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Contract Catering Awards interview

Matt Lord of ESS on winning our 2025 Development Chef of the Year Award.

Focus: Top dogs!

Craig Young, on trade sales director for BrewDog, tells us about the brewer’s incredible new offer at the iconic Lord’s cricket stadium.

Industry expert: Sports report

Matt Luscombe, chief executive officer of Freemans Event Partners, presents a half-time bulletin on the events and stadia catering market.

Contract Catering Awards interview

Director of CSR and food strategy Charlotte Wright on Elior UK’s win in the 2025 CSR category.

UKHospitality: A mixed bag

Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, reflects on the government’s recent spending review.

Opinion: The sustainability shift

Matt Ephgrave, managing director of Just Eat for Business, explains why catering to employee values matters now more than ever.

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Wells joins Phat Pasty

The Phat Pasty Co has appointed Matt Wells as sales director.

Toque d’Or winners enjoy Italian experience

The 2025 Nestlé Professional Toque d’Or winners have urged operators to nurture young talent and create better career opportunities in hospitality.

Gold Service Scholarship appoints O’Leary

The Gold Service Scholarship has announced the appointment of Conor O’Leary, group managing director of Gleneagles and Estelle Manor, to its board of trustees.

Ricketts promoted at Eurest

Alex Ricketts has been appointed as the new local accounts managing director for Eurest after 15 years with the wider Compass Group UK and Ireland business.

Japanese concept wins Lexington casual dining comp

The final of Lexington Catering’s recent Casual Dining competition crowned the Kana Kana concept the winner, celebrating the flavours of Japanese street food and home cooking.

Regale’s Bray passes away

It is with much sadness that we report that Patrick Leon Bray, chief executive officer and joint founder of Regale, passed away last week aged 85.

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MAGAZINE

You can certainly tell when autumn is approaching when you work in this industry. As soon as the sunshine season starts receding, your inbox suddenly becomes inundated with invites and offers to attend all sorts of intriguing events and launches.

Just take this issue as an example, as we have previews of not one but two huge shows that are looming on the horizon. The H2O team will be out in force at both lunch! (see page 43) and UCFF (page 44), so keep an eye out for us if you are in attendance and do say hi.

Then comes the main event – the eighth incarnation of our annual StrEATfood Awards! As you can see from the page opposite, we are about to take on the tough task of paring the long (long) list of entries down to the final 16 who will be competing at Big Penny Social in north London on 8^th October.

The good news is that, once selected, you could be there to cheer them all on. Go to streatfoodawards.co.uk now if you happen to be a fan of supporting the industry, supping free booze and, of course, scoffing free street food!