Cateys 2026 shortlist revealed

The Cateys 2026 shortlist

 

Best Marketing Campaign Award

• Feast Events
• Harbour Hotels
• The Ned, London
• Thomas Franks
• Vivat Bacchus
• Watergate Bay Hotel, Cornwall

 

Best Use of Technology Award

• Canopy by Hilton London City
• Mitchells & Butlers
• Point A Hotels
• Village Hotel Club

 

Chef Award

Sponsored by Brakes

• Tommy Banks, the Black Swan and Jeopardy Hospitality
• Nieves Barragán Mohacho, Sabor and Legado
• Adam Byatt, Trinity
• Spencer Metzger, Row on 5
• John Williams, the Ritz London

 

Education and Training Award

• Andy Mackenzie, Exclusive Chefs’ Academy
• Mathew Shropshall, College of Food, University College Birmingham
• Neil Rippington, Royal Academy of Culinary Arts
• Sam Marshall-Davies, MCFT
• Sonia Phelps, Thomas Franks

 

Foodservice Caterer Award

Sponsored by Booker

• Simon Houston and Dave Hawkes, Houston & Hawkes
• Helen Milligan-Smith, Aramark
• John Nugent, Green & Fortune

 

Health and Nutrition Award

• Caterlink Nutrition Team, Caterlink
• Eurest at Jaguar Land Rover
• Jody Marshall, Meallmore

 

Hotel of the Year – Group 

• Galgorm Collection
• Kimpton Fitzroy London
• The Montague on the Gardens, London
• The Savoy, London

 

Hotel of the Year – Independent

• The Belfry Hotel & Resort, Sutton Coldfield
• The Grand, York
• The Tawny, Stoke-on-Trent
• Watergate Bay Hotel, Cornwall

 

Manager of the Year Award

• Richard Chiswell, the Evolv Collection
• Seamus Coen, Rusacks St Andrews
• Jennifer McCabe, art’otel London Battersea Power Station
• Zin Thet, Kimpton Fitzroy London
• Matt Townley, Dakota Hotels

 

Newcomer of the Year Award

Sponsored by Tiptree

• Barry Fish, Edinburgh
• The Clover Club, Newquay
• Hansom Restaurant, North Yorkshire
• Hyll, Chipping Camden
• Moss, Edinburgh
• Nàdair, Edinburgh

 

Pastry Chef of the Year Award

Sponsored by CH&Co

• Andrew Gravett, the Langham London
• Nicolas Houchet, the Savoy, London
• Ross Sneddon, the Balmoral, Edinburgh, and Brown’s hotel, London

 

Pub and Bar Award

• The Beckford Group
• Chestnut
• The Mutton at Hazeley Heath, North Hampshire
• Roxy Leisure
• The Tartan Fox, Cornwall

 

Public Sector Caterer Award

Sponsored by Bidfood

• ESS
• Julian Fris, Neller Davies
• Gill Heath, Caterplus
• Olive Dining
• Sodexo, HMP Northumberland

 

Restaurateur of the Year – Group

• Tom Byng, Flat Iron
• Marcello Distefano, San Carlo Restaurant Group
• Alex Large and Tasos Gaitanos, Brother Marcus

 

Restaurateur of the Year – Independent

Sponsored by Winterhalter

• Matt and George Adams, the Hut, Isle of Wight
• Paul and Emma Ainsworth, the Ainsworth Collection
• Tommy Banks, James Banks and Matt Lockwood, Tommy Banks Group and Jeopardy Hospitality
• Alice Bussi and Allister Barsby, Hide and Fox, Hythe
• Liam Dillon, the Boat, Lichfield
• Josh and Holly Eggleton, the Pony Chew Valley, Bristol
• Markus Thesleff, Thesleff Group

 

Sustainable Business Award

Sponsored by Unox

• Houston & Hawkes
• Levy UK & Ireland
• The catering team, Liverpool FC
• Montcalm Collection
• Royal Lancaster London
• The catering team, the University Of Manchester

 

Sustainable Business Award (SME)

Sponsored by Foster Refrigeration

• Ardent Pub Group
• Catch at The Old Fish Market, Weymouth
• Eden Caterers
• SeaSpace, Cornwall
• The Torridon, Wester Ross

 

Wine and Spirit Ambassador Award

• Rudina Arapi, London Hilton on Park Lane
• Kelly Bishop, Manchester Wine Tours
• Sunny Hodge, Diogenes the Dog and aspen & Meursault
• Richard Lockstone, Hotel du Vin and Malmaison

 

This Is Hospitality Award

• Celtic Manor Resort, Newport
• Green & Fortune
• Mollie’s
• The Pony Chew Valley
• The Selkie, Dundee
• Vacherin

This new award for 2026 recognises businesses that have gone the extra mile for their community and demonstrated the enormous positive impact that hospitality can have on people’s lives. In a first for the Cateys, the winner of the This is Hospitality Award will be decided by an industry vote.

 

Read more about what these companies have achieved and cast your vote now.

 

Menu of the Year Award – the shortlist for this award will be revealed in May

 

Best Employer Award – the shortlist for this award will be revealed at the People Summit on 15 May

 

There is no shortlist for the International Outstanding Achievement Award, the Special Award, sponsored by Compass, or the Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Square.

 

The Caterer would like to thank all those who sponsor the awards. The wine sponsor is Matthew Clark, the non-alcoholic beer partner is Unltd Beer, and the water sponsor is Wenlock Spring. The supporting partners are Caterer.com, Montgomery Events, Sky Business, Taylors of Harrogate and Venners.