As a Nottingham founded and based business the Wilson Organisation is delighted to be the title sponsor for this year’s Nottingham Restaurant Awards.
The Wilson Organisation provides professional independent insurance, financial and risk management solutions to businesses and individuals throughout the East Midlands and nationally. Wilsons offers the independent advice and services that businesses need, right in the heart of Nottingham.
We have been providing commercial insurance and financial advice to the food industry, including restaurant owners, bar owners and publicans, for nearly one hundred years. We combine expert advice with a real understanding of our clients needs to provide an exceptional service, at a competitive price, upon which our clients can rely.
Our swift and effective service enables our clients to have the peace of mind and security they require in both their financial and insurance matters, at all times.
Berryman is a Nottingham-based law firm that aims to be the first choice for dynamic businesses and successful individuals. We are proud of our city and county and we aim to actively contribute to the social fabric of our region through our involvement and sponsorship of initiatives such as the hugely successful Nottingham Restaurant Awards.
Cartwheel Management Recruitment focuses on management level recruitment across all sectors of the catering and hospitality industry throughout the UK; with a particular focus on the Midlands and the North of England. As a newcomer itself in 2007, Cartwheel is absolutely delighted to be sponsoring the ‘Best Newcomer Award’ for the 2008 Nottingham Restaurant Awards. Having been at every event since the Nottingham Restaurant Awards launch, Hannah Bailey, who set up Cartwheel said “the awards are always a huge success in recognising the best Nottingham has to offer, however every year it gets tougher with new sites and concepts arriving. Within such a competitive market, it is important that any new restaurant concept positions themselves correctly during their first year; in terms of offer, service and appeal. It is also important that these new sites and concepts are given support and encouragement to succeed”.
When it comes to catering, Cookco offer everything not just catering equipment. Cookco provide a full range of services including consultancy, design, delivery and after-sales support. At their head office and showroom, the discerning chef or conscientious owner will find absolutely everything needed for the kitchen, bar or restaurant. They provide an extensive range of top quality crockery, cutlery and kitchen utensils and have their own catalogue which showcases over 4,000 items.
ibrow media ltd has gained a reputation for quality, versatility and the ability to carry multi-faceted projects from conception to completion including everything from business cards, brochures and point of sale material to online services such as e-commerce web sites and digital brochures.
Having supported the Nottingham Restaurant Awards for the past 3 years, they are pleased to be sponsoring the new award - Best Pub Food for this year.
Imperial Linen Services are a Mansfield based company who have been supplying laundry services for well over 100 years to businesses throughout the East Midlands. They are privately owned, employing over 130 staff and are very proud of their hard earned reputation within the industry.
They specialise in providing a 5 star high quality linen rental service to hotels and restaurants of all sizes using superior quality linen products and they offer a genuine understanding of the often very demanding needs of individual customers. They currently process something in the region of 500,000 pieces per week and are able to achieve this by consistent investment in modern equipment, ensuring the highest quality product to their customers.
They are delighted to be able to support the Nottingham Restaurant Awards 2008 and take great pleasure in sponsoring two awards this year, The Best Out of Town Award and Best Cafe/Deli Award.
London and Nottingham Estates are a niche property company focusing on student residential and retail development investments throughout the UK. London and Nottingham Estates also undertake complex land assemblies to be sold to residential developers. Operating out of offices in Nottingham and Covent Garden London and Nottingham Estates have made 3 major purchases in the capital of student led-mixed use development sites with a projected gross development value in excess of £60 million, which includes a landmark site in Archway, which has been purchased in conjunction with Cordea Savills opportunities fund.
Matthew Clark is the leading drinks wholesaler in the UK. With more than 4000 products in their range, including over 1100 wines. They offer a comprehensive support package ensuring service standards are of the highest level.
Matthew Clark will be providing the wine and champagne at the Nottingham Restaurant Awards Ceremony 2008.
The Hospitality and Catering Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) at New College Nottingham is delighted to continue its sponsorship of ‘Young Chef of the Year’, a significant category within the prestigious Nottingham Restaurant Awards.
Aiming to equip learners with industry skills, work with employers, and support a regional drive for increased professionalism, the CoVE supports a number of successful partnerships and projects.
Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd is a catering and retail butcher based in Leabrooks near Alfreton in Derbyshire. They have been established for over 85 years supplying a wide range of the highest quality fresh meats, poultry, game, cooked meats, sausages and award winning bakery products. Striving for perfection in consistency and flavour they purchase livestock from local farms ensuring ‘farm to plate’ traceability.
Supplying many of the finest restaurants in the region, Owen Taylor & Sons Ltd are one of the leading suppliers in the East Midlands.
When restaurants provide quality service it’s something special. When the service is poor you can feel cheated. So we’re honoured to be supporting the award for outstanding service in Nottinghamshire’s restaurants and we’re constantly striving to provide that special level of service ourselves. From promotional films, television programmes and media training to major events and conferences, The Media Group has earned a reputation for outstanding attention to detail. We took over Wembley Stadium with a major FA event last year – and will be doing the same this year. But whether it’s the biggest or the smallest event, our commitment to quality and service is the same.
BBC Radio Nottingham continues to support the Nottingham Restaurant Awards and more can be heard about the event, the challenges the restaurants face, the cuisine and the dining scene across the city and county. Tune in every weekday morning to Frances Finn from 9am.
Cusqueña (CUS-KEN-YA) is the only Latin lager brewed to German Purity Laws and has been brewed using the finest natural ingredients for nearly 100 years near the mystical world wonder Machu Picchu in Peru.
Ingredients include; the purest glacial water from a source at 18,000 feet in the Andes, 100% Malt and only the finest Saaz hops.
This super-premium lager is a multi-award winning lager is recommended and drunk by the world’s very best bartenders.
Cusqueña is intensely crisp, light and very clean. It also has a refreshingly rich aftertaste that knocks the spots off the typically watery Latin lagers!
Heart 106 is delighted to continue supporting Nottingham's Restauarant Awards. Catch Sam and Amy from Heart Breakfast at the Awards in June, and listen every weekday morning from 6am-10am.
Sherwood Produce is a group of 8 growers based in Nottinghamshire with much of the land in the Sherwood Forest area. Working within a 27 mile radius means they have exceptional capacity and response times for even the largest orders; customers include major supermarkets, restaurants and wholesalers. Their main crops include carrots, parsnips, leeks, onions and potatoes amongst others.
Smooth Radio are proud to be supporting the Nottingham Restaurant Awards 2008. Listen to Gary Burton at Breakfast weekday mornings from 6am. Smooth Radio on 106.6fm, DAB and on-line at www.smoothradio.com
