Tickets now available for UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner 2025

Tickets are now available for the 2025 UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner.

The 40th annual UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner will take place during London Toy Fair on the evening of Wednesday, January 22nd aboard HMS Belfast, moored on the Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge.

The event is an annual get-together of inventors, designers, product-pickers and other toy business professionals from around the world.

Since the first Dinner in 1984, thousands of inventors and manufacturers have taken the opportunity to get to know each other and catch up with old friends over a good meal, awards, fun challenges and an after-dinner casino in aid of a children’s charity.

The event is held at a different London location each year, with 2025’s event taking place aboard the iconic HMS Belfast, a historic warship and museum where the first Dinner took place.

The Dinner also plays host to the W.I.T.T.Y. Prize – given to the inventor of a product introduced in the preceding year and judged by Inventors’ Dinner attendees – and the prestigious I.D.I.O.T. award (I.D.I.O.T. standing for International Designer and Inventor of Toys). This award is given as a tribute to those who have made outstanding contributions to the toy industry.

Space at the UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner is limited. To book your ticket, click here.

And to nominate someone for the I.D.I.O.T. award, please head to: https://inventorsdinner.com/idiot-awards.

Or to nominate a product for W.I.T.T.Y. Prize – please head to: https://inventorsdinner.com/witty-prize.

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