Industry

The 2025 Public Sector Catering Awards, which took place on 24th April at the London Hilton Metropole, recognised 19 award winners including Phil Shelley who won the Lifetime Achievement Award for his service to the hospital catering industry.

Phil’s energy, enthusiasm, drive and readiness to embrace new ideas have been the hallmarks of a very successful career. A close colleague describes the impact Phil has had as ‘giving NHS chefs the chance to shine, and proudly show the world what they can do’.

Soil Association's Cool Food Pro, a free to use carbon calculator, is celebrating a year of climate-friendly catering in collaboration with Deloitte to work towards their mutual ambition to achieve net zero.

Over 1,100 cooks, chefs and caterers working in food service have now signed up to use the calculator, helping them slash their carbon emissions in a variety of settings, from schools to professional kitchens. Since the collaboration began, the calculator has recorded the following savings:

As part of its new spring and summer menu launch, Apetito has furthered its range of specialist nutrition through employing ‘cutting-edge’ technology to elevate its Level 4 purée fish and chips for patients.

In its latest development in dysphagia-friendly dining, the healthcare meals provider has utilised an ‘innovative’ dual-layer mould to heighten the visual appearance of the customer-favourite dish and improve the overall mealtime experience for those living with swallowing difficulties.

Recognising the need to provide both its members and the industry at large with accessible information on this subject, Foodservice Equipment Association (FEA) is launching an Embodied Carbon Hub.

The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW), a global measure of company performance on farm animal welfare, has named Premier Foods among its top global performers.

Premier Foods is one of four firms recognised with ‘Tier 2’ status, the highest ranking of all companies included in the benchmark. It joins M&S and Waitrose in achieving the accolade for the second year running.

A new commitment to British food and farming was unveiled at the University of Warwick as the Love British Food pledge made its debut at the TUCO Competitions event.

Alexia Robinson, founder of Love British Food, joined forces with Tim Radcliffe from NHS England to create the initiative that calls on industry influencers and the media to publicly pledge their support for homegrown food and farming.