This year, the 2015 edition reflects some of the big issues that currently face the sector – universal infant free schools meals (UIFSM), the standard of food in hospitals and the threat to meals on wheels services created by cuts in funding to local authorities.
A group of independent judges was brought together and asked to decide on a top 20 of the movers, shakers, influencers, thinkers and campaigners who have had an impact on public sector catering over the last year.
Here they are:
Julie Barker, chair of The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO) Ltd
Geoff Booth, Westminster Kingsway College & chair of PACE (Professional Association of Catering Education)
Linda Cregan, Children’s Food Trust chief executive
Alberto Crisci, the Clink Charity Brands and Events Director
Andrew Etherington, chair of UK and Ireland arm of the FCSI (Foodservice Consultants Society International)
Lindsay Graham, school meals campaigner, lead on All Party Parliamentary Group of School Food’s holiday hunger task force
Sharon Hodgson, Shadow Children’s Minister and chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on School Food
Dianne Jeffrey, chair of Age UK and the Hospital Food Standards Panel
Andy Jones, chair of the PS100 Group and immediate past chair of the Hospital Caterers’ Association (HCA)
Caroline Lecko, Patient Safety Lead, NHS England
Mark Linehan, managing director of the Sustainable Restaurant Association
Peter McGrath, chair of LACA (Lead Association for Catering in Education)
Alistair McIntyre, Chair of ASSIST (the Association of Service Solutions in Scotland).
Neel Radia, chair of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC)
Helen Ream, chair of the British Dietetic Association's Food Counts! specialist group
Phil Shelley, chair of the Hospital Caterers’ Association (HCA)
Lt Col Nigel Shepherd, Defence Fuel and Food Services
Owen Sidaway, Head of Catering Services, Offender Employment Skills & Services, National Offender Management Service (NOMS)
Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England
Sarah Wren, Hertfordshire Independent Living Service (HILS)
To read more about them follow the link to the online version of December’s issue of the magazine: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/550a69a3#/550a69a3/24