Sponsors
Caterer and Hotelkeeper would like to thank our 2010 sponsors
Hotel of the Year – Independent
Sponsored by 
Celebrating 50 years since we were founded, Colliers Robert Barry is still the only true specialist within the hotel industry dealing exclusively with valuations, operational advice, management contracts and agency sales of hotels. With a network of offices throughout the UK, we are part of the multi-million pound Colliers International global property family with offices in over 50 countries worldwide. However, our core business remains the UK’s private hotel market, and as such, it is entirely appropriate that we are proud to continue as sponsors of the Catey Independent Hotel of the Year Award in 2010.
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Sustainable Business Award
Sponsored by 
Nestlé Professional®, part of Nestlé® SA, is responding to the sustainability challenge. All Nestlé businesses have a clear Sustainability Strategy. In the UK, it focuses on short and long term priorities across core areas including water, waste and energy, packaging, sourcing, nutrition, health and wellness and marketing and consumer information. Recognising this commitment, the Nestlé UK businesses received Gold in the 2008 Business in the Environment Index, and a Big Tick in 2008 and 2009 for eco-efficiency measures implemented across the business.
Globally, Nestlé® is one of only two food industry companies to retain SAM Gold Class Members in the SAM / Pricewaterhouse Coopers / Dow Jones Sustainability Index. To find out more click here.
Manager of the Year Award
Sponsored by
Dudson manufactures ceramic tableware products exclusively for the hospitality market and remain a privately owned family business, the oldest in the UK tableware industry.
Building on their industry expertise of over 110 years Dudson are now associated with two well respected brands who also share the same passion for product quality and innovation.
With the addition of Dartington Crystal and Sola Switzerland, Dudson now offer, to the hospitality industry, high quality crystal glassware and premium manufactured cutlery in cutting edge designs.
A leading manufacturer and distributor of hotel tableware Dudson export over 70% of production to over 100 countries worldwide.
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Public Sector Caterer Award
Sponsored by 
As sponsor of The Public Sector Caterer Award, we recognise the challenges facing our customers and applaud the results achieved!
It's a tough market and apetito has built its business by understanding the constraints, needs and aspirations of the public sector. We know that caterers have to deliver taste, quality and nutrition within budget and against consumer expectation and government guidelines.
That's why we work in partnership, offering menu development, our people, our technology, our bespoke systems and equipment to help find the right solution. Everything we develop, from a nutritionally balanced meal, the apetito Chefmobil, apetito Nutridata software or our apetito foodsafe + system is planned with end users in mind.
So, whether you need one piece of the jigsaw or an entire solution, look us up. To find out more click here
Restaurateur of the Year - Group
Sponsored by 
Bunzl Catering and Hospitality Division are the UK's leading suppliers of disposables, equipment and guest amenities to all sectors of the catering and hospitality industry. The businesses form an extensive nationwide distribution network and provide the most comprehensive one stop shop in the marketplace. They incorporate Bunzl Catering Supplies, Bunzl Lockhart Catering Equipment, Continental Chef Supplies, WK Thomas, Bunzl Guest Amenities, together with Buwier luxury guest amenities and Thomson Medd Christmas.
The businesses offer the largest range of light and heavy catering equipment for front and back of house - everything from catering disposables, hygiene paper, cleaning and janitorial products, to in-room guest amenities, speciality festive products and a full design service that includes planning, construction and installation. To find out more click here
Restaurateur of the Year – Independent
Sponsored by 
Brakes has been successfully serving caterers for over 50 years and our customers have made us the largest and most well known foodservice provider in the UK.
The Group comprises a family of specialist businesses, which are able to deliver everything the caterer needs. Our customers tell us we offer them ‘total peace of mind’. They know they can always rely on us to provide a vast range of quality products and services, which are constantly updated with new and fresh ideas and all designed specifically for foodservice.
Our customers also know that every product ordered from us comes with the assurance of complete traceability throughout the supply chain and an unquestionable integrity in its sourcing or manufacture.
We provide a professional and friendly regional service, supported by a national network of depots, which ensures we offer an exceptional and individual service to each and every one of our customers.
The Brakes Group is committed to reducing the environmental impact the business has on both the communities we serve and the country as a whole this is underpinned by our ISO14001 accreditation. To find out more click here
Menu of the Year
Sponsored by 
Premier Foods, the makers of such well known brands as Quorn, Bisto, McDougalls, Sharwoods, Birds, Homepride & Loyd Grossman, is proud to sponsor the Menu of the Year Catey.
The industry holds this award in very high esteem, as the development of a creative and innovative menu involves true skill, talent and passion and, ultimately, it is this that sets an establishment apart from the competition.
Taking recipes and ideas and doing things differently is something the people at Premier Foods know plenty about and we look forward to celebrating the creativity of this year's finalists. To find out more click here
Newcomer Award
Sponsored by 
Established in 1935, Christie + Co is the leading provider of transactional, professional and advisory services to the hospitality industry. Employing more than 250 specialists, the company operates from 25 offices across the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Finland. Christie + Co has supported the Cateys since their inception in 1984 and it is particularly fitting for the company to sponsor the Newcomer Award. Over the years, Christie + Co has helped thousands of newcomers to the hospitality industry realise their dreams of owning a business. Through its sponsorship of the Cateys Newcomer award, Christie + Co is pleased to help recognise new talent and celebrate success. To find out more click here
Food Service Caterer Award
Sponsored by 
Creating more moments of pleasure, Cadbury is proud to be supporting the Cateys for 2010 and to be sponsoring the Food Service Caterer Award.
Cadbury has a strong heritage with development at our core. We challenge ourselves to be bigger and better in all we do and as the UK's number one confectionery manufacturer, we are proud to sponsor the prestigious Cateys awards to reward those within foodservice who have demonstrated great success. We would like to wish all entrants for the Cateys Awards 2010 the best of luck! To find out more click here
Chef Award
Sponsored by Fairy Expert
As a long-term sponsor of the Catey Chef Award we welcome the opportunity to recognise and reward the talents of truly great chefs in our industry. Shortlisted nominations for the Catey Chef Award are judged by industry peers and winning the Chef Award is a great accolade and always comes as the result of hard work, intense effort and dedication to their craft and sharing that craft to further develop the industry.
We understand how important a clean environment is to the smooth running of a kitchen. To help chefs and their brigades deliver exceptional food whatever style of restaurant we developed the Fairy Expert range to give exceptional cleaning results in all commercial kitchens.
Find out more about P&G Professional, the out of home division of Procter & Gamble and the makers of Fairy Expert at www.pgprof.com. To find out more click here
Special Award
Sponsored by
Filmbank supplies Hollywood movies to hotels internationally only 10-12 weeks after cinema release. Hotel rooms can be the first place guests see the film if they have missed it in the cinema.
Movies are an ideal platform for hotels to create entertainment packages for their guests and align themselves with the most powerful and influential consumer brand - Hollywood. Filmbank are keen to work with front-of-house teams to incentivise them to promote these packages to guests.
Filmbank, owned by Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures, represents these and other leading Hollywood and independent film studios, working with hotel groups to deliver and promote exceptional in-room entertainment. To find out more click here
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sponsored by 
Heinz Foodservice is proud to once again sponsor the Cateys Lifetime Achievement Award, recognising an individual who has shown unfaltering commitment to the industry in their career.
With an iconic portfolio of products including Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Heinz Beanz and Heinz Classic Soups the much-loved, trusted brand is about to launch its biggest combined retail and foodservice marketing campaign in five years.
‘It has to be Heinz’ will build on the deep connection which the Heinz brand holds with consumers and the fact that some things just ‘have to be’.
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Education and Training Award
Sponsored by 
The Institute of Hospitality has been uniting professionals, promoting excellence and facilitating learning for more than 70 years. With an extensive network of members in the UK, and in more than 100 countries worldwide, the Institute offers support to hospitality professionals throughout their careers. Its main aim is "to promote the highest professional standards of management and education in the international hospitality, leisure and tourism industries.” By helping to grow talent and accelerate professional development, the Institute provides a respected interface between education and industry. It achieves this through its vocational qualifications focused specifically on leadership and management for the industry, supported by a wide array of exclusive information resources.
Once again, the Institute is delighted to be demonstrating its ongoing commitment to professional development and raising standards by sponsoring the Education and Training Award. To find out more click here
