The 2023 NACC Awards will be handed out during the dinner at the National Training & Development Forum at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham on 5th October 2023. The Award categories include:
Care Establishment of the Year Award: The award will be presented to a Day Care Unit or Residential Care Establishment who have demonstrated over the past year their meals and beverages deliver choice, meet the dietary and nutritional needs of individuals and ensures that the dining environment and the standards provided improve the experience and outcomes for the service users throughout the day.
Meals on Wheels Award: The award will be presented to anyone who provides a meals on wheels service. This may be related to any events or initiatives whilst delivering the meals on wheels service during the past year.
Catering Team of the Year Award: The award will be presented to the catering team who has shown outstanding achievement in their field in the past year.
Catering Manager of the Year Award: The award will be presented to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities in the past year; they will have positively empowered both colleagues and customers and will be able to demonstrate tangible improvements to the benefit of the commercial operation and the customer.
Our Care Catering Hero Award: This individual needs to demonstrate how they have gone above and beyond their regular day duties to ensure and enrich the experience of the people or persons that they either work with or provide a service to in a person centered way.
Region of the Year: Nominations for this award should be submitted by the regional committee and are required to demonstrate the successful operation of the region throughout the year.
The Bev Puxley Award: The recipient would be an influential and motivated care chef who cares about the food they deliver to residents and is looking to succeed, achieve and expand their skills and knowledge with others in care catering.
Pam Rhodes Outstanding Achievement Award (no nominations required): The recipient will have demonstrated exceptional standards of care, compassion and professionalism and have gained the respect and admiration of their colleagues and the wider industry. The award is made at the discretion of the NACC National Executive Committee.
The National Chair’s Award (no nominations required): This award is presented without specific criteria or independent judging, the National Chair’s Award is the gift of the Chair and is awarded to an organisation or individual who, in the opinion of the Chair has displayed an exceptional commitment over a number of years, or made an outstanding individual contribution to the National Association of Care Catering.
For more information and to download the entry form, visit here.