A sell-out audience of 550 people from across the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry attended the Springboard Awards for Excellence 2010 at the beautiful Lancaster London last night (29 November 2010).
Hosted and presented by the acclaimed duo, Anne Pierce, Chief Executive of Springboard UK and The Springboard Charity, and Ambassador and Taittinger Champagne Family Representative Justin Llewelyn.
Dale Parmenter and the award winning drp group scooped the evening's top award - the Chris Beaumont Special Award for their magnificent and sustained support for the Springboard Charity over the last five years staging the production of all of the major events and helping to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for the Charity. Sodexo and the Hilton Metropole Birmingham scooped up five awards between them while BaxterStorey, Charles Wells Brewery, The Savoy Society and PGL Travel ltd were among the other worthy winners.
The standard of this year's entries was again at an all time high. Anne Pierce, said, "The Springboard Awards for Excellence truly celebrate exceptional initiatives to promote careers, attract talent and deliver best employment practices.
At a time when everyone is facing increasing challenges, awards like ours become ever important to reward hard work, increase morale and celebrate achievement - it costs nothing to enter but the value in getting short-listed, achieving a commendation or winning an award is immense for everyone involved.
All of our entrants, short-listed and highly commended, should be very proud of themselves and what they have achieved. They truly are amazing!"
The award winners on the night are listed below:
In this industry, we look out for each other. That’s what being a chef is all about - shared graft, shared passion, shared success. And for the past 17 years, The Staff Canteen has been your space to connect, to learn, to be inspired - a tribe built by chefs, for chefs.
• 5,000+ recipes to sharpen your skills.
• 2,000+ videos to fuel your creativity.
• 1,000+ features sharing the real stories of this industry.
• Daily industry news as it happens.
• Hospitality’s largest social media platform - connecting over 560,000 followers worldwide.
We know times are tough, and every kitchen’s feeling it. But if we stand together, we’ll get through it - and we’ll come out stronger.
Think of it as buying the community a coffee - just £3 to keep us going.
Your support keeps this space free, independent, and dedicated entirely to you and your industry. Together, we can keep inspiring chefs everywhere.
Chip in £3, drive us forward, and keep the community strong. Thank you.
We’re in this together. And together, we move forward.
