2007 Acorn Scholarship winner Julie Lardie has joined ISS Mediclean, the healthcare division of the ISS Group, in the newly created role of healthcare dietitian.

Lardie will be responsible for operational provision into Mediclean catering contracts and will report directly to Lauren Bowen, head of nutrition and dietetics.

She was a dietitian for contract caterer Aramark, based at Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust in Surrey.

For more details see the Acorn Scholarship 2008 website at www.acornscholarship.org.uk/.

• The deadline for this year's Acorn Awards is 29 February. For more information and to enter online visit www.caterersearch.com/acorns.

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By Chris Druce