UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON London School of Hospitality and Tourism Annual Prizegiving and Awards Ceremony Friday 14 March 2014 ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING AND AWARDS CEREMONY 2014 PRIZE GIVING AND AWARDS ANNUAL Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 5 Poyle Road Colnbrook SL3 0FF 2 Welcome from the Vice-Chancellor I would also like to pay tribute to all the parents, family members, partners and friends here today who have selflessly supported you over the past few years. It is also an opportunity for you to reflect on Welcome to the Hilton the future and to think about the next steps in your lives and careers. for the London School Whatever direction you take, your of Hospitality and time at the London School of Hospitality and Tourism will stand Tourism Prize Giving you in good stead, not only in your and Awards Ceremony. working and professional lives but in life generally. Today is a day in which you as prize winners, your family and friends can The University has acquired a take great pride. remarkable reputation for high quality education, closely linked to It is a chance to reflect on your employment, in which we take great contributions to the University pride; and all our prize winners here community and to celebrate your today are evidence of our success. success, which has come only with a considerable commitment of time, So congratulations and enjoy your energy and personal sacrifice. achievement on this very special day. Professor Peter John Vice-Chancellor 3 Welcome from the Head of School Welcome to the annual and their chosen profession; and in their own way have had a lasting Prize Giving and impression on the industry. We Awards ceremony of are delighted and honoured that they have agreed to accept these the London School of awards and we look forward to a Hospitality and Tourism continued working relationship with and thank you for your our honoraries. support. My colleagues, our students and I are extremely grateful to all our This is a special day for all of us sponsors who have so generously associated with the School. It is a supported the prizes and awards. marvellous opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our best Many thanks also go to all those performing students. Each prize who have worked so hard to make winner and recipient of an award this such a memorable event. thoroughly deserves the whole hearted congratulations of us all. Best wishes, Today we are also conferring a Professor David Foskett, MBE number of honorary awards to Head of the London School of senior industrialists who have made Hospitality and Tourism a significant contribution to the hospitality and tourism industries 4 5 6 Course provision 2014/2015 Academy of Culinary Arts Apprenticeship FdA Airline and Airport Management Graduate Diploma Event Management Diploma FdA Business Travel and Tourism Graduate Diploma Hospitality BII for Licensees (British Institute of Management FdA Event Management Innkeeping) Graduate Diploma Tourism FdA Food and Professional Cookery Chef and Restaurant Certificate/Diploma Management (Years 1, 2 and 3) FdA Hospitality Management MA International Tourism and Aviation Graduate Apprenticeship Specialist FdA Hospitality Management, Stratford Management Pastry Chef FdA Hospitality Operations Management MA Luxury Hospitality Management Junior Chefs Academy FdA Hospitality and Food Studies Executive MA Leading and Managing NVQ Food Preparation and Cooking – Luxury Hotel Brands FdA International Culinary Arts (Kitchen Academy of Asian Culinary Arts and Larder) NVQ Patisserie and Confectionery FdA International Culinary Arts (Kitchen We also offer a range of specialist NVQ Professional Cookery and Larder), Stratford short courses to support the industry. VRQ Diploma for Butlers FdA International Culinary Arts (Pastry) FdA International Hotel Management FdA Travel and Tourism BA (Hons) Airline and Airport Management BA (Hons) Business Travel and Tourism BSc (Hons) Culinary Arts Management BA (Hons) Cruise Ship Management BA Food and Professional Cookery BA (Hons) Event Management BA (Hons) Hospitality Management BA (Hons) Hospitality Management, Stratford BA (Hons) Hospitality and Food Studies BA (Hons) International Culinary Arts – Top Up BA (Hons) International Hotel Management BA (Hons) Travel and Tourism Management 7 School management team Professor David Foskett, MBE CMA James Edmunds Head of School Field Leader Airline and Tourism Janet Rowson Mia Touzin-Leffler Field Leader Culinary Arts Field Leader Hospitality and Event Management Michael Coaker Linda Smith Operations/Curriculum Manager Senior Administrative Officer 8 Honorary Professors Surinder Arora Chief Executive Arora Hotels Willy Bauer, OBE Consultant International Hotel Management, Chairman, AB Hotels Ltd Raymond Blanc OBE Chef Patron, Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons James Edmunds John Campbell Owner, John Campbell Restaurants Field Leader Airline and Tourism John Cousins Director, Food and Beverage Training Company Christopher Cowdray Chief Executive, The Dorchester Collection Robin Easton Consultant Anton Edelmann Executive Chef, Anton’s Restaurant Michael Gray Area Director (UK) Hyatt International and General Manager Hyatt Regency London Francis Green Former General Manager, The Landmark London Keiko Iwaki Director, Iwaki Optical UK James Martin Celebrity Chef Anton Mosimann, OBE Restaurateur, Celebrity Chef Steve Munkley Executive Chef, Royal Garden Hotel Charles Prew Hotelier Gary Rhodes, OBE Restaurateur, Celebrity Chef Michel Roux Senior, OBE Chef and Restaurateur Joanna Rzymowska Associate Vice President and General Manager Royal Caribbean International Richard Shepherd, CBE Chairman, Langan’s Restaurant Cyrus Todiwala, OBE, DL Restaurateur, Celebrity Chef Brian Turner, CBE Restaurateur, Celebrity Chef Nick Vadis UK Executive Chef, Compass Group UK & Ireland Antony Worrall Thompson Restaurateur, Celebrity Chef 9 Honorary Fellows Richard Beggs Managing Director, MVM London Nigel Boschetti Executive Chef, Grosvenor House Hotel Stephen Boxall Managing Director, The Ritz London Henri Brosi Executive Chef, The Dorchester Judith Cannon Executive Vice President, Business Development, Avenance Liz Cave Head of Talent & Development, D&D London Bob Cotton OBE Formerly Chief Executive, British Hospitality Association Phillip Corrick Executive Chef of Clubhouses at Royal Automobile Club Sean Davoren Head Butler, The Savoy Christopher Galvin Owner, Galvin’s Restaurant Paul Gayler, MBE Executive Chef, The Lanesborough Hotel, London Ron Hickey Director, Booker Wholesale Robert Kirby Chef Director, Lexington David Lawrie Cardinal Wiseman School Rowley Leigh Chef and Author, Restaurateur Anthony Marshall Executive Chef, London Hilton Nigel McEvoy, MVO RVM Palace Steward Michael Nadell Chef Patron, Nadell Patisserie David Nicholls Group Director of Food & Beverage, Mandarin Oriental, The Hotel Group Jonathon Orr-Ewing Secretary, The Carlton Club Duncan Palmer Managing Director, The Langham Hotel London Medina Peters Director of Event Sales,The Lancaster Hotel London Derek Quelch Former Executive Head Chef, The Goring Alain Roux Chef Patron, Waterside Inn Michel Roux Jr. Chef Patron, Le Gavroche Nick Scade, MBE Chairman, Academy of Food and Wine Service Martin Taylor Executive General Manager, Jarvis Hotels John Williams, MBE Executive Chef, The Ritz Simon Young Executive Chef, Jumeirah Carlton Tower 10 Honorary Doctorates Roy Ackerman CBE Restaurateur, Entrepreneur Graham Bamford General Manager, Royal Garden Hotel Heston Blumenthal, OBE Restaurateur, Author, Celebrity Chef Gordon D’Silva, OBE Founder and Director, Good Business Alliance Rigas Doganis Director Rigas Doganis & Associates, Non Executive Director Easyjet, Chairman European Aviation Club Brussels Laurence Geller, MBE Chancellor, University of West London Edward Griffiths, LVO, FIH Deputy Master of the Household Sir Garry Hawkes CBE President, Edge Foundation Carol Hehir, MBE Director, The Society of Stars Chris Humphries CBE Chairman Board of Governors University of West London Sara Jayne Stanes, OBE Chief Executive, The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts Victor Laws, MBE, FIH, FCSI Consultant and Founder of Food Consultant Service International Prue Leith CBE Restaurateur and Caterer Kiaran MacDonald, FIH General Manager, The Savoy David Morgan-Hewitt Managing Director, The Goring Hotel, London Stephen Page Professor, Bournemouth University Ramon Pajares OBE Chairman, The Savoy Educational Trust Derek Picot, FIH Regional Vice President, Jumeirah Hotels Europe Keith Podmore The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts Albert Roux OBE Albert Roux Consultancy Michael Shepherd General Manager, London Hilton Alistair Telfer Chief Executive and Secretary, Oxford and Cambridge Club Charles Wilson Chief Executive Officer, Booker UK 11 Master of the University Davinder Kumar Anand Owner, Restaurateur, Brilliant Restaurant Wendy Bartlett, FIH Managing Director, Bartlett & Mitchell Christopher Corbin, OBE Proprietor, Corbin & King Limited Molly Doheny Managing Director Doheny Destination Marketing, Director of Marketing, Beijing National Convention Centre, The Tally Management Group USA, KW Conferences John Donaldson, FIH, FCMI Executive Director, Arora Hotels Ltd Mark Flanagan, MVO Royal Chef and Assistant to the Master of the Household (catering) Buckingham Palace Jeff Galvin Owner, Galvin Restaurants John Gray Chef and Restaurateur Angela Hartnett, MBE Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur Simon Hudson National Restaurant Designer Stuart Johnson General Manager, Brown’s Hotel Jeremy King, OBE Proprietor, Corbin & King Limited