Author: Tracey Chappell

Leading contract caterer Elior UK has been chosen as Aberdeen Art Gallery’s new catering partner in a three-year contract. Elior will transform the site’s food and drink offering under its new specialist concessions arm, Foodsmiths, with a focus on provenance, craft, and quality. Elior’s passion and dedication to customer experience, quality and craftsmanship were winning […]

Leading contract caterer Elior UK has revealed the four finalists of its internal 2020 Culinary Competition. Elior chefs Andrew Biggs, Mark Kinzel, Jessica Simpson and Sam Walton wowed the judges with their unique dishes which will be served at Elior UK’s Awards for Excellence in March, with the overall competition winner announced on the day. […]

The Healthy and Vitality Honours ceremony took place on 30th January at The In and Out Club in London. Our education business, Taylor Shaw was nominated for the Education Honour and won! The award was specifically for Team FAB4, and the concepts underpinning it, including;• Our Food for Thought -messaging on sustainability and wellbeing.• Our […]

Elior UK’s care subsidiary, Caterplus, has been awarded Gold for the Best Customer Experience Programme in the Training Journal Awards, for its Dining with Dignity programme. More than 1 in 5 over 55s suffer from dysphagia (swallowing difficulties), and in April 2018, the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative targeted the majority of UK care homes […]

Leading contract caterer Elior UK is bringing together all its services for owners and operators of attractions, venues, events and stadia under its Foodsmiths brand. Foodsmiths has been designed to accelerate Elior’s expansion in a sector it believes will benefit from greater innovation in catering and hospitality. Kenny Finlayson, Elior UK managing director and head […]

Leading contract caterer Elior UK has achieved a Princess Royal Training Award for its commitment to outstanding employee training and learning best practice. Elior was commended for its extensive development programmes, which are inspiring staff to excel and therefore boost business performance.This year, HRH Princess Anne, president of City & Guilds Group, recognised a select […]

Elior UK has launched a unique online and on-site pizza delivery service at the University of Roehampton and Her Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth. After a successful trial, the service will also be rolled out to further UK universities and B&I sites.CHEATAH delivers a mouth-watering range of fresh dough pizzas, sides, dips, desserts and drinks direct […]

Apprentices from Beyond Food enjoyed a masterclass in dysphagia and Texture Modified Food from Elior UK as part of their training. Beyond Food is a charity that helps those affected by homelessness gain meaningful employment. Three apprentices joined Elior’s chef Kelly Gavriliuc and menu development manager Stefan Harris for an in depth session designed to […]

Elior has released a report detailing its thriving corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme and initiatives. With the company’s deep-rooted ‘produce good, do good’ culture actively adopted by staff, Corporate Social Responsibility at Elior UK proves the company’s commitment to social good through its adoption of Elior Group’s ‘Positive Foodprint Plan’. Charlotte Wright, CSR manager at […]

Elior UK has announced Jessica-May Gardiner as the winner of its first ever Young Chef of the Year Competition, after an intense culinary competition for chefs aged 23 and younger on 16 January. Hosted at Unilever’s UK Headquarters, a total of three finalists from various Elior businesses around the country took to the stage to […]