hashtags and social media handles
- Free From Hallowe’en and Christmas Awards and Entrant logos – see usage guidelines at the bottom of the FAQs page
Log in to your account any time:
You can see all your entries in your account. Head over to the top right of the website, and click on Account Logins. Select ‘Log in to Free From Christmas & Hallowe’en Awards’.
To edit entries:
Once in your account, click on ‘Complete’ on the lefthand side where you will see all your entries.
You can edit entry forms from within your account until 1st October 2025.
To add entries:
Once you have created your account and logged in, begin additional entries by using the ‘Add to basket’ option (Transactions > Basket).
Use the drop down to select the number of products you wish to enter.
The Judging Process
Samples Delivery Details will be emailed out mid August, and added to the Assets Area.
Head over to the top right of the website, and click on Account Logins. Select ‘Log in to Free From Christmas & Hallowe’en Awards’.
Once in your account, click on ‘Awards’ on the lefthand side, then ‘Shipping Instructions’.
Please take time to schedule the necessary reminders for yourselves.
Judging dates
27/28th September (Hallowe’en)
6th – 10th October (Christmas)
All samples should be clearly marked either ‘Fresh/Chilled’, ‘Frozen’ or ‘Ambient’. Samples must arrive on time or you may forfeit your entry and fee – see small print below**.
Anything else I need to know?
** it is up to you to get samples to us by the time/dates specified above. We cannot chase you individually. If your samples have not arrived by the judging dates, or if samples are no longer in date, you may forfeit your entry into the awards (including your entrance fee).
If you have any queries, please email cressida@freefromfoodawards.co.uk
The Judging Sessions
Our judging sessions are run with a carefully curated panel of 4 – 6 expert judges – read more about our wonderful judges!
Products are judged blind and are made up according to the instructions on pack – read more about the judging sessions.
Our judges will have access to the entry forms, and can read the mandatory fields you have filled in for each product, and can read any of the optional fields if you have provided extra information.
The Results Process
Once the judging sessions are finished and results are in, we will inform all medal winners of their success in advance of our Awards Presentation on November 3rd. Results are embargoed until 7pm on November 3rd, and you will have agreed to this when filling in your entry forms. This advance disclosure, made week commencing 9th October, is to allow entrants to make the most of their wins on packaging, in social media and on websites in the run up to Christmas, and this is unique to the Christmas Awards.
Logos will be available to download and are free to use on your product: see usage guidelines for details.
The Awards Presentation will take place on November 3rd – details will be emailed to entrants and posted here nearer the time.
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