FAQs

Below you should find the answers to any questions you may have. If not, please get in touch with the team on events@ppa.co.uk.

We pride ourselves on the robustness of our judging process, ensuring all entries are fairly considered and thoroughly reviewed. Over 50 industry experts review our entries to ultimately decide on the shortlist and winners in a two-step judging process. 

Each ticket includes a welcome drinks reception, unlimited wine, beer, and soft drinks, a 3-course meal with tea, coffee, and petit fours, and an incredible night of entertainment. There will be state-of-the-art production, a dance floor, and DJ – plus there’s exclusive use of the private fairground onsite.

  • Arrival & drinks reception: 18:00
  • Dinner is served: 19:00
  • Awards ceremony: 21:00
  • After party: 22:15
  • Event close: 00:00

The event will be held at City Central at the HAC, Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4TW. Location information linked here. The venue is fully accessible.

The PPA is working towards a greener future and our events are part of that. We look to implement a number of action points across 2023 including working with event suppliers that have sustainable and responsible solutions to limit our carbon footprint.

What are we doing:

  • Our venue is awarded the full three stars from the Sustainable Restaurant Association for its practices and holds science-based targets around its net zero goals, is moving away from traditional fuels and increasing our use of more sustainable fuel methods, ensures 100% of plastic waste is recycled, avoiding single-use items as much as possible, and ensuring that on average 90% of our staff travel to the venue by public transport.
  • Our caterers 'Create food' design dishes sourcing only the highest quality seasonal and sustainable ingredients, prioritise suppliers who are artisanal small business from within London, introducing a fully electric fleet of vehicles to cut down on their carbon footprint.
  • Our event suppliers have sustainable and responsible solutions with recycling and waste minimisation solutions
  • Our trophies are made from recycled plastic.
  • Programmes are printed using FSC certified and Carbon Balanced paper via the World Land Trust's offsetting scheme.
  • Promoting green ways of travelling to all guests.
  • Reducing unnecessary print where possible.

If you want to get in touch to find out more, or have any event sustainability suggestions please email events@ppa.co.uk.

If you can't find the answer to your question above, please don't hesitate to contact the team here.

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