They are to provide staff catering for energy company SSE and the visitor and staff dining, hospitality and vending at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
The SSE contract represents Host’s largest contract to date, covering 14 sites in the UK and Ireland. The five-year deal has a £20m turnover.
The £10m, five-year joint venture with Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust will see Host charged with providing an improved catering service for both hospital staff and visitors including a 60-
seat public restaurant and coffee shop, new staff restaurant and the development of a central production kitchen.
The Trust’s hospitality and client entertaining will be rebranded under Host’s Couture brand, which Host chief executive Bill Toner said would be offering ‘top-end hospitality’.
Added Toner: “We are delighted to have been awarded these two prestigious contracts and we’re very much look forward to working with SSE and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
“Host is now competing successfully against the biggest names in the business. We have invested heavily in our systems and infrastructure over the past 12 months which has given us the ability to operate across the UK and, for the first time, in Ireland.
“But our focus is still very much on working closely with our clients to offer a quality catering service based on freshly-cooked, locally sourced food.”
The Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust represents Host’s second NHS contract. Earlier this year the company won a £5m deal with NHS Blood and Transplant.
Host recently delivered its 2012 annual results which showed turnover up 35% to nearly £21m. The company is on target to achieve £30m turnover by the end of 2013.