Around 500 guests from stadium venues across the UK will be welcomed to the stadium in north Liverpool, which opens for the first time at the start of the 2025/26 Premier League season. Guests will experience a fine dining three course menu, awards ceremony, live entertainment and after party onsite until 3am.
The awards celebrate and reward the efforts and dedication shown by the catering, conference and events teams at UK stadium venues, including football, rugby and cricket venues.
The majority of categories for 2026 will open for entry in the autumn as normal, with the closing date on 1st April 2026, allowing over six months for entry.
The 2026 edition of the awards will include the Chef Team of the Year accolade. In 2025 Edgbaston emerged victorious ahead of Chelsea Football Club and Leeds United Football Club.
Chef teams had 90 mins to prepare, cook and present a three-course menu suitable for their Club Chairman to entertain the Head of the FA or RFU to dinner.
Collette Salmon, chair of Stadium Experience, said: “Hill Dickinson Stadium offers premium hospitality, cutting edge technology and fabulous views of both the pitch and the River Mersey.
“These will be the 19th annual awards organised by Stadium Experience, which continues to grow and evolve every year. We are developing plans for a very exciting evening, in which stadium teams will really be able to celebrate their achievements in style in Liverpool.”