Awards
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Travel guide Les Routiers has announced the winners of its 2009 UK hospitality awards. The guide has recognised eight independently-owned hospitality businesses across the UK, with the restaurant of the year award going to Simply Blues in Hornchurch and Leigh on Sea, Essex.
Posted: 17 December 2009 | 14:57
Angela Kallinger of the Maybourne Hotel Group has been named Young Marketer of the Year in the 2009 Hotel Marketing Awards. Kallinger was praised by the judges for her contribution to marketing from an ecommerce perspective. “She took on a tough role and had a lot of responsibility delegated...
Posted: 15 December 2009 | 15:04
Italian restaurant chain Strada has become the big winner in this year’s Caterersearch.com Web Awards, picking up the title of Website of the Year. Part of Tragus Holdings, Strada, which won the best website in the Restaurant – Group category, was voted the overall winner by the users of Caterersearch.com.
Posted: 15 December 2009 | 07:00
Ardeonaig hotel and restaurant chef-owner Pete Gottgens has been awarded the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Food Award. The rural Perthshire hotelier fought off stiff competition from Edinburgh’s Paul Kitching of 21212 and Michelin-starred Tom Kitchin (The Kitchin) ...
Posted: 11 December 2009 | 07:00
Chef David Everitt-Matthias has been awarded Best UK Cookbook at the World Gourmand Cookbook Awards 2009 for his Dessert cookbook. The two-Michelin-starred chef was given the accolade for Dessert – recipes from Le Champignon Sauvage...
Posted: 10 December 2009 | 18:00
Entries are now being sought for the 2010 Savoy Gastronomes Olive Barnett Award, run by Springboard, which recognises high achievers aged 29 or younger in customer facing roles in hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism. The award was created by the Savoy Gastronomes in recognition of Olive Barnett ...
Posted: 08 December 2009 | 10:00
JD Wetherspoon has the best pub loos across the UK, according to the judges of a competition which scours the country for the cleanest public toilets. The firm brushed aside the opposition in the pubs and wine bars category of the Loo of the Year Awards 2009...
Posted: 07 December 2009 | 16:34
Magdalena Zuchowicz from the Sheraton Belgravia will represent the UK in the international Receptionist of the Year competition having won this year’s national competition. The competition, organised by the AICR (the international association of front of house managers of luxury hotels)...
Posted: 07 December 2009 | 15:12
Cyrus Todiwala has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree by London Metropolitan University.The chef patron of Café Spice Namaste in London was decorated for his outstanding contribution to the international hospitality and catering industry.
Posted: 04 December 2009 | 14:37
Will Torrent, pastry chef at Bachmann’s Patisserie & Chocolate Creations in Thames Ditton, Surrey, has been named the 2010 Acorn Scholar. Torrent, 23, who is the eighth scholar, impressed a judging panel including Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Michael Caines...
Posted: 03 December 2009 | 14:20
Brakes has scooped the top prize in the 2009 Caterer and Hotelkeeper Excellence in Food & Drink Awards announced at London's Dorchester hotel. Judges gave the coveted Gold Award to company’s Blacksticks Blue Cheese & Walnut Soufflé...
Posted: 01 December 2009 | 11:52
The Crowne Plaza London – The City has become the first hotel to win the London Green 500 Platinum Award in recognition of its progress in reducing carbon emissions. General manager Paul Brackley received the award from London’s mayor, Boris Johnson.
Posted: 01 December 2009 | 10:42
The competition season has started in the beverage world and, with the big coffee promotional year just round the corner, several high street names have held their own in-house barista contests in a bid to join the big coffee spotlight of 2010.
Posted: 27 November 2009 | 16:14
Story of the week: Gordon Ramsay's annus horribilis continued as the fiery chef endured another bad week with four of his companies dragged through the courts by the Inland Revenue and threatened with receivership. Better news for top chefs came in the form of the Michelin guide...
Posted: 27 November 2009 | 14:39
Camra, the Campaign for Real Ale, has named the four finalists in the competition to be named National Pub of the Year 2009. The four were whittled down from thousands of entrants, as part of a selection process that scored pubs on various aspects including: welcome, service, atmosphere...
Posted: 27 November 2009 | 10:52
Joe Queen, executive head chef at the Thistle hotel in Glasgow has scooped the Chris Beaumont Award at last night's Springboard Awards for Excellence ceremony in London. Queen was rewarded for his "outstanding contribution to the industry and support of Springboard's aims and initiatives".
Posted: 26 November 2009 | 11:37
David Everitt-Matthias, chef-patron of the two-Michelin-starred Le Champignon Sauvage restaurant in Cheltenham, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by the University of Gloucestershire. The former Catey Chef of the Year winner was awarded ...
Posted: 25 November 2009 | 12:30
Bob Cotton, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association (BHA), has been honoured by the British Association of Hospitality Accountants (BAHA) in recognition of his outstanding service to the UK hospitality industry. Cotton received a Honorary Life Fellowship of the BAHA...
Posted: 25 November 2009 | 08:00
When the recession began to bite, Red Carnation Hotels made it clear that it would be retaining all its staff, and proved its commitment by spending £150,000 on training. Daniel Thomas reports on how its investment in people has paid off.
Posted: 24 November 2009 | 17:57
BaxterStorey has added another accolade to its collection after it was named Thames Valley’s Most Dynamic Business at a ceremony at the Madejski Stadium Complex in Reading, last week. The contract caterer received the award in recognition of its performance in a turbulent market...
Posted: 24 November 2009 | 15:06
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