Recognised as the Oscars of the catering and hospitality industry, the Cateys award nomination process is currently open and recognises and rewards excellence in a range of categories including Restaurateur of the Year, Hotel of the Year Best Use of Technology award and Menu of the Year to name a few. Categories also include the Accessibility Award, Sustainable Business Award and Health and Nutrition Award. While the Cateys nomination process is open to all in the industry, not every social enterprise offering a food or beverage service to help people who are disadvantaged are aware of the Cateys or associate themselves as operating in the industry; instead, they may associate themselves with the community services or education and employment industries/sectors they hail from. The question I would like to pose is whether there is scope and interest in providing a similar award process specifically for social enterprises, charities and social businesses in the hospitality industry. And if so, what could the categories and criteria be? Potential categories could include Best community cafe Best social enterprise
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Alternatively, is the aspiration of social enterprise food and community businesses to compete and be recognised among their mainstream peers and counterparts or as part of local voluntary and community sector or local food and drink business awards? What are your views on this? Let us know what you think.
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