Brighton and Hove Food Awards 2015
We sponsored the Food Hero category which involved our
marketing director, Jason Edge and freelance journalist, John
Keenan, secret shopping, interviewing or both four favourites as
voted for by the public.
Pub du Vin. In our category, Henry Butler of Butler’s Wine Cellar
was awarded gold, Seb Cole from Boho Gelato was awarded
silver and a joint bronze award was given to Amanda Powley from
Terre à Terre and Michael Bremner from 64 Degrees.
Andrew Kay from Latest and Allison Ferns from BBC Sussex
presented 18 awards to a packed audience during a ceremony at
Only businesses with a food hygiene rating of four or more were
allowed through to the finals this year.
Huge success at charity bake-off
Once again our Macmillan
Mascots pushed the boat
out to organise a hugely
successful World’s Biggest
Coffee Morning bake-off.
Rather than just sweet treats,
everyone was encouraged
to bring in savoury treats too
and what a feast appeared.
Pictures flooded in from many
of our nine offices throughout
the morning and ignited
some healthy inter-office
competition. At the end of the
day, with little but crumbs left,
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Best of British Gatwick 2015
we were delighted to discover
we’d managed to raise almost
£700 for the Horizon Centre, in
Brighton, which is now close
to completion.
The centre has been designed
with input from people
affected by cancer and will
offer all round support from
a team of specialists in a
calm, friendly and welcoming
environment - so no one in
Sussex has to face cancer
alone. Macmillan in Sussex
has been MWB’s chosen
charity since April 2014.
MWB were delighted to be headline sponsors at this charity
sporting lunch held at the Hilton hotel at Gatwick Airport on
November 6. The event was a huge success raising more than
£12,000 for children’s charity, Rockinghorse.
More than 240 guests from businesses across Sussex were
entertained by guest speaker, former England rugby international,
Gareth Chilcott, with stories from his career as part of a Rugby
World Cup 2015 special. There were a number of fundraising
initiatives held throughout the day including an auction with
exclusive sporting memorabilia and a raffle.
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