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HEAD CHEF ANTHONY SCOOPS NATIONAL AWARD
WILD THANG NAMED ‘ BUSINESS OF THE YEAR ’
Anthony Wright , Head Chef at Hugh Baird College ’ s L20 Hotel School and Restaurant , is celebrating success as on Monday , 14 November , he was crowned Member of the Year at The Staff Canteen Awards .
Now in their third year , The Staff Canteen Awards celebrate the best in the hospitality industry across the UK , with the winner unveiled at a ceremony which took place in Birmingham . The Member of the Year award is nominated and voted for by the hospitality industry and the general public . A public vote decides the winners .
Created by Hugh Baird College in 2013 , the L20 Hotel School and Restaurant taps into some of the region ’ s top culinary talent to educate and train the city ’ s future superstar chefs . The school and restaurant aim to shape the hospitality industry ’ s future by providing education , training , work experience and inspiration for those taking their first steps into the industry .
Anthony ’ s cooking style is seasonal Modern British , and you can expect a well-balanced menu with modern and classic cooking techniques . Anthony loves cooking classics like asparagus , hollandaise and a crispy egg or slow-cooked belly pork and also likes to create new dishes like wood pigeon , sweetcorn , and bacon jam .
Anthony said : “ I am extremely proud of being awarded the Member of the Year . Being the only College restaurant in the finals is an amazing achievement . Our staff and students can take great pride that their work is recognised regionally and nationally and is a testament to our hard work .”
The Staff Canteen Awards don ’ t only celebrate great chefs across the country . Other award categories include Kitchen Porter of the Year , Community Hero , One to Watch , Sustainable Business of the Year , Social Media Influencer and Front of House Team of the Year .
For more information , visit www . thestaffcanteen . com .
Wild Thang is incredibly proud as a team to have won the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce Business of The Year 2022 , which took place at the World Museum Liverpool on the 17th November .
It ’ s a really special moment in Wild Thang ’ s 26-year journey to have our hard work , innovation , research , development and creativity recognised to scoop the evening ’ s very top accolade . This was part public and part expert business panel vote which gives a really balanced outcome for a deserving winner , this time it happened to be world class Wild Thang !
Andrew Dwerryhouse Wild Thang MD commented : “ It was an incredibly special moment , in fact one of the biggest and best in Wild Thang ’ s history to accept The Business of the Year award on behalf of our entire team , real success is never built by one individual or one dept , but the whole team , which is what we call , The Wild Thang Way . It was a truly spectacular night which the team was delighted to attend , big congratulations to all the winners and category nominees , what was just as fantastic to see were lots of clients we deal with being recognised on the evening . We would like to say thank you to the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce for hosting such an excellent awards ceremony and the World Museum for providing a special venue to host the evening . We have also seen first-hand how the Chamber team work tirelessly to bring the business community together and support their members across Liverpool .
" Over the past years we have continued to overcome many challenges as a company including completing the world class development of our HQ , Covid , Brexit and economic uncertainty but more importantly continued to move forward as a company , increasing our staffing levels and turnover over the past trading year by over 20 % and growth for the year ahead is projected to be 25-30 %. We have recently won the biggest contract in our history which involved an incredibly complex merchandise solution with international distribution from our UK and Ireland warehouses .
" We have never been more excited about the future as a team , it really has given the company a huge boost and hopefully this top accolade will help us create even further momentum over the coming year .”
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