Giles Conroy, Sunrise Senior Living; Malcolm Shipton, Wrenhall Nursing Home; Mike Baker, Random Light; Stephanie Steel, Coed Du Hall; and Suzanne Corless, Random Light will compete for the title on
The Forum, which takes place at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham on 5-7 October, will discuss the latest issues affecting the care catering sector.
Sunrise, which acquired Gracewell in 2014, have committed all 45 of their UK-wide care homes to membership of the NACC, a body that champions high quality care catering in the UK.
To enter the UFS challenge, launched in association with NAPA (National Association of Activity Providers), care homes need to create a birthday cake based on one of their resident’s favourite roya
The 21 year old started his career as a chef five years ago working his way up from kitchen porter at his local restaurant. Before joining Signature he worked as a sous chef in a gastro pub.
The toolkit provides ten nutritional guidelines focusing on food, service and environment and will be rolled out to over 60 care homes and hospitals throughout the business.
The social care provider to the Jewish community developed the range in response to an increase in client needs across its care homes.
The event was organised by Unilever Food Solutions as part of Admiral Court’s prize for winning the Gingerbread Challenge earlier this year.
Neel Radia, national chair, NACC, said: “Catering within the care sector requires specialised and crucial knowledge and skills.
The guide replaces the eatwell plate and has been refreshed to reflect updated dietary recommendations, including those on sugar, fibre and starchy carbohydrates from the Scientific Advisory Commit