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The London Coffee Festival Awards
The London Coffee Festival Awards return for their third year to celebrate the vibrant and thriving independent, specialty coffee scene across London and the people that work within it ☕
Through a combination of an independent, expert judging panel and public voting, the LCF Awards recognise and reward the very best coffee shops, roasters and individuals across a range of different categories, culminating in the main award, Independent Coffee Shop of the Year. Unique to the industry, winners are not only selected by a panel of coffee experts, but also by those that matter the most... coffee consumers!
New for 2027 – Community Champion of the Year ⭐
The Community Champion of the Year Award recognises an individual who has made a meaningful positive impact on people, communities or the wider coffee industry.
This award celebrates individuals who go beyond their day-to-day role to support others, create opportunities, improve wellbeing, champion inclusivity, drive sustainability initiatives or make a significant contribution to their community.
Do you know someone that deserves recognition? Nominate them here.
Hear from the LCF Awards Winners
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Why Enter The LCF Awards?
Boost your business
Winning puts your brand in the spotlight with exposure across LCF’s marketing channels.
Exclusive content features
Winners will given the opportunity to be featured in LCF content such as our podcast series, social media reels and exclusive interview.
Team recognition
Celebrate your achievements and show your customers and team how far you’ve come!
The Need To Knows
The London Coffee Festival Awards return to celebrate of the vibrant independent, specialty coffee scene across London and the people that work within it!
The awards recognise some the industry's best coffee shops, roasters and influencers across a range of nine awards categories, including: Best Independent Coffee Shop, Best Sustainable Coffee Shop, Best New Coffee Shop and Best Coffee Bag Design!
See the full list of categories here.
Entries are now open for The 2027 LCF Awards! Enter via our website here by Monday 11 January 2027.
Take a look at the awards 2026 timeline:
Entries open: Monday 12 October 2026
Entries close: Monday 11 January 2027
Shortlist announced: Monday 15 March 2027
Consumer voting opens: Monday 15 March 2027
Consumer voting closes: Monday 5 April 2027
Winners will be announced live at The London Coffee Festival 2027!
Know a specialty coffee shop in London that deserves the spotlight? Or a roaster with a standout bag design?
Just fill out the form here to nominate, and we’ll reach out to encourage them to enter. Nominations are anonymous, so they won’t know who submitted their name.
Take a look at our independent panel of coffee industry experts for the 2027 Awards here.
The judging process is robust and vigorous to ensure that the awards represent the views of the entire industry. Judging will be split into two parts – some categories will be judged by an expert judging panel, and the other categories will be judged through consumer/trade voting.
Our independent panel of coffee industry experts will judge each category and create a shortlist for each, which will be announced ahead of the consumer voting. Once the shortlist is announced, consumers and industry workers will have the opportunity to vote for the coffee shop, roaster or influencer that they think deserves each award category.
To see the full list of categories and how they will be judged, click here.
Please read our full Terms & Conditions for The London Coffee Festival Awards 2027 here.
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Independent. Community-led. Truly Unforgettable.
The inaugural LCF Awards 2025 celebrated the passion, creativity, and resilience of London’s independent specialty coffee community.
View our recent LCF Awards winners here.
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