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Steve Ball: KP of the Year 2014

27 October 2014

Manor House Hotel’s dedicated, long-serving KP wins Winterhalter-sponsored award Steve Ball of the five star Manor House Hotel in the Cotswolds is not your average KP.  For one thing, he’s been at the hotel for 35 years.  He’s as likely to be found working in the kitchen garden, or ordering supplies, as he is in the kitchen – which he keeps spotlessly clean.  But what really sets him apart is that he is Kitchen Porter of the Year for 2014....

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Stop press: C&C managing director loved mopping floors!

18 July 2014

KP of the Year competition triggers memories of the kitchen porter years… The KP of the Year competition, sponsored by Winterhalter, is all about celebrating the contribution that kitchen porters make to the hospitality industry. Lots of top chefs and foodservice operators started out as KPs – and there are plenty of captains of industry throughout the catering sector who began their working life scrubbing floors and washing dishes. Take Peter Kitchin, managing director of C&C Catering Equipment, the multi-award...

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Sharkey & Kinkead are KPs for a day to promote KP of the Year

23 June 2014

Vision and Winterhalter managing directors go back to the kitchen floor to launch 2014 competition To promote the 2014 Kitchen Porter of the Year competition, Winterhalter managing director Stephen Kinkead persuaded Jack Sharkey, chair of CEDA and managing director of Vision Commercial Kitchens, to join him for a shift as a KP in one of London’s busiest restaurants, at Fortnum and Mason. There’s a video of their exploits on YouTube, but Jack’s plaintive cry halfway through his lunchtime ordeal, “When...

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Who is the 2014 KP of the Year?

14 May 2014

Award looks to celebrate kitchen porters from every sector of the catering market Cash prize of £1,000 for the winner – plus a new Winterhalter warewasher for their establishment The search is on for the Kitchen Porter of the Year 2014 and once again the competition, which is the brainchild of warewashing specialist Winterhalter UK, is being backed by some of the industry’s top chefs.  According to Michel Roux Jr., “Kitchen porters are worth their weight in gold. This idea...

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Will your KP win you a £12k pass through dishwasher?

3 May 2013

Winterhalter announces extra prize for KP of the year Awards The search is on for the KP of the Year, in a competition backed by Winterhalter, the market leading warewasher manufacturer.  Now Winterhalter has confirmed that, alongside cash and other prizes for the winner, the KP of the Year’s establishment will win a pass-through warewasher worth £12,000.  The warewasher is the new, advanced hood machine being launched by Winterhalter in September 2013. Top chefs have voiced their support for the...

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