Winners past editions

We are proud to present you the winners of the Culinary Innovators Awards of the previous years:

Gault&Millau Culinary Innovators Awards 2024:

• Sustainability award: Table Terroir
• Product award food & drinks: Buloo
• Product award non-food: Sunny Pocket
• Social & humand leadership award: Lizette & Lucien
• Restaurant philosophy award: Toma
• Digital & Social Media award: Pastology
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Dimitri Beckers

Gault&Millau Culinary Innovators Awards 2023:

• Sustainability award: Entropy
• Product award food: NorthSeaChefs & Revi Fumets 
• Product award food: Koji Enterprises Garums 
• Social award: Pastati & Aarova
• Restaurant philosophy award: Hors-Champs
• Digital & Social Media award: Sam D’Huyvetter
• Institution award: Manger Demain
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Bart De Pooter

Edition 2022:

• "Entrepreneur of the Year": Sergio Herman  www.sergiohermangroup.com 
• “Education award”: Instroom Academy by Seppe Nobels www.instroom.academy
• "Institution award": CropExplore  www.flandersfood.com/nl/projecten/cropexplore
• “Product award - Food”: Crème Brûlée Vegan & Without Added Sugars by Didess www.didess.be/nl/producten/creme-brulee
• “Product award - Drinks”:  Vir/gin by blendbrothers bag-in-box  www.blend-group.eu - www.drinksdrop.nl/kant-en-klare-cocktails-voor-horeca  
• “Product award - Non-food”: Plant-T www.plant-t.be"Marketing/Promotion award": GIMBER  www.gimber.com
• “Sustainability award”: Humus x Hortense www.humushortense.be
• “Restaurant philosophy award”: Instroom Academy by Seppe Nobels  www.instroom.academy
• "Digital & social media award": Restaurant Boury  www.restaurantboury.be

Edition 2019:

• “Entrepreneur of the Year”: Serge Litvine
• “Education award”: Horeca Vorming Vlaanderen https://vlaanderen.horecaforma.be 
• “Institution award” (2 winners): Icare4-Food https://jorda.be 
• HiFoodTec https://hifoodtec.be/nl/home-2 
• “Event award”: ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2019 https://www.asi.info/about-asi 
• “Product award”: The Squeezer by HVD https://hvd.be/nl/home 
• “Marketing/Promotion award”: Chocolate Nation https://www.chocolatenation.be 
• “Sustainability award”: Foodsavers https://foodsavers.be 
• “Restaurant Philosophy”: Willem Hiele https://restaurant.willemhiele.be 
• “Digital award”: Too Good To Go https://toogoodtogo.be/nl-be 

Edition 2018:

• “Entrepreneur of the Year": Luc De Laet (De Laet & Van Haver ‘Butcher’s Craft’) www.thebutchersstore.com
• “Education award”: Het bord van morgen (De Tijd en VRT NWS) www.tijd.be/dossier/het-bord-van-morgen.html 
• "Institution or Service award": NorthSeaChefs www.northseachefs.be
• “Events award”: FoodParadiseDay www.foodparadiseday.be
• “Product award”: Disposables.bio www.disposables.bio
• “Marketing/Promotion award”: RUBY RB1 (Barry Callebaut) www.callebaut.com/nl-BE/chocolade-cacao-noten/chr-r35rb1/ruby
• “Sustainability award”: Eatmosphere www.eatmosphere.be
• “Restaurant philosophy award”: René Mathieu met Restaurant La Distillerie www.bourglinster.lu/restaurants/restaurant-la-distillerie
• “Digital award”: Foodpairing www.foodpairing.com

 
Edition 2017:

“Entrepreneur of the Year”: David Martin: www.lapaix.be
“Education award”: Proef: www.proef.club
“Institution or Service award”: Tripping Chefs: www.facebook.com/trippingchefs
“Events award”: We can dance: http://wecandance.be
“Product award”: Tempcontrol: www.tempcontrol.com
“Marketing/Promotion award”: Jong Keukengeweld: www.facebook.com/jong.keukengeweld
“Sustainability award”: Foodwin: www.foodwin.org
“Restaurant’s Philosophy award”: L’Air du temps: www.airdutemps.be
“Digital Award award”: Are They Happy: www.aretheyhappy.com

Edition 2016:

“The Culinary Innovator of the Year”: R&D Food Revolution – www.rdfoodrevolution.com
“Education award”: Master in Food Design – www.arba-esa.be/food-design
“Institution or Service award”: Smart Gastronomy Lab – www.smartgastronomy.be
“Events award”: Tomorrowland – www.tomorrowland.com
“Product award”: Urban Crops – www.urbancrops.be
“Marketing/Promotion award”: Apicbase – www.apicbase.com
“Sustainability award”: NorthSeaChefs – www.northseachefs.be
“Restaurant’s Philosophy award”: Hertog Jan – www.hertog-jan.com