Welcome to the summer edition of Coretalk

We’ve plenty to celebrate as the healthyliving award passes its fourth anniversary! With more than 1000 awards presented over the last four years, the award continues to go from strength to strength.

Read about our recent award ceremony where we presented the latest certificates, and also how one of our award holders triumphed at the Catering in Scotland Excellence awards.

In this issue you can get a flavour of the range and diversity of some of our award holding establishments, with news of a bus depot, a programme of cookery classes and fine dining at heritage venues.

Caterers and other professionals working in the food industry and health sectors are invited to join the Food & Health Alliance, and you can read more about membership in this issue.

And for a taste of summer holidays, give our recipe for Fish Catalan a try.

What’s cooking?

Congratulating our latest award winners

Caterers from more than 150 establishments came together in June to celebrate their success at our latest award ceremony. The event was held at the Beardmore Conference Centre in Clydebank, where certificates were presented to the award winners by Yvonne Traynor, Acting Project Manager for the healthyliving award.

Yvonne commented: “The level of commitment shown by these award winners in producing healthy food is exemplary and they have set an industry benchmark which all organisations should strive to attain.”

Some of our award winning caterers

“They are helping their customers to make informed choices by making healthier options widely available and are playing their part in improving the diet of people across Scotland.”

Once again a diverse range of establishments was represented at the award ceremony, from a mobile soup kitchen, a juice bar and a farmhouse guest house to large workplace restaurants, hospitals, colleges and universities.

As well as first-time award winners, many of the caterers were there to receive a renewal certificate, having been successfully re-assessed following the completion of their first two-year term as award holders.

And special mention went to Sodexo at Strathallan School for their achievement of the healthyliving award plus.

Celebrating success at the CIS Excellence Awards

Host Heather Suttie; David Hunt, Lorna McFarlane and
David Pease of Inspire Catering; and Yvonne Traynor.

The winners of the Catering in Scotland Excellence awards were announced at a glittering event at Glasgow’s Hilton Hotel in May.

Inspire Catering were thrilled to be judged the winners of the Healthier Scotland category, jointly sponsored by the healthyliving award and Healthier Scotland

The award recognised individuals or organisations which have made an outstanding contribution to supporting and promoting healthier eating, and for making it easier for people to eat healthily.

David Pease of Inspire Catering said: “We are delighted to accept this award on behalf of the Inspire Catering team, who have enthusiastically embraced our commitment to influence the health and well being of the customers who enjoy our catering services, by providing healthy, nutritious and tasty meals every day.”

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issue fifteen:
August 2010
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