MIDAS awards 2015 winners include Elior, ASK, and Chimichanga
The winners of the MIDAS (the Menu Innovation and Development Awards) 2015 have been announced, from companies across hospitality and foodservice.
The 22 awards categories seek to recognise high standards and innovation across the UK foodservice, pub, bar, and restaurant sectors.
Foodservice companies to have picked up a gong include Elior UK (Workplace, for creating great impressions), and Aramark for the University of Westminster (Fairtrade), while the winning restaurant groups included Chimichanga (Casual Dining Restaurant), Wagamama (Asian Casual Dining), and TRG for Frankie & Benny's (Dessert).
Other hospitality groups to be recognised included Mitchells & Butlers for Toby Carvery (Family Dining), KFC for its pulled chicken (New Menu Item), and Whitbread Restaurants for its Chef's Counter (New Pub Concept).
Successful pub firms named included Greene King (Branded Pub Restaurant, Eating Inn), JD Wetherspoon (Town & City Pub), and the Stonegate Pub Company for Surburban (Neighbourhood Pub).
ASK Italian also picked up an award for Mediterranean Casual Dining, as did the New Inventive Leisure Company for Revolution Bar, for City Bar Dining.
Commenting on Elior UK's award win for best Workplace, thanks to its "creating great impressions" initiative, development chef Stuart Nisbet said: "It's an honour and a pleasure to receive this respected award. We're continually striving to deliver innovative and interesting concepts to our clients."
FULL LIST OF WINNERS
- Asian Casual Dining - Wagamama
- Branded Pub Restaurant - Greene King
- Breakfast - Morrisons Café
- Casual Dining Restaurant - Chimichanga
- City Bar Dining - The New Inventive Leisure Company
- Coffee Shop - Harris & Hoole
- Dessert - TRG for Frankie & Benny's
- Fairtrade - Aramark for the University of Westminster
- Family Dining - Mitchells & Butlers for Toby Carvery
- In Store Restaurant - Tesco Family Dining for New Café
- Kids Menu - Spirit Pub Company for Fayre & Square
- Leisure - P&O Ferries
- Mediterranean Casual Dining - ASK Italian
- Neighbourhood Pub - Stonegate Pub Company for Suburban
- New/LTO Menu Item - KFC for pulled chicken
- New Pub Concept - Whitbread Restaurants for Chef's Counter
- New Restaurant Concept - Wyvale Garden Centres for Coffee Ground
- Premium Pub Dining - Mitchells & Butlers for Premium Country Pubs
- Sandwich/QSR - Pret A Manger
- Town & City Pub - JD Wetherspoon
- Value Pub Restaurant - Marston's for Urban Community
- Workplace - Elior for Creating Great Impressions
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