Celebrate someone amazing.

Nominate a Master.

They’re the quiet legends. The creators. The solvers. The mentors.

Experts in design, technology, project management, finance – dozens of individual professionals who represent the themed entertainment industry at its best.

These are the TEA Masters.

The TEA Masters of Their Craft program recognizes the achievements of individuals — the artists, writers, producers, engineers and craftspeople with distinguished careers who’ve made significant and enduring contributions to the industry through their innovation, leadership, and expertise.

This program recognizes a small number of individuals each year, whose skills epitomize the highest standards within their disciplines and who have used those skills to advance their field and the themed entertainment industry. Each TEA Master has built a body of work over decades that demonstrates consistent quality and execution. Often unknown except among their peers and collaborators, TEA Masters help create visceral stories, rides, attractions, events, and places that thrill, delight, and educate guests worldwide.

Masters come from a wide variety of individual backgrounds and disciplines, with growing international representation. The TEA Masters of Their Craft program celebrates diversity in many forms and appreciates the extreme importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in our chosen fields as it increases the pool of new creative ideas, and broadens the audience that will resonate with, and see themselves in our themed environments. We encourage you who submit nominations to think broadly as you consider your nominees. Let’s seek out those shining stars of more diverse backgrounds who might have been overlooked in the past.

The selection of TEA Masters is more than an honorary recognition; it’s also an invitation to service. Individuals who receive this honor also agree to participate in a range of mentoring and education projects that help students and fellow professionals grow their skills, advance their careers, and establish international standards of excellence.

Notice of Masters Nominations Change for 2025:

Please note that a significant procedural change is being implemented for the 2025 nominations cycle. Prior to this year, eligible nominees of all previous years were carried over for consideration each year since the inception of the TEA Masters in 2018. Starting this year, nominations within the last three years of submission (2022-present) will be considered for review. Moving forward,  existing nominations will only be considered within the 3-year cycle.

We thank those nominators who made submissions prior to 2022 and invite them to refresh their nomination using the current Nominations Form. We also encourage you to submit additional nominations

If you know someone who represents the highest level of craft and professionalism in their field, we invite you to submit their name for consideration as a TEA Master. Share your stories; tell us why you feel they deserve to be honored. Nominate a colleague you know… who you’ve worked with… shared experiences with… and whose work has impacted our world.