John Howarth from contract caterer CH&Co won the Apprentice Chef Award. Howarth has gained experience working at a number of the company’s units.
The winner of the Honorary Award was named as Phil Hooper, who worked at Sodexo for 40 years before stepping down from his position of brand communication director last year.
The awards will recognise and reward leading talent in the hospitality industry.
The full list of nominations is a follows:
Apprentice Chef Award
The Kitchen and Pastry heats took place at the University of West London and University College Birmingham under the watchful eye of industry experts, led by Chair of Examiners, Russell Bateman.
An audience of 800 industry luminaries saw the likes of the Galvin Brothers, Chris and Jeff, who were awarded the Special Award and Sodexo’s Gareth Billington who was named the People’s Choice.