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Snap your KP on 22 June – KP day helps raise cash for the Springboard Charity

30 May 2017

Winterhalter is giving £1 for every KP snap! 22 June 2017 is National KP Day, when the kitchen brigade gets to have a bit of fun and raise cash for Springboard, the charity that helps young and disadvantaged people gain employment in the hospitality industry. Got a great kitchen porter in your kitchen?  Or one with a sense of humour?  Then take a photo of them and tweet it with the hashtag #kpday.  For every tweet, warewasher specialist Winterhalter will...

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#KPday 2016

19 May 2016

Celebrate the superheroes of the kitchen and help Winterhalter raise money for charity The second National KP Day takes place on 22nd June 2016. On the one hand, it’s a chance to thank kitchen porters for their hard work, celebrate their important role in the catering industry and have a bit of fun along the way.  At the same time it’s an opportunity to help warewashing specialist Winterhalter raise up to £1000 for Springboard, the charity that helps disadvantaged people...

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Kinky Boots: foodservice pair trek off for Springboard

8 February 2016

Kinky and Robbo’s Big Adventure: duo aim to raise £10,000 for charity on the road to Machu Pichu Two captains of the catering equipment industry are putting fine dining and five star hotels behind them as they train for a gruelling five day trek across Peru to raise money for Springboard.  Stephen ‘Kinky’ Kinkead and Glenn ‘Robbo’ Roberts, managing directors of Winterhalter UK and Gram UK respectively, aim to raise at least £10,000 for Springboard in its work to help...

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National KP Day: Winterhalter donates £500 to Springboard

8 July 2015

Kitchen brigades across the country join in the photo fun, tweeting to raise money for charity The first National KP Day saw lots of chefs and their brigades getting involved in celebrating the work of the kitchen porter – and raising money for charity. June 22 was the day and Winterhalter, the warewashing specialist, offered to donate £1 to catering industry charity Springboard for every picture of a KP tweeted with the hashtag #kpday. The Grand Hotel Eastbourne were amongst...

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#kpday

10 June 2015

Diary date – 22 June: National KP Day “Helping caterers shine and customers dine!” Celebrate the role of kitchen porters and help raise £1,000 for the Springboard Charity On June 22 2015, the catering industry will be able to celebrate the people whose work makes kitchens tick across the UK: kitchen porters.  The day is also an opportunity to raise up to £1,000 for Springboard, the charity that helps disadvantaged people find work in the catering industry. 

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