Previous Winners

• Ben Seager, Front Office Manager, The Chesterfield Mayfair
• Neil Braude, Director of Revenue, The Cavendish London
• Sam Moody, Head Chef, The Bath Priory Hotel 
• Mark Bevan, Assistant Food and Beverage Manager, The Chester Grosvenor and Spa
• Matthew Drinkwater, Deputy General Manager, Hand Picked Hotels - Audleys Wood
• Phil Fanning, Head Chef at Paris House, 10in8 Fine Dining Company
• Josh Light, Learning & Development Manager, CH&Co
• Megan McIntyre, PR & Marketing Manager, Renaissance London Chancery Court Hotel
• Laura Murphy, Operations Manager, Abode Exeter
• Olly Rouse, Head Chef John Campbell Restaurant, Coworth Park
• Robin Vermeire, Assistant Executive Housekeeper, The London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square
• Mike Auld, General Manager, Hotel du Vin Tunbridge Wells
• Marianne Brown, Operations Manager, Thistle Hotels
• Paul Foster, Head Chef, Agellus Hotels - Tuddenham Mill
• Vidur Kapur, Hotel Manager, Guoman Hotels - Charing Cross
• Grant Lang, Founder and Managing Director, Mozzo Coffee
• David Morison, HR Officer, London Hilton on Park Lane
• Adam Peirson, Sous Chef, Claridge's 
• Scott Catling, Sales Manager, London Marriott Hotel Maida Vale
• Lauren Long, General Manager, Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants
• George Blogg, Sous Chef, Le Champignon Sauvage
• Sarah Gibbs, General Manager, The Swan Hotel & Spa
• Laura Prentice, Director of Event Management, The London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square
• Neil Morris, Group Executive Chef, Ego Restaurants
• Adam Smith, Premier Sous Chef, The Ritz Hotel
• David Macdonald, eneral Manager, Hotel du Vin York
• Jordan Marr, General Manager, Peach Pubs
• Denis Broci,  Bar Manager, Claridge's
• Natalie Mainwaring, Bsiness Development Manager, It's The Agency
• Daniel Moon, Head Chef, Homewood Park Hotel

• Ankit Airon, Assistant Financial Controller, Park Lane hotel
• Naime Azmi, Director of Conference and Events, The Aspiration Group (TAG)
• Christopher Ball, Account Director - eCommerce, Guoman Hotel Management
• Emma Benney, Group Marketing Manager Malmaison & Hotel du Vin 
• Daniel Birk, Head Chef, Devonshire Fell
• Mark Brennan, General Manager, Manchester (Wilmslow) Premier Inn
• Dafydd Bretherton, General Manager, The Swan at Salford (Peach Pubs)
• Matthew Burns, Executive Chef, Hilton Liverpool
• Jane Cook, General Manager, Compass Group at Cardiff City Stadium 
• Alicia Denning, Front Office Manager, Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa Edinburgh
• Alasdair Elwick, Restaurant and Events Manager, The White Room 
• Paul Fairhead, Operations Manager, ISS Facilities Services: Food & Hospitality
• Matthew Flood, Purchasing Liaison & Pricing Controller, Aramark
• Eric Foret, Head Pastry Chef, Whatley Manor, Wiltshire
• Katherine Fry, Assistant Health and Safety Manager, London Hilton on Park Lane
• Matt Gillan, Head Chef, The Pass at South Lodge hotel
• Christophe Hesbert, Operations Manager Abode Chester
• Tom Gibson, Director of Operations, Radisson BLU hotel Stansted Airport
• Rohit Kapoor, Director of Finance, Hilton Manchester Deansgate
• Steve Lowy, founder, owner and managing director of the Umi hotel group 
• Scott McKenzie, Financial Controller, Riverbank Park Plaza and the five-star Plaza on the River
• Laura Morgan, Cluster HR Manager North West, ABode Hotels and Michael Caines Restaurant
• James O'Donnell, Food and Beverage Manager, Blythswood Square, The Townhouse Collection, Glasgow
• Gary Pearce, Sous Chef at Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham 
• Mike Racz, Franchisee, Domino's Pizza
• Josie Simcox, Brasserie Manager, Malmaison Aberdeen
• Heather Stephen, Senior Sales Manager, Renaissance London Chancery Court
• Gemma Watts, Assistant HR Director, The Fairmont Dubai 4
• Tony Watson, Head of Non Matchday Sales, Sodexo Prestige at Everton Football Club
• Siobhan Walker, London Director of Sales & Marketing, The Doyle Collection

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2009

• Caroline Archer, Revenue Manager, Radisson SAS Hotel London Stansted Airport
• John Badley, Executive Head Chef, Rookery Hall Hotel
• Charlotte Barr, Head Chef, The Old Mill, Peach Pubs
• Ros Bowen, HR Business Partner, Business Dining, Aramark
• Joanne Burnip, Store Manager, Costa Coffee
• Ali Chenery, Hotel Project Manager, Hotel Verta, von Essen hotels
• Dan Corfield, PR & Marketing Manager, Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel
• Isabelle Davis, Marketing Manager 3663, First for Foodservice
• Nicolas Defremont, Restaurant Manager, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
• Rob Flinter, Hotel Manager, IHG, Holiday Inn, London Kensington Forum
• Stephen Fogarty, Foodservices Manager, Debenhams Plc
• Sam Hall, Regional Sales & Marketing Manager, Sharrow Bay, von Essen hotels
• Will Holland, Head Chef, La Becasse Restaurant
• David Hopkins, Regional IT Manager, Park Plaza Hotels Europe
• Caroline Marais, Human Resources Manager, Grosvenor House
• Helen McDonald, F&B Manager Premier Inn, London Heathrow
• Grant McKenzie, General Manager, Malmaison Leeds
• Vincent McKevitt, Founder & Managing Director, Tossed
• Chantelle Nicholson, Sous Chef / Operations Manager, Marcus Wareing @ The Berkeley
• Laura Penman, Hotel Proprietor, Fishmore Hall
• Chris Penn, Deputy General Manager, The Cavendish
• Rachel Phillips, Acting Director of Human Resources, Renaissance, Chancery Court Hotel
• Hannah Scott, Director, Strattons Hotel
• Ashley Shaw, F&B Operations Manager, The Westbury Hotel
• Elaine Shovlin, Assistant Director of Sales, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Central London
• Jamie Stevens, General Manager, Abode Hotels & Michael Caines Restaurants
• Gavin Tiffin, General Manager / Company Director Prestige Scotland Hamilton Racecourse / Sizzling Scot Ltd
• James Varah, Director of Sales, The Brewery
• Denis Verrier, General Manager Homewood Park, von Essen hotels
• Simon Warner, General Manager, Dartmouth Apprentice

2008

• Gemma Altarriba Olives, events manager, Starwood Central London Hotels, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
• Clothilde Authie, product manager, Guoman Hotels
• Ajay Barak, executive development chef, Le Bistrot Pierre, Nottingham
• Lee Bennett, head chef, Le Pont de la Tour, London
• Jamie Bessant, executive chef, Tudor Lodge Restaurant/PRP Group
• Paul Boon, director of operations, Café Royal, London
• Sam Coulstock, customer relationship director, Springboard UK
• Andrew Creese, general manager, Malmaison Leeds
• Simon Davis, general manager, Arora International Manchester
• Olive Donegan, director of finance, Marriott International
• Corin Earland, head chef, The Fishes, North Hinksey, Oxford
• Alessandro Fasoli, deputy general manager, The Vineyard at Stockcross, Berkshire
• Scott Goss, head chef, The Swan, West Malling, Kent
• Caroline Gregory, managing partner, Lovat Arms, Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire
• Katja Hagenbucher, rooms division manager, Park Plaza Victoria London
• Darren Harrison, head chef - Fine Dining, Loch Lomond Golf Club
• Joanna Harvey, group sales & marketing Manager, FishWorks
• Steven Hesketh, general manager, Ramada Newton Park, Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire
• Faye Reeve, marketing manager - national accounts, 3663 First for Foodservice
• Daniel Rich, operations manager, Macdonald Hotels & Resorts
• Andy Roger, general manager, Hotel du Vin, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
• Stephanie Roper, head of revenue, Thistle London
• Mark Rossi, executive chef, Abode Hotels / Michael Caines Restaurants
• Oliver Smith, general manager, Amberley Castle, Arundel, West Sussex
• Ross Sneddon, senior pastry chef, Number One, The Balmoral, Edinburgh
• Lisa Tobias, franchisee, Domino's Pizza
• Minna Vaisanen, revenue manager, Le Meridien Piccadilly & Café Royal
• Coen van Niersen, food & beverage services manager, Sheraton Park Tower, London
• Malcolm Webster, executive chef, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
• Lucy White, director of conference & banqueting, The Landmark London

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