Announcements: September 2011

12 September:  After the northern regional finals held at Darlington College and Rockliffe Hall, Darlington, four young chefs and four waiters are going forward to the national finals of The Restaurant Association’s Young Chef Young Waiter competition to be held at Westminster Kingsway College, London on October 19. Winner of the Northern regional chef competition held at Darlington College was Tom Barnes (L’Enclume, Cartmel) Runners up were: Adam Handling (Fairmont St Andrews) …

We are proud to announce that eleven of our hotelier members were among nearly 200 properties to be recognised at the European heats of the World Travel Award 2011. Held at the Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort & Spa in Antalya, Turkey, the winning hotels received awards following a ballot of 183,000 travel professionals in 160 countries. As well as awards for individual hotels, London was also named as Europe’s Leading Destination, while …