LEADING PERSONALITIES from the foodservice and hospitality industries, including the likes of Raymond Blanc OBE, LACA’s Anne Bull and Westminster Kingsway’s Gary Hunter, teamed-up with health and nutrition expert Dr Susan Jebb and Sodexo Health Ambassador Matt Dawson MBE to recognise healthy best practice within foodservice. The high profile judging panel this afternoon rewarded those organisations that keep customers eating in hotels, pubs, restaurants and within the workplace well fed with recognition in the first-ever ‘Health & Vitality Honours’.
Fellow judge, nutritionist Amanda Ursell – Principle Ambassador of the Health & Vitality Honours and member of the British Dietetic Association, The Nutrition Society, The Guild of Food Writers and a Visiting Fellow of Oxford Brookes University – presented the following Honours during the Celebration Lunch at The Long Room, Lord’s Cricket Ground:
Health & Vitality Communication and Engagement Honour sponsored by Innocent
Winner: Charlton House for their ‘WellbeingbeingWell’ Initiative.
Runner Up: Compass Group UK.
Health & Vitality Sourcing Honour sponsored by Acquire
Winner: DB Foods for their Brookfield Farm High Welfare English Veal.
Runner Up: St. John’s College, Cambridge University.
Public Sector Health & Vitality Honour sponsored by Brakes
Winner: Sodexo with ‘Supporting Healthy Eating in the British Armed Forces’.
Corporate Vitality Honour sponsored by members of Footprint Forum
Winner: Nestlé Professional.
Runner Up: Charlton House.
Healthy Hospitality Honour sponsored by Nestlé Professional
Winner: Compass Group UK & Ireland.
Runner Up: Charlton House.
Responsible Manufacturing Honour sponsored by epsys
Winner: A joint venture between The Cheese Warehouse and Cricketer Farm, for their West Country Reduced Sodium Eatwell Cheese.
Runner Up: Nestlé Professional.
Health & Vitality Product of the Year sponsored by Sodexo
Winner: A joint venture between The Cheese Warehouse and Cricketer Farm, for their West Country Reduced Sodium Eatwell Cheese.
Runner Up: DB Foods for their Brookfield Farm High Welfare English Veal.
Special Achievement Honour
Winner: Bill Brogan, Catering & Conference Manager, St. John’s College, Cambridge University.
Speaking about the Health & Vitality Honours, Charles Miers, Honours Director said:
“We’re delighted with the entries received in the first-ever Health & Vitality Honours, and send our congratulations to all the winners and runners-up. As a brand new scheme especially created to establish a platform for foodservice businesses to showcase healthy best practice, the Honours aim to promote a change in the culture of consumption, the manufacture of healthier products, the implementation of healthier programmes in cost and profit sectors, and raise awareness of the industry’s endeavours and achievements amongst consumers. We look forward to building on the success of this year’s Honours, so watch this space for details of the Health & Vitality Honours 2014!”
Our very special thanks go to Headline Sponsor Sodexo UK & Ireland. Sodexo were supportive and a driving force of the Health & Vitality Honours from the scheme’s very inception. Our thanks also to Launch Sponsors Acquire, Brakes, Innocent & Nestlé Professional without whom HVH would not have been possible.
Full Report and Film of the day available on FoodserviceFootprint.com and FootprintChannel next week
