The Bay’s Oscars commence!

Media release 24th March 2009

The Bay’s Oscars commence!

Nominations officially open today for the Hawke’s Bay Hospitality Awards to be held on the 18th May at the Century Theatre followed by an afterparty at Ocean’s Café & Bar in Napier.

This is a voting process open only to the Hospitality Industry in Hawke’s Bay (Wairoa to Dannevirke) which allows workers to nominate who they believe is the best in up to 14 different categories.

The nominations are then counted and the top four become finalists in each category where the industry will again vote for the MOST OUTSTANDING in the industry.

Jane Libby, General Manager for Food Hawke’s Bay says “we are very pleased to have the majority of our inaugural sponsors on board once again and also welcome Paritua Vineyards, Tui and Eftpos Specialists Hawke’s Bay Ltd for this years’ event. Events like this do not happen without the support of businesses like these, they truly believe in this industry and are willing to be part of an exciting event like this one”

Categories for 2009 include:

• The Village Press Outstanding Chef
• Eftpos Specialists Outstanding Front of House Personality
• HSI Outstanding Waitperson
• Hospitality Association Outstanding Bartender
• Bay Espresso Outstanding Barista
• Restaurant Association Outstanding Cafe
• Tui Outstanding Traditional Pub
• Grande Gourmet Outstanding Restaurant
• Paritua Vineyards Outstanding Supplier
• Food Hawke’s Bay Outstanding Sales Rep
• Hancocks Outstanding Bar
• Regal Marlborough Salmon Emerging Chef
• Clearview Estate Best Ambience/style
• Kim Crawford Wines Outstanding Hospitality Personality

Members of the public can enjoy following the voting process as the best of the best unfolds in Hawke’s Bay.

If you are part of the Hospitality Industry and need a nominations form or an explanation of how the nomination and voting process works please go to our website www.foodhawkesbay.co.nz to download the information. Finalists will be announced on 20 April at a media launch with the winners being announced at the Awards evening on the 18 May followed by the biggest and best industry after party.

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