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Chris and Jeff Galvin’s Galvin La Chapelle at Spitalfields has been named Best Overall Restaurant at the Restaurant and Bar Design Awards 2010.
Having won the Tatler Restaurant award for Best Restaurant in May as well as the Craft Guild of Chefs award for Best New Restaurant of the Year in June, the Galvin brothers were said to be 'delighted' to pick up a third accolade for their Spitalfields restaurant, designed by DesignLSM.
Sara Galvin, Chris's wife and host patron at La Chapelle, said: "We considered ourselves to be up against some stiff competition and so didn’t think we'd win it. The others had great designers with really good reputations.
"For the CGC award, as we were up against Mark Hix and Philip Howard we thought we wouldn’t get it. Jeff in particular was really touched because he's put a lot of effort into the food at La Chapelle. When Chris was at The Orrery he won the same award, so now it's great that Jeff's talent is being recognised too."
La Chapelle - Voted Restaurant of the Year: Tatler Awards 2010
Congratulations to the Galvin brothers, Chris and Jeff, who won the coveted Restaurant of the Year award, at the Tatler Restaurant Awards as well as runner-up places for Best Newcomer, Restaurateur of the Year.
Here are the rest of the worthy winners:
Best wine list and sommelier: Nicolas Clerc, Le Pont de la Tour
Best front of house: Christian Laval, Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester
Best Kitchen: Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley
Best Newcomer: Kitchen W8
Restaurateur of the Year: Ben and Hugo Warner
Consistently excellent: The Restaurant at The Goring
The 'It' Room: Brompton Bar & Grill
Taste of London Rising Star: Stephen Williams, Harwood Arms
Lifetime Achievement Award: Sir Terence Conran
Tatler Restaurant of the Year: Galvin La Chapelle
Congratulations to all those who had their hard work recognised!
Ceda Awards 2010
CCE Group Ltd have again been recognised in this year's prestigious CEDA Grand Prix Awards 2010 (commonly known as the Oscars of the catering world) Following our success at being short listed previous years CCE Group Ltd were especially honoured to be short listed again this year in 2 different categories for their commitment, quality of workmanship and the highest levels of excellence and professionalism in kitchen installation projects.
Profit Sector: Small Project Award Category
Gaucho Manchester www.gauchorestaurants.co.uk
Brief: Replace the front of house cooking line, prep areas and pass to improve functionality and hygiene.
Key points: Very tight programme – two long weekends requiring working around the clock.
Several trades working simultaneously meant very careful programming and cooperation.
The combination of programme and location of the site (Manchester) relative to the factory (Essex) left no margin for error as far as custom fabricated items were concerned. The project was completed on time.
2 Entries in Profit Sector: Large Project Award Category
Galvins La Chapelle www.galvinrestaurants.com
Brief: Design, Supply and Install 'the best fine dining kitchen in London'.
Key points: The programme meant that the counters had to be manufactured before the walls had been built. This meant providing templates for the builder to work to. The result was a perfect fit.
The Bonnet cooking suite and the wood fired oven had to be delivered and placed in position before the walls were built.
Le Poussin at. Limewood www.limewoodgroup.co.uk
Brief: Design, supply and install a kitchen facility for a five star hotel in a listed building.
Key points: Two separate dining rooms (brasserie and fine dining) plus all supporting facilities including a cookery school/chefs table.
No gas was allowed in the building so electric cooking tops were used including induction hobs, fryers and bain maries and built onto a specially fabricated base unit that enclosed all the services in the end supports and left it clear underneath the cooking area for cleaning. No ovens were included in the centre island suite, several combi ovens were used.
A Special Merit Award going to:
Lee Slater Senior Contract Manager of CCE Group Ltd
Who displayed exceptional levels of customers service and commitment during the installation of
Gaucho Manchester and Le Poussin at Limewood
Coming soon to CCE Group Ltd a New Design Studio
Adande is fast becoming the hottest piece of refrigeration equipment on the market due to its ability to maintain a stable temperature. It can also be changed from a fridge to a freezer and back again just by adjusting the temperature settings on the digital readout. Adande has recently been announced as the winner of The Sustainable Catering Equipment Award by the FCSI.
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Turbochef High Speed Ovens – CCE have recently worked in co-operation with FSG International based in Scotland in promoting the Turbochef ovens.
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Gram Refrigeration – Keep your cool through the credit crunch with energy saving ideas from Gram.
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Clifton Water Baths – CCE have worked in conjunction with Clifton Water Baths in developing an in-built water bath into Hot Passes.