The UK catering equipment industry has snapped up the final tickets for this year’s Catering Insight Awards, in association with the First Choice Group.
The gala event, to be held this Thursday, 28 November, at London’s Banking Hall near Bank, central London, will be a full house of 220 senior sector executives.
Anyone who intended to secure a ticket but didn’t get around to it will now be disappointed, but Catering Insight can offer some comfort – the ceremony will be live-tweeted on the night using the hashtag #CIAwards19 and our newsletter and subsequent print issue will review all of the winners.
But for those lucky people who have managed to book their place, the evening will begin at 7pm with a drinks reception, followed by the main awards ceremony, interspersed with a luxury three-course meal.
There will also be one or two surprises along the way, with formal proceedings scheduled to finish around 11.15pm.
The full shortlist can be seen here, with the categories presented comprising:
Supplier categories
Sustainability
Service & Support
Light Equipment
Heavy Equipment, sponsored by Commercial Kitchen
Business Development
Training & Education, sponsored by CESA
Distributor categories
Distributor of the Year – South of the UK, sponsored by Hobart
Distributor of the Year – North of the UK, sponsored by Blue Seal
Distributor of the Year – Project Management, sponsored by Welbilt
Distributor of the Year – Business Development, sponsored by Jestic Foodservice Equipment
Distributor of the Year – Marketing & Strategy, sponsored by Krupps
Distributor of the Year – Corporate Social Responsibility, sponsored by DC Warewashing & Icemaking Systems
Digital Initiative of the Year, sponsored by Hoshizaki
Service & Maintenance Provider of the Year
Headline honours
Distributor of the Year – Nationwide, sponsored by Rational
Lifetime Achievement Award
Rounding the night off in spectacular style will be the official After-Party, held just two doors along from the main event, at Forge Bar, where Catering Insight has reserved the Cage area downstairs in the Club Room.
The Catering Insight Awards 2019 is supported by Cedabond.