Public Sector Catering will announce the 19 category winners on Thursday 24th April during an awards ceremony at Hilton London Metropole.
Bookings are now open for the PSC Awards winners ceremony. Tickets include: pre-dinner drinks reception on arrival (6.45pm), three-course dinner (7.30pm), awards ceremony and after dinner entertainment until 1am.
The awards are open to individuals, teams, companies and organisations including contract caterers operating in a public sector environment.
The Public Sector Catering Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to the individual or organisation who, during a notable career in the industry, has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities, drive, ideas and influence.
There are no nominations required for the Lifetime Achievement Award or the Armed Forces Caterer of the Year Award. Commands are to encourage units to identify and nominate a military caterer who has made an outstanding contribution to morale through the delivery of catering services in 2024.
The awards aim to celebrate excellence in catering across the public sector in schools, hospitals, care homes, universities, the Armed Forces, prisons and universities. The other 17 categories are open for nomination include:
- Care Catering Award
- Catering College Award
- Catering Manager of the Year Award
- Chef of the Year Award
- Contract Caterer of the Year Award
- Education Catering Award
- Health and Nutrition Award
- Hospital Catering Award
- Innovation Award
- Marketing Award
- Prison Catering Award (New for 2025)
- Special Contribution Award
- Sustainability Award
- Team of the Year Award
- Training and Apprenticeship Award
- University Catering Award
- Unsung Hero Award
The 2025 PSC Awards are sponsored by Brakes, Bidfood, Cereal Partners, Essential Cuisine, Ecolog, Middleton Foods, Rational, Panasonic, Premier Foodservice, Unilever Food Solutions, Unox, The TUCO Foundation and Wafflemeister.
