The 2026 Public Sector Catering Awards recognise the people who continue to help feed the nation healthy and sustainable meals across the entire sector. On the awards night, 18 awards will be given out as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Public Sector Catering Lifetime Achievement Award is in the gift of the judges, who have the opportunity to acknowledge outstanding, long-term and dedicated contribution to the industry.
Previous winners have included Phil Shelley, Neil Porter, Sue Cawthray, Andy Jones, Owen Sidaway and Jeanette Orrey. To find out who wins this prestigious accolade, book your place at the PSC Awards.
The Public Sector Catering Awards sponsors are apetito, Cereal Partners, Essential Cuisine, Rational, Wafflemeister, Middleton Foods, Brakes, the Public Sector Catering Alliance, Premier Foods Foodservice, Bidfood and TUCO.
The shortlisted finalists for the PSC Awards include:
Hospital Catering Award
- Catering Department - Stepping Hill Hospital
- Francesco Fiore - Milton Keynes University Hospital
- Hampshire Hospitals Head Chefs
- Nedko Rusev - Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust
- Raouf Mansour - Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals
- RFL Property Service
Catering College Award
- Graham Taylor - Cambridge Regional College
- Paul Carne - Exeter College
Health and Nutrition Award
- Catering Team - East Renfrewshire Council
- Education Catering - Cardiff Council
- Health & Independent Living Support
- Jody Marshall - Meallmore
- Valentina de Pascale - Palmer & Howells
University Catering Award
- UAL/Baxter Storey
- Chartwells/Uni of Sussex
- Harper Adams
- Uni of Chester
- Loughborough Uni
- Uni of Brighton
Marketing Award
- Love British Food
- Aramark
- Elygra/Knowsley
- LSE
- Juniper
- Signature
- HCL
- ISS