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The Results of the 2009 CIS Excellence Awards, in association with Blue
Arrow Catering and Caterer.com

The Healthier Scotland Award, sponsored by the healthyliving award in
association with Healthier Scotland
WINNER:
Donaldson's Bistro, Edinburgh

Runners-up:
Brockies Lodge Hotel, Kiltarlity
Fraser Adam, ARAMARK


The Innovation in Training Award, co-sponsored by People 1st and
Xpress Recruitment
WINNER: Apex Hotels Ltd

Runner-up: Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa, St Andrews


The Contract Catering Chef of the Year Award, co-sponsored by Blue
Arrow Catering & Caterer.com
WINNER: Eddie Ward, ARAMARK
Runners-up: Yoram Odentz, Sodexo
David Ward, Prestige Scotland (Hampden Park)


The Food-Tourism Award, co-sponsored by Charlton House & Hilton Glasgow
WINNER: Mhor
Runners-up: A Taste of Arran
Cameron House Hotel


The Restaurant Newcomer of the Year Award, co-sponsored by ASA Recruitment
& Sodexo
WINNER: The Cameron Grill Restaurant, Loch Lomond
Runners-up: Restaurant at the Rutland, Edinburgh
Ship2Shore 24, Linlithgow


The Pub-Restaurant Excellence Award, co-sponsored by Brakes & MCL
WINNER: Stravaigan, Glasgow
Runners-up: Anglers Inn,
Guildtown, Perthshire
Element, Edinburgh


The Award for Excellence in Hospitality Education, co-sponsored by
Motherwell College
WINNER: Norman Robertson, Ayr College
Runners-up: Willie McCurrach, Glasgow Metropolitan College
David Auchie, Lanarkshire College


The Hotel of the Year Award, sponsored by ARAMARK
WINNER: Cameron House Hotel, Loch Lomond
Runners-up: Isle of Eriska Hotel, Benderloch
Kinloch Lodge, Isle of Skye


The Restaurant of the Year Award, sponsored by Unilever Foodsolutions
WINNER: Michael Caines at Abode, Glasgow
Runners-up: The Horseshoe Inn, Eddleston
Hotel du Vin at One Devonshire Gardens, Glasgow


The Chef of the Year Award, sponsored by BaxterStorey Ltd
WINNER: Bruce Sangster
Runners-up: Tony Borthwick
Charlie Lockley


The Lifetime Excellence Award, sponsored by Braehead Foods Ltd
WINNER: Shirley Spear, The Three Chimneys, Isle of Skye

Unilever Foodsolutions (UFS) UK has appointed Tracey Rogers as Managing Director. Tracey, previously Chairman of Unilever Central Europe, has been with the company for 17 years and will take over from Simon Marshall who is moving to North America as Vice President of the UFS.

The Food Standards Agency announced today that some of the UK's biggest restaurant chains including PizzaExpress, Pizza Hut and Domino's, have agreed provide a range of healthier options on their menus.

Some of the measures announced by the FSA involve salt-reduction, providing nutritional data for recipes, making children's menus healthier and working with suppliers to lower saturated fat in particular ingredients.

Aberdeen City Council has granted permission for a ?40 million expansion of the five-star Marcliffe Hotel and Spa at Pitfodels, on the outskirts of the city.

Designed by Archial Architects, the extensions include 228 new bedrooms, a reception, function area, lounge, leisure and spa accommodation, as well as a multi-level underground space car park. Work is due to start on site later this year with completion scheduled for 2011.

Sodexo has been ranked third among the world's leading outsourcing companies by industry trade group the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).

It is the fourth consecutive year that the company has been ranked in the top five of the Global Outsourcing 100.

In making the classification, IAOP evaluates outsourcing companies throughout the world based on a series of criteria including revenue growth, outsourcing experience, global presence, workforce skills and training, technical and business certifications (such as ISO 9001), the track record of the management team and the quality of its customer services.