Other winners on the night included Neel Radia, chair of the National Association of Care Catering, who took home the Public Sector Award.
The deal will see Anglia Crown continue to supply meals to more than 20 ISS Healthcare operated sites across the country, including Kingston Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich.
Premier found that only 46% of patients, 46% of visitors and 43% of employees have positive views of hospital food.
McKenzie succeeds Phil Shelley who has been national chair of the organisation since April 2015.
Industry leaders are being invited to attend the first meeting, which will be held at the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) forum in Belfast from April 6th-7th.
The report criticises ‘a subset of hospitals that perform poorly in almost every measure’, notes that most do so in some areas, and puts much of the blame on the lack of legal standards for hospita
As part of a ten year partnership, an investment of £550,000 will be used to extend the main hospital building.
HCA chair Phil Shelley, and Food for Life director James Cashmore, signed the agreement as part of the HCA’s commitment to working with other trade organisations.
The fresh meals and good food served at the hospital’s Ingleton Fall Restaurant and Café Qualita coffee shop upgraded the award to Silver, having been accredited Bronze last year.
This introduction of this support follows on from the roll out of the company’s Dignified Dining toolkit last year with the Alzheimer’s Society, which aimed to provide patients with tailored nutrit