At Bidfood, we’re focused on going the extra mile for our customers. Being the best is a key part of our ethos, and our focus is on delivering the best customer experience, making life easier and helping customers to grow. We’re serious about service excellence and getting it right first time, and we’ve invested in building an infrastructure that keeps us close to our customers.

In our range of over 13,000 products, which includes the best of both own brand and leading foodservice brands, customers will find everything they need, from fresh ambient, frozen and chilled food, soft drinks, wines, beers and spirits to cutlery, crockery and cooking utensils, cleaning products and catering equipment.

In addition to great products, we also help customers stay ahead of the curve with insights on key food trends, creative recipes and menu ideas through our team of development chefs, nutritional and product advice, guidance on food standards and legislation, and inspiring marketing materials. We also work closely with customers to address the key corporate responsibility and sustainability challenges facing foodservice.

Brakes, the leading UK foodservice wholesaler has been named the Quality Food and Drink Awards Foodservice Operator of the Year for the third year running. We’ve been serving chefs across the industry for more than 60 years, providing expert knowledge and specialist solutions for every sector. Our award-winning range containing thousands of products is available with fast and flexible service, across a nationwide network. Our innovative, insight-driven approach means we can tailor our products to customers’ needs and have developed our offering with chefs and customers front of mind, ensuring we deliver on quality and taste at all times. Brakes is part of Sysco, the world’s leading foodservice company.

Britvic is the largest supplier of branded still soft drinks in Great Britain and the number two supplier of branded carbonated soft drinks. The company combines its own leading brand portfolio, including Robinsons, J2O, Drench, Purdey’s, Fruit Shoot and R White’s with PepsiCo brands such as Pepsi Max, Tango, 7UP and Lipton Ice Tea, which Britvic produces and sells in Great Britain and Ireland under exclusive PepsiCo agreements.

Operating in both the ‘Take Home’ and ‘On-Premise’ channels, Britvic offers its customers a portfolio of soft drinks to meet every consumer occasion and has a strong track record of delivering successful innovation.

We are extremely proud to sponsor the Hotelier of the Year award as it highlights the excellent work taking place in today’s hospitality industry. “Being successful at this level takes a huge amount of hard work, 24-hour commitment and a total dedication to exceeding excellence. These are standards and ethics that we share at Casna. And that’s one of the reasons why we are so delighted to see our colleagues in the industry reap the rewards of their hard work and to take their place as a real inspiration to others. The Hotelier of the Year award is an accolade of the highest honour that we are delighted to be associated with.

Caterer.com is the hospitality industry’s hiring partner, matching the right people with the right jobs. Our teams, technology and products help businesses reach the right hospitality people with their jobs and brand messaging. We’re built to find the right hires for future business success.

We’re also focused on supporting hospitality people through every stage of the jobseeker journey, which is why we collaborate with employers, industry bodies and charities to create content that empowers them throughout that journey.

Our mission is to highlight the vital role hospitality plays in the UK economy and culture. We believe in the innovation and resilience of the hospitality industry and its people. That’s why we stand with the industry, for the industry, now and towards a positive future.

Based in Glasgow, London and Manchester we are employee benefits specialists that have worked with some of the biggest names in the hospitality and leisure industry to build employee benefits packages that recruit, retain and reward the best teams in the industry.

With our services ranging from Corporate Pensions and Group Risk Schemes to Financial Education and Wellbeing Sessions, we have over 17 years’ experience designing and implementing employee benefits packages that help to meet your unique business needs and keep your people happy.

At DAM we appreciate that every workforce is different, which is why our team offer support using a friendly and personalised approach. Whether it’s via traditional face-to-face reviews, or a variety of digital communication strategies, we want to ensure your people feel connected to us every DAM step of the way.

Harri is the frontline employee experience platform built for companies who have service at the heart of their business. The solution is built on the notion that the customer experience will never exceed the employee experience. The Harri suite of talent attraction, workforce management and employee engagement technologies enable organizations to attract, manage, engage, and retain the best talent for their business.

IDeaS, a SAS company, is the world’s leading provider of revenue management software and services. With over 30 years of expertise, IDeaS delivers revenue science to more than 18,000 clients in 145 countries.
IDeaS offers industry-leading revenue management solutions for business of all types and sizes in the global hospitality and travel industries. We transform the right data into clear and actionable insight, so that our clients can price, forecast and report with speed and confidence, improving business performance.
Combining industry knowledge with innovative, data-analytics technology, IDeaS creates sophisticated yet simple ways to empower revenue leaders with precise, automated decisions they can trust.

Here at mum, people are at the heart of everything we do. Forget hitting numbers or ticking boxes: for us, recruitment is about building long-lasting relationships and taking care of others. Always personal. Ever considerate. And, above all, 100% human.

So, we’re proud to sponsor an award that recognises a standout People Team – one that goes above and beyond to put people first. Because we think that’s an approach worth celebrating.

Procter & Gamble Professional™ provides noticeably superior cleaning and sanitising solutions to foodservice businesses, supporting both front of house, and kitchen hygine. Our portfolio of the world's most recognised brands is trusted to overcome the toughest professional challenges, helping lift up businesses, so they can lift up their communities.

Nowadays, cleaning and hygiene measures can be the making or breaking of a successful business. As consumer expectations continue to rise, businesses need to achieve a level of cleanliness that impresses even the toughest of critics. Not only do customers need to be satisfied, but restaurant staff, managers and business owners are paying more attention to make sure they get it right the first time.

P&G Professional™ not only offers simple and effective solutions that ease industry pressures, but our brands - Ariel® Professional, Lenor® Professional, Fairy® Professional, Flash® Professional and Febreze® Professional - ensure that a superior level of cleaning is achieved whilst giving professionals confidence that their business will always shine.

Profitroom’s main aim is to allow hoteliers to regain control of their hotel booking system by increasing direct bookings, reducing the rising costs of OTA’s and helping to create customer loyalty.
Listening to the needs of hoteliers, Profitroom has developed an entire ecosystem that is easy to use, reliable and hassle-free. Effortlessly connecting sales, marketing, revenue and the overall guest experience, all in one place.

Quadrant was formed and led by a team of dedicated and professional recruiters each with a wealth of operational experience at supervisory level or above gained within their chosen sector.
With our in-depth knowledge of the hospitality industry combined with our central London location we are able to provide your business with well-trained, handpicked people for every position possible within the hospitality and service industry.
We pride ourselves on listening, understanding, and anticipating your business needs to meet and exceed your expectations. 
Quadrant focus on providing a high level of personalised service tailored to each individual whether a client or candidate. With our strong eye for detail and operating to the highest of standards; we expect the same high standards from the people we provide and motivate them to achieve the same.

Sky Business is the business-to-business division of Sky, providing a wide variety of commercial premises across the UK and the Republic of Ireland unrivalled entertainment from unmissable live sport and breaking news, to laugh-out-loud comedy, documentaries and films.

Sky brings hotel guests the programmes they know and love. From big dramas on Sky Atlantic and entertainment for all the family on Sky One to blockbuster hits on Sky Cinema and unmissable live sport across dedicated Sky Sports channels. There’s something to suit every guest.

Sky Business offers hoteliers a range of flexible products and solutions to entertain guests. Hoteliers can choose to provide stunning HD quality to guests using either Sky In-Room with a Sky Box in every room, or Sky Select using the Sky Bright Box in the comms room to deliver HD content to every hotel room.

Tork is the leading global brand in workplace hygiene. We are passionate about helping you improve your business – from raising the bottom line to making your work life better. This is the ambition that drives our people and our cutting-edge innovations in circularity, well-being and health. Tork inspires and supports you to think ahead so you are always ready for business. From rethinking the ultimate guest experience and cleaning efficiencies to reimagining new ways to become more sustainable. We improve your business by empowering you with the right knowledge, hygiene products and services to prepare you for what your business does best. And as part of Essity, we’re dedicated to serving your needs in a sustainable way – saving you time, money and effort so you can focus on what matters most to your business.
And as part of Essity, we’re dedicated to serving your needs in a sustainable way – saving you time, money and effort so you can focus on what matters most to your business.

Umbrella Training is a leading nationwide training and apprenticeship provider. Founded in 2012 by Adele Oxberry FIH, the company works with hotels, restaurants, foodservice businesses and many corporate services organisations across the UK. Since its inception, Umbrella Training has supported the recruitment, development and progression of more than 4,500 apprentices. The company understands how important it is for employers to maximise return on investment while implementing meaningful apprenticeship programmes. Umbrella Training works collaboratively with learner and employer partners to deliver quality, and consistent training to apprentices. In 2020, Umbrella Training was named the winner of the Princess Royal Training Award for its commitment to continued development of its team. The company is also recognised as a ‘Good' provider by Ofsted with ‘outstanding features'. It is also one of the leading providers for the ESFA* in the UK.

Christie & Co the leading specialist advisor for buying, selling and valuing businesses in our sectors - hotels, pubs, restaurants, childcare, healthcare, retail, leisure and medical.

At Matthew Clark, we know it’s been a very tough period for the Hospitality industry; as a supplier that only services the On-Trade, we’ve also shared your challenges. We remained open throughout the pandemic and we’re delighted to be here, ready once again to help you welcome guests and customers. We all know our clients have a choice which is why we all go the extra mile in everything that we do.

We have extended our drinks portfolio to meet market demands and feature over 7,000 products from popular brands to niche producers. This includes over 1,300 wines and Champagnes, an extensive range of spirits, soft drinks and our specialist Boutique beers collection. Matthew Clark’s Wine List continues to evolve and the Sommelier Wine Awards judges voted us Classic Regions and New World Merchant of the Year in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

We are also committed to our “added value” offer, delivering support via market insight, merchandising, marketing tools, training and category management, all of which give our customers tools to drive revenue, standards, guest satisfaction and to save costs. For instance, we offer a dedicated and high quality Design Studio for bespoke point of sale and a wine listing service.

At Matthew Clark, our ethos is a commitment to deliver whilst ensuring our customers are at the heart of our thinking.

It’s not just our depth of on-trade experience, it’s applying it to all that we do. That’s why with Matthew Clark, the experience matters.

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