The World Street Food

The World Street Food Awards 
A recognition programme component of the World Street Food Congress  

Why the World Street Food Awards? 
The WSF Awards serves as a yardstick of comfort street food excellence. It must serve its role as an
inspiration  for  a new order of  the  industry while  emphasising  the World  Street  Food Congress’s
mission: to preserve, professionalise and identify possibilities that nurture the world’s comfort and
street culinary heritage. Through this recognition, the WSFC seeks to open this big green field of its
attendant opportunities. It seeks to inspire skills development, stimulate education and acquisition
which equates to more jobs and self-employment opportunities or entrepreneurism, more exciting
menus  for  the  culinary  space  and  even  deeper  development  in  culinary  travel  and  trade.  This
creates a new demand  for  these breed of street  food professionals and heightens awareness  for
this already famous food culture.

Judging and Selection Process 
The World Street Food Congress has, for the last 10 years been working and identifying the list of
reputable players  in  this  field.  It works  in  tandem with  its worldwide  team of advisors  (including
the World Street Food Council) alongside a team of international researchers and peers, including
event creator Makansutra, who, over the last 16 years, has been inking comfort street food guides
in various countries, operates and consults  in food court business models and concepts, produce
its own international street food TV shows (on Discovery, MediaCorp and Asian Food Channel) and
has online and mobile content businesses.

Covering  all  aspects  of  the  industry—from  well-established  street  food  cities  and  unique  food
court  concepts,  to  food  journalists  to  associations  that  work  to  promote  and  look  after  the
interests of  street  vendors by addressing  concerns of  the  various elements  in  the  changing  food
landscape, the voting and selection process is rationalised with a tight format – there is an Awards
Committee  made  up  of  dedicated  culinary  travelers  and  partners/advisors  as  well  as  industry
professionals who volunteer their time and have a strict  and clearly articulated viewpoint derived
from their knowledge in the field and industry,  as well as being in various bodies and organisations
that champion this food  landscape. The committee works  in  four separate zones: Asia, Americas,
Europe and the Middle East. The divisions are designed to represent the global street food scene.

There  are  no  cash  prizes  or  trophies.  All  award winners  receive  a World  Street  Food  Congress
certificate.