Acorn Awards
The 2004 Acorn Awards attracted more than 180 nominations for the 30 accolades on offer. We received entries from across the board, encompassing independent restaurants, chain restaurants, hotels, contract caterers, pubs and colleges. Eleven women and 19 men eventually became winners - so this year the girls have some catching up to do.
2005 will be the 19th year of Caterer's Acorn Awards, awards that personify everything that is good about our industry. They recognise 30 people under 30 who exemplify all the best characteristics of hospitality - high achievers who have continued to exceed expectations. The venue is fixed at the Four Seasons hotel, Canary Wharf, and there is sure to be some fierce competition.
The judging panel will set the tone and are themselves a team of role models. They are: Nicola Carter, sales and marketing co-ordinator, Mymarket (and a 2004 Acorn winner); Karen Earp, general manager, Four Seasons hotel, Canary Wharf; Terence Haynes, president and chief operating officer of McDonald's Restaurants; James Horler, chief executive, La Tasca Restaurants; Calum Ross, managing director of Acorn Awards sponsor Unilever Foodsolutions UK; Rebecca Thomas, managing director, ISS Eaton; Brian Turner, chef-restaurateur, Brian Turner Mayfair; Bill Vickers, marketing and food services director, Compass Group; and Sean Wheeler, human resources manager, Mitchells & Butlers (also an Acorn winner and member of the Acorn Club).
So once again, with the continued support of Unilever Foodsolutions, we embark on a journey of discovery to find the ambassadors of the future.
The nomination form is over the page, so help us by nominating the industry's future leaders. The winners' weekend will involve a series of interesting challenges to test their endurance.
Kirstie Groves, human resources executive, All Leisure (the sports and leisure division of Compass Group)
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