Our awards

Our people and our people's ideas have been recognised by the industry with a wide selection of industry awards.

Compass believes strongly in recognising the achievements of its people; one way of doing this is by entering industry awards. This allows us to independently benchmark ourselves against our peers and competitors and, if successful, gives us a platform to formally recognise the outstanding talent within the company.

Compass Group has a great track record over the years in a range of national awards - from Acorns to the Craft Guild of Chefs.

AWARDS 2010

Catering Awards


Compass Chef of the Year
Winning the junior competition was Jack Crow from RA's Coutts. The Senior Chef of the Year winner was Robert Dant from Chartwells' Christ's Hospital School. This year's prizes were a culinary trip to South Africa in December 2010 courtesy of SAMAC and a stage at Jason Atherton's new restaurant, Pollen Street Social, set to open in February.

Michelin Stars - Jan 10
Our Restaurant Associates team successfully held onto its Michelin stars at the prestigious Rhodes Twenty Four and Rhodes W1 restaurants, in the 2010 Michelin listings.

Restaurant Associates is still the only contract caterer with such independent and international recognition for high quality cuisine. We retained the coveted star at Rhodes W1 restaurant in Marble Arch for the third year running and at the Rhodes Twenty Four restaurant for the sixth successive year.

Hotelympia
Compass won 111 awards with our team of 60 chefs taking 26 gold medals and 19 best-in-class.
For the fourth consecutive year we were awarded 'Overall Best Restaurant' in the La Parade des Chefs - beating nine rivals, including Elior, Sodexo and Lexington.

Craft Guild of Chefs Award - June 2010
Two Compass' chefs were recognised at the 2010 Craft Guild of Chefs awards.

Eurest Services' executive chef Richard Bowden won the Competition Chef award and Robert Kennedy, from Sandhurst, took the Cost Sector Chef award.

Scottish Restaurant Awards - March 2010
The Eurest Services team behind the employee catering at Scottish Power in Glasgow won the award for Healthy Workplace Restaurant of the Year in the Scottish Restaurant Awards 2010. Now in their third year, these awards acknowledge outstanding creativity, customer service and top quality dining.  

The London School of Hospitality and Tourism
Nick Vadis, Executive Chef of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has been presented with an Honorary Professorship from The London School of Hospitality and Tourism, Thames Valley University, joining the ranks of 22 of the world's most recognised chefs, including Raymond Blanc, Michel Roux Senior and Gary Rhodes.

Cost Sector Catering awards
Compass Group UK & Ireland walked away with two awards, recognising its ongoing commitment to Corporate Responsibility (CR) as well as the achievements of one of its Executive Chefs, Andy Aston.

Acorn Awards
Jane Cook, general manager at Cardiff City Stadium, has been named one of 30 up and coming stars. Jane received the Acorn Award from Caterer & Hotelkeeper magazine, which recognises rising stars of the catering and hospitality industry.

National Racecourse Catering Awards - Sept 2010
Jockey Club Catering (JCC), the joint venture between Jockey Club Racecourses and Compass Group UK & Ireland, collected three awards, the highest tally of any racecourse caterer, at the inaugural Piper Heidsieck National Racecourse Catering Awards.

 
AWARDS 2009

Menu Innovation and Development Awards: Restaurant Associates' SO Deli team picked up its first industry award in the Best Workplace Catering Solution category and Nick Vadis, our UK Executive Chef, took second place beating catering competitor, Aramark. 

RoSPA Awards: Compass Group received four awards from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), demonstrating our clear commitment to health and safety.

Roger Naylor Hospitality Skills Competition (internal award)

LEP Award Nomination

Jobcentre Plus Celebrating Success Awards, City and East London District: The Medirest team at Homerton Hospital were victorious in two categories: Best In Partnership and Recognising Recruitment and Retention. 

European FM Awards, Amsterdam: Eurest Services triumphantly won the Partners Across Borders category with Shell International Ltd at the European FM Awards.

Cateys: Shortlisted for the Best use of Technology award

Craft Guild of Chefs Awards: Dennis Mwakulua, Head Chef at the Fujitsu Services: Contract Catering Chef.

London Chef of the Year: Chef Ben Ford  
ESB

Grocer Gold Awards: 3663 First for Foodservice has been named the Green Wholesaler of the Year

The British Frozen Food Federation: Millifoods Ltd was awarded the Best New Multi-Portion Product

Big Tick: Compass Group's Junior Chefs Academy

British Sandwich Industry Awards: SO Deli and Origin Foods.

NES Workforce Development Awards: Akvile Balciunaite of Compass won the Train to Gain award