Previous HCA Award Winners | Hospital Caterers Association

Caterer of the year

Year	Winners	Branch
2024	Rob Strachan, Head of Catering Services, Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital	Wessex	View
2023	Andrea Raymond, Operations Manager - Catering Services Northamptonshire Healthcare Danetre Hospital	Oxford	View
2022	Tim Radcliffe, Facilities Manager, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	North West England	View
2020	Tony O’Hara, Senior Manager Patient Experience, South Eastern	Northern Ireland	View
2019	Iain Robertson, Hotel Services Manager, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust	Wessex	View
2018	Chris Neale, Head of Catering, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust	Trent	View
2017	Nicola McIvor, Catering Services Manager – South, NHS Ayrshire and Arran	West of Scotland	View
2016	Elizabeth Hawkshaw, Catering Manager, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Trent	View
2015	Howard Cartledge, Trust Catering Lead, Pennine Acute Trust	Yorkshire	View
2014	Mike Towler, Trust Catering Manager, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust	West Midlands	View
2013	Michael McCall, Central Production Manager, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde	West of Scotland	View
2012	Karen McLaughlin, Deputy Community Catering Manager	Northern Ireland	View
2011	Robert McLaughlin, Catering Manager, NHS Ayrshire & Arran		View
2010	David Elsom, Trust Catering Manager		View
2009	Stuart Wray, Catering & Housekeeping Manager, Darlington Memorial Hospital		View
2008	Billy Cunningham, Trust Catering Manager, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust		View
2007	Andy Jones, Director of Catering, ISS Mediclean		View
2006	Pam Stansfield, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust		View
2005	John Hughes, Nottingham City Hospital		View
2004	Martin Cantor, Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust		View
2003	Elsa Witherspoon		View
2002	Ron McKenzie		View
2001	Paul Birch		View

Catering Service/Team of the Year Award

Year	Winners	Branch
2024	Gosport War Memorial Hospital	Wessex	View
2023	Darlington Memorial Hospital	Northern	View
2022	Catering Team at Causeway Hospital, Northern Trust	Northern Ireland	View
2020	NHS Ayrshire & Arran	West of Scotland	View
2019	NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board	West of Scotland	View
2018	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals	Trent	View
2017	Northern Health and Social Care Trust – Community Catering Services	Northern Ireland	View
2016	Golden Jubilee Foundation Hospital	West of Scotland	View
2015	Musgrove Park Hospital	South West England	View
2014	Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	Yorkshire	View
2013	Forth Valley Royal Hospital	East of Scotland	View
2012	Darlington Memorial Hospital Catering Team	Northern	View
2010	Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust		View
2009	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust		View
2008	Rochdale Infirmary Patient Meal Service Team		View
2007	Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust		View
2006	Great Ormond Street Hospital		View
2005	Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust	West Midlands	View
2004	The Leeds Teaching Hospitals		View

Wilma Wilkie Outstanding Service Award

Year	Winners	Branch
2024	Janice Gillan	West of Scotland	View
2023	Carol Birch	Northern	View
2022	Stewart McKenzie	West of Scotland	View
2020	Phil Shelley	South West England	View
2019	Pam Miller	Yorkshire	View
2018	Paul Birch	Northern	View
2017	Chris Lay	Wessex	View
2016	Val Landers	Wales	View
2015	Elsa Witherspoon	Northern Ireland	View
2014	Isabella Dickie	West of Scotland	View
2013	David Williamson	East of Scotland	View

Outstanding Service Award

Year	Winners	Branch
2012	Neil Watson Jones	West Midlands	View
2011	Allan Gimson	Trent	View
2010	Anne Shore, HCA Vice President		View
2009	John Brown, Area Catering Manager, NHS Dumfries & Galloway		View
2008	Mike Hawkes	Wales	View
2007	Mike Pearson, Cornwall Partnership Trust		View
2006	Colin Clarke		View
2005	Ron Anderson, HCA Vice President	West Midlands	View

Special Contribution Award

Year	Winners	Branch
2024	Karoline Rowlands	South West England	View
2024	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath		View
2023	Mark Hayman, HCA National Vice President	East Anglia	View
2022	Margaret Valenti, Business Support Manager, Cook Freeze Production Unit, Inverclyde Royal Hospital	West of Scotland	View
2020	Paul Kavanagh	South West England	View
2019	Roger Kellow	West Midlands	View
2018	Mike Hall, HCA Vice President		View
2017	Fionnuala Cook OBE, HCA President		View