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From pizza places to prisons – all sorts of establishments are going for the healthyliving award, and you can read about some of them in this issue.

Looking at the wider aspects of food and health, you can read about a network of professionals, patients and the public who are taking action towards cancer prevention. A new report on portion sizes from food and grocery experts IGD also makes interesting reading.

As we plan our annual presentation ceremony for new award winners, we are not forgetting the commitment and loyalty of our longer term award holders.

Moving into winter, our featured recipe is for a hearty meatball dish – ideal for the colder days ahead.

And don’t forget about all the healthyliving award posters and resources that are available – our Tasty Morsels article reminds you how to use these to best advantage.

What’s cooking?

Honouring our long-term award holders

Lynn McBride,
Sodexo Business Manager at OKI

Here at the healthyliving award one of the best parts of our job is when we are able to congratulate caterers on achieving the award. Even better is when that caterer has shown their long-term commitment by renewing their award for the second, third or even fourth time.

Recently we were delighted when OKI in Cumbernauld became the first site to achieve the award for a fourth 2-year term. Sodexo Business Manager at the site, Lynn McBride, has been involved with the award from the very start back in 2006.

Lynn told us: “Our canteen at OKI is seen as a flagship site for Sodexo so we were keen to lead the way by becoming one of the first premises in Scotland to achieve the healthyliving award.”

Hot on the heels of Lynn and her team are over 120 establishments of all kinds who have gained the award for a third or fourth time.

Stepping up a gear, the healthyliving award plus offers an even greater level of recognition to caterers who have shown they want to do even more to provide and support healthy eating.

Plus award holders are also showing their long-term commitment, with more than 20 sites now having achieved the higher level award for a second time. First to do so was the Auchterderran Centre in Fife, followed shortly afterwards by Ailsa Courtyard Restaurant at Ailsa Hospital in Ayr.

Our forthcoming award ceremony will celebrate the achievements of all our award holders, although regretfully, because of the numbers involved, we can’t invite all award winners every year.

All caterers who have achieved the award for the first time will have received an invitation to the ceremony on 20 November, as well as all those who have gained the plus award during the past year.

The award ceremony is always a highlight of the calendar, and a chance to gather together to congratulate our latest award holders. This year we will also be making a special effort to honour those who have shown their loyalty to the award.  Their commitment will be an inspiration to the new award holders who will be receiving their certificates on the day.

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issue twenty-four:
November 2012
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