The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) is pleased to announce their annual awards are
OPEN for nominations.
The prestigious awards will take place during the dinner at the National Training & Development Forum at East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham on Thursday 2nd October 2025.
Submission Criteria -
The awards are open to all members.
Please send in your entries electronically by email to
[email protected]. If you need to send in a paper copy, please notify us by email and provide the original and two copies.
For each category nomination, you must submit a summary of
no more than 500 words on a single (1) A4 page (word count to be shown) together with
supporting evidence of no more than four (4) single sided A4 pages (photos are to be included within this allowance) to demonstrate that management systems are in place which clearly identify how you meet or exceed the evaluation criteria for your chosen category.
If you wish to submit another nomination, your entries must be
unique to each category.
We will not accept any submissions that has been repeated for multiple categories.
If the submission criteria is not met, your entry will not be considered for shortlisting.
Nominate Here
Please send the completed nomination form with any supporting evidence by
Monday 30th June 2025 to
[email protected]
Categories Include -
Care Establishment of the Year Award
Sponsored by allmanhall
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.
The judges will evaluate within the submission evidence of:
- Person centred planning
- Outstanding levels of service are consistently delivered
- Evidence shown of exceptional results and have considered the principals of the Care Home Digest
- Shown they can cater for choices across all dietary and cultural needs
- Nutrition and hydration needs of individuals are being met
Please base your answer on the actual nutritional needs of your clients.
Meals on Wheels Award
Sponsored by apetito
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.
The judges will evaluate within the submission evidence of:
- How do you meet nutritional and hydration needs? Please base your answer on the actual nutritional needs of your clients
- What added benefits do you supply?
- How have you raised the profile of the service?
- How have you interacted with current and new customers?
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Catering Team of the Year Award
Sponsored by Rational UK
The award will be presented to the
catering team who has shown outstanding achievement in their field in the past year. It is expected our winning team will have demonstrated a dedication and commitment to their customers that is founded on the understanding of care and of individual needs, choice and wellbeing. It is also expected that the winning team can evidence that they have embraced and excelled beyond the care home digest principles.
The judges will evaluate within the submission evidence of:
- Good nutritional and hydration care Please base your answer on the actual nutritional needs of your clients
- Customer satisfaction
- Creativity and effectiveness
- Evidence of team work
- Evidence the measures of customer satisfaction and responses to feedback
- Shown creativity in food and dining and your menu also considers sustainability
Catering Manager of the Year Award
Sponsored by Unilever Food Solutions
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.
The judges will evaluate within the submission evidence of:
- Operational improvements and benefits
- Originality and innovation
- How you added value to the customer experience
- Leadership and empowerment
Our Care Catering Hero Award
Sponsored by Miele
This person 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 centred way.
This award will nominate a
frontline worker/volunteer which could be someone delivering a meals on wheels service; a catering service or care worker within a care environment.
The submission should include two or more independent testimonials that could come from a service user, relative, carer or manager.
Region of the Year Award
Sponsored by Meiko UK
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 award will be presented to the region that has most effectively met the judging criteria:
- Interesting and original events and meetings
- Recruitment and retention of members
- Raising the profile of the NACC within your region
- Evidence to demonstrate development and improvement within your region in the past year
The Bev Puxley Award
Sponsored by The Worshipful Company of Cooks London
This award is presented to a
care chef who can demonstrate the significant contribution to the enhancement of care catering within their workplace and has maybe encouraged and helped train others to achieve the same high standards of catering for their residents.
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.
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Pam Rhodes Outstanding Achievement Award
Sponsored by Winterhalter
NO NOMINATION REQUIRED
This award is presented in recognition of Pam and her outstanding commitment and contribution to the NACC and Care Catering.
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 Chairs Award
NO NOMINATION 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.
