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Dates for your Diary:
17-03-10
Welsh: Regional Meeting
18-03-10
South West: Regional Event
18-03-10
West Midlands: AGM Dinner and Awards Evening
23-03-10
London & South East Regional Spring Business Meeting and AGM
23-03-10
London & South East Regional Spring Business Meeting and AGM
24-03-10
LACA East of England Regional Meeting and AGM
24-03-10
AGM and Regional Event
04-05-10
London & South East - Late Spring Business Meeting and Social Event
04-05-10
London & South East - Late Spring Business Meeting and Social Event
05-05-10
South West: Regional Committee Meeting
05-05-10
London & South East Committee meeting
05-05-10
London & South East Committee meeting
06-05-10
Welsh: Regional Committee Meeting
11-05-10
School Chef of the Year Competition National Final
Sheffield City College
16-06-10
Welsh: Regional Meeting
24-06-10
Summer Event
The LACA Awards for Excellence 2009
Rewarding endeavour
2009 is the 13th year of the LACA Awards. Every year the awards acknowledge individuals and teams of people who continue to make a real diff erence in education catering.
Winning a LACA Award not only boosts the confidence, morale and motivation of the whole organisation but is instrumental in changing the attitudes and influencing the actions of both parents and pupils.
The industry continues to be driven by the commitment and dedication of its workforce.
Maintaining that enthusiasm, building on performance and driving greater success are the yearly challenges. Now more than ever before, many education caterers are facing tough operating circumstances as they strive to meet the ever increasing demands of new Government legislation.
Despite the obstacles and difficulties so far, caterers have maintained high standards and striven to find innovative, creative and enterprising initiatives, which bring about positive outcomes and solutions for their services and organisations.
Good management, strong performances and high achievements all deserve to be recognised.
As the leading professional body for those in local authority catering, LACA’s annual awards are now much coveted accolades.
Being nominated and selected for a LACA award by your industry peers does not only bestow a sense of prestige, pride and honour at a personal level but it simultaneously raises to greater heights the professional reputation of the organisation employing award winners.
A LACA award is an invaluable promotional tool in any organisation’s marketing armoury and speaks volumes about its high standards of customer service and care.
LACA Awards for Excellence: 2009 Winners
This year’s LACA Conference and Exhibition was bigger and better than ever before and the annual awards presentation was no different.
Around 750 people attended the awards ceremony, keen to see their colleagues recognised for their hard work, endeavour and commitment to the school meals sector.
Here’s a list of the winners:
Catering Management Team of the Year
Food Support Service – Leicestershire County Council
Secondary School Catering Team of the Year
Kirk Hallam Community Technology College - Derbyshire County Council
Primary School Catering Team of the Year
Shropshire County Council - St Andrews School & St Peters School
Specialist Catering Team of the Year
Civic and Staff Catering - North Tyneside Council
AVL Marketing Award
Wigan MBC - MetroFresh
Nan Berger Award
Nottinghamshire County Council
Roger Davis Outstanding Achievement Award
Tom Seery – formerly of ISS Caterhouse
Outstanding Supplier of the Year
Crown Foods Ltd.
Chairman’s Award
David MacDonald BAM FM
Lin O' Brien for her services to the LACA Partner Scheme.
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How to sponsor an award
We would like to thank the following companies for their continued support and help, which goes a long way to making the LACA Awards a special evening for all involved.
LACA Catering Management Team of the Year 2009
Sponsored by Muller
LACA Specialist Catering Team of the Year 2009
Sponsored by Premier Foods
LACA Primary School Catering Team of the Year 2009
Sponsored by McCain Foods
LACA Secondary School Catering Team of the Year 2009
Sponsored by 3663
LACA Education Catering Marketing Award 2009
Sponsored by AVL Consultancy Limited
The Nan Berger Memorial Award 2009
Sponsored by Brakes
Roger Davis Outstanding Achievement Award 2009
sponsored by E & R MOFFAT
Roll of Honour - up to 2008
At the prestigious LACA Awards Gala Dinner held on Thursday 10th July, the results of the 2008 LACA Awards were announced.
Primary School Catering Team of the Year
- 2008 Dickleburgh School, Norfolk County Services
- 2007 Lyndon School (Solihull Catering Service)
- 2006 Horton in Ribblesdale School, SettleNorth Yorkshire County Council
- 2005 Ferrars Junior School, Luton BC Catering
- 2004 Green Lane Primary School from Bradford City Council
- 2003 St Clares RC Primary School, Middlesborough
Secondary School Catering Team of the Year
- 2008 Alderman Smith School, Warwickshire CC
- 2006 Deincourt Community SchoolDerbyshire County Council
- 2005 Churchill Community College, North Tyneside Council
- 2004 Walbottle Campus Technology College, Newcastle
- 2003 Arden School, Solihull
Specialist Catering Team of the Year
- 2008 Yeoman Park School, Nottinghamshire CC
Nan Berger Memorial Award
- 2008 Kirklees Catering Service, Kirklees Council
- 2007 Suffolk County Catering Training Team
- 2006 Tameside MBC Primary School Catering
- 2005 Warwickshire County Caterers
- 2004 The Support Function Team - Scolarest
- 2003 Education Contract Services, Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Roger Davis Outstanding Achievement Award
- 2008 Nigel Argyle
- 2007 Sandra Russell
- 2006 Michael Hales from London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- 2005 Arnold Fewell
- 2004 Roger Shead from ECS Bradford
- 2003 Bill Kennedy
Chairman's Award
- 2008:
Anglia Region Ferri Fasihi
Eastern Region Liz Dobson
London & South East Region Allyson Lloyd
North East & Scotland Region Bill Kennedy
North West Region Sheelagh Rutherford
South West Region Sue Burke
Welsh Region Anne Bull
West Midlands Region Kathleen Hayton - 2007 Trevor Sutton, Nestle Foodservices
- 2006 Hazel Green PR LACA
- 2005 Hilliary Witt Honoary Treasurer of LACA
- 2004 Kathleen Jones from Solihull MBC
- 2003 Wendy Hill, Surrey Commercial Services
- 2002 Surrey Commercial Services Regional Management Team
- Comprising: Cally Tapp, Alison Jones and Chris Hillier
- 2000 Ian Wasson, Devon Direct Services
- 2001 Amanda Pope, Devon Direct Services
- 1998 Vic Laws, AVL Consultancy Ltd
- 1999 Susan Stainton, Essex Catering Services
- 1997 Alan Dewberry, Dewberry Boyes Ltd
Education Catering Marketing Award
- 2008 Winner: North Lincolnshire Council
Runner Up: Nottingham CC
Highly Commended: Metrofresh - 2007 Nottinghamshire County Council
- 2006 Manchester Fayre
- 2005 Cardiff Catering
- 2004 North Tyneside
- 2003 AVF Marketing and Indzine
- 2002 Knowsley Contract Services
- 2001 Shire Catering
- 2000 Manchester Fayre
- 1999 Rhondda, Cynon and Taff County Borough
- 1998 Bolton Metro Commercial Services
- 1997 Salford Citywide Services
LACA Outstanding Supplier of the Year Award
- 2008 The UK Foodhall
- 2007 E & R Moffat
- 2006 RHM Foodservice
- 2005 Pure Organics
- 2004 Green Gourmet and Natural Soft Drinks
- 2003 Roger Kellow
Previous Years' Categories:
General Catering Team of the Year
- 2005 Woodlands Secondary School, Luton BC Catering
- 2004 Service Direct Team for Durham County Council
- 2003 Stockport School Meals
Roger Davis Personality of the Year
- 2002 Richard Ware, London Borough of Havering
- 2001 Kathleen Jones, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- 2000 Ann Escritt, Sunderland City Council
- 1999 Anita Brown, Stockton on Tees Borough Council
- 1998 Sheena Lennie, North Tyneside Council
Nan Berger Award (for published writing)
- 2002 LACA Member Services Group
- Comprising Bob Heaton, Richard Ware, Godfrey Hedley and Ferri Fassihi
- 2001 Arnold Fewell, AVF Marketing
- 2000 Anne Gilmore, South Eastern Education & Library Board
- 1999 Pat Fellows, Patricia Fellows Consultancy
Region of the Year Award
- 2002 London & South East Region
- 2001 Welsh Region
- 2000 West Midlands Region
- 1999 South West Region
- 1998 North & Scotland Region
- 1997 South West Region
Caterer of the Year Award
- 2002 Tremains Junior School Bridgend, South Wales
- 2001 Heather Sargeant, North Tyneside
- 2000 Bridget Harrington, Lindisfarne Middle School, Northumberland
- 1999 Hazel Hall,Appleby School, Cumbria
- 1998 Sandra Carpenter, Magna Carta School, Surrey
- 1997 Rosemarie Palmer, Woodlands School, Basildon
Most Promising Newcomer Award
- 2001 Fhiona Whyte Montifieth High School, Tayside
- 2000 Mara Dennis, Middlesborough
- 1999 Mark Thomas, Oxfordshire County Council
- 1998 Heather McGilloway, Cumbria
- 1997 Stephanie Spratt, Catering Manager, St Bede's Secondary School, Redhill
