The Café Society

The Café Society is a trade body focused on the encouragement of the café experience as a way of life in the UK. As well as providing support for its members, the Society aims to promote the café society to consumers in a way that will encourage the development and embodiment of this casual way of life into British lifestyles.

The Cafe Society, set up in the early 1990s, has six principal objectives:

• To promote good quality standards in terms of both beverage making and the café environment in which products are sold.
• To safeguard the integrity of the café market and environment by setting technical standards for beverage making and retailing as well as by encouraging those in the industry to uphold these standards.
• To encourage excellence and innovation in the café market.
• To promote the café market, the way of life it encompasses, and members to consumers.
• To provide a collective voice, and represent the views of, all those involved in the industry to government, both central and regional.
• To provide mechanisms for increasing knowledge and understanding in the café market, particularly through the publication of a regular news magazine about the industry.

In these challenging times, it is all too easy to let standards slip and to put innovation and creativity on a back burner - yet the long term future and integrity of the café market depends on us all maintaining the high standards and reputation that the industry has achieved to date.

The Café Society Awards were relaunched in February 2010 to encourage good practice, innovation and standards by recognising those who continue to push the boundaries and lead the way in promoting all aspects of the Café Society in the UK.

The 2012 awards will take the form of a luncheon at the Roof Gardens, Kensington, on May 24th 2012, when seven awards will be presented. So why not enter your business in the 2012 Awards and gain the prestige and recognition your business deserves.