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Here Is The Full List Of UK Dating Award Winners 2015

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Last night, the dating industry got together in East London for another very successful UK Dating Awards.

The awards recognised the best in online dating for 2015, rewarding the apps, writers and niche sites that have excelled over the year.

The big winners on the night included Christian Connection, who walked away with Daters’ Favourite Dating Site and Best Niche Dating Site, Lovestruck who won the coveted Online Dating Brand of the Year, and TrueView who picked up the Innovation Award.

GDI live tweeted the UK Dating Awards, so check out our Twitter page for a run down of the night, and to see some pictures from the ceremony.

Congratulations to all the winners last night, and organisers for putting on another great event – take a look at the full list of winners, highly commended and nominees below:

Online Dating Brand of the Year

Christian Connection
Guardian Soulmates (Highly Commended)
The Inner Circle
Lovestruck (Winner)
Match.com (Highly Commended)
My Single Friend

Daters’ Favourite Dating Site

Christian Connection (Winner)
eHarmony (Highly Commended)
Guardian Soulmates
Lovestruck
Plenty of Fish
Smooch

Dating Writer of the Year 2015

Daisy Buchanan (Winner)
Dolly Alderton
Jenny Stallard
Lisa Reich
Samantha Bye
Stella Grey

Dating Expert of the Year 2015

Eden Blackman
Emma Ziff
Hayley Quinn (Highly Commended)
James Preece
Laura Yates
Lucy Beresford
Madeleine Mason
Mary Balfour
Susan Quilliam (Winner)

Dating Entrepreneur of the Year 2015


David Minns (Highly Commended)
Eden Blackman
Hatty Kingsley-Miller & Mo Saha
Juliette Prais
Rachel MacGlynn
Susie Ambrose
Turn Partners (Winner)

Matchmaker Academy Newcomer Individual Award 2015


Denise McNally (Highly Commended)
Helen Rice
Jacqueline Burns
Lucy Williams
Marzena Kubiak
Tara McDonnell (Winner)

Blogger of the Year 2015


Claudia Cox
Dangerous Debbie
Jordi Sinclair (Winner)
Lara Loveless
Lauren Crouch
Paul Thomas Bell
Simply Oloni

Best New Dating Site 2015


21Pictures
Bristlr (Winner)
HerSmile

Best New Dating App 2015


Antidate
Bristlr
Clocked (Winner)
MyMateYourDate
Rendeevoo
Smooch
TextDater

Matchmaking Agency of the Year 2015


Bowes-Lyon Partnership
Drawing Down the Moon (Winner)
Elect Club
Seventy Thirty
Simantov (Highly Commended)
Vida

Best Niche Dating Site 2015


Asian Single
Bristlr
Christian Connection (Winner)
Faith Dating
The Inner Circle (Highly Commended)
Muddy Matches
Toyboy Warehouse (Highly Commended)
Uniform Dating
WOW

Best White Label Dating Site 2015


Classic FM
Smooth Singles
Telegraph Dating (Highly Commended)
Times Encounters
Urban Social (Highly Commended)
Veggie Vision
We Love Dates (Winner)

Dating Events Brand of the Year 2015


Guardian Soulmates
The Inner Circle (Winner)
Lovestruck (Highly Commended)
Pink Lobster
Soiree Society NI

Most Original Dating Event 2015


Guardian Soulmates
Playdate (Winner)
Match.com

Innovation within the Dating Industry 2015


Antidate (Highly Commended)
Cupid.com
HerSmile
The Inner Circle
Match.com
Saturday Night’s Alright
Since Being Single
Trueview (Winner)
UpDates

Scamalytics Safer Dating Award 2015


Guardian Soulmates (Highly Commended)
Lovestruck (Highly Commended)
Platform Dating
Venntro (Winner)
Would Like To Meet

Best Dating-Related Marketing Campaign 2015


eHarmony (Highly Commended)
Guardian Soulmates
Match.com (Winner)

Best Commercial Dating Blog 2015


Guardian Soulmates
Muddy Matches
My Single Friend
Toyboy Warehouse (Winner)
Urban Social
We Love Dates

Best Customer Service 2015


Christian Connection
The Dating Lab & My Single Friend (Highly Commended)
Guardian Soulmates (Winner)
HubPeople
Lovestruck
Venntro (Highly Commended)

Simon Edmunds

Simon is the former editor of Global Dating Insights. Born in Newcastle, he has an English degree from Queen Mary, London and after working for the NHS, trained as a journalist with the Press Association. Passionate about music, journalism and Newcastle United.

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