The newly
opened Foodovation Centre at North West Regional College has picked up a top
award at the Northern Ireland Food & Drink Awards.The North
West picked up four awards at a black tie event celebrating a stellar evening
showcasing the best of food and drink.The award for 'Growing For the Future' was collected by our own Chef Brian McDermott and Principal Leo Murphy.
Derry City and Strabane District Council’s popular LegenDerry Food Festival also won Best NI Food Event, Cycle-Sperrins/Far and Wild picked up the award for ‘Best NI Tours and Trails’and there was huge celebration with the announcement of a special award for Derry as Northern Ireland’s key food tourism and hospitality destination.NWRC Foodovation Centre Manager Brian McDermott said it was an honour to accept the ‘Growing for the Future’ award.He added: “This award is recognition of the hard work by the team at North West Regional College to develop a state-of-the-art business centre of excellence for food. We are particularly delighted to have won the ‘Growing for the Future Award’ because our ethos is to encourage and nurture small to medium sized food businesses, as well as provide artisan and industry specialists with the technical advice to ensure their route to market is successful and sustainable. Our Foodovation Centre is an extension of the College’s commitment to invest its resources to support the food and hospitality sector. I would like to thank all our clients, stakeholders and funders, such as Department for the Economy, Connected NI and Invest NI, who have helped make the centre so successful.”
Derry City and Strabane District Council’s popular LegenDerry Food Festival also won Best NI Food Event, Cycle-Sperrins/Far and Wild picked up the award for ‘Best NI Tours and Trails’and there was huge celebration with the announcement of a special award for Derry as Northern Ireland’s key food tourism and hospitality destination.NWRC Foodovation Centre Manager Brian McDermott said it was an honour to accept the ‘Growing for the Future’ award.He added: “This award is recognition of the hard work by the team at North West Regional College to develop a state-of-the-art business centre of excellence for food. We are particularly delighted to have won the ‘Growing for the Future Award’ because our ethos is to encourage and nurture small to medium sized food businesses, as well as provide artisan and industry specialists with the technical advice to ensure their route to market is successful and sustainable. Our Foodovation Centre is an extension of the College’s commitment to invest its resources to support the food and hospitality sector. I would like to thank all our clients, stakeholders and funders, such as Department for the Economy, Connected NI and Invest NI, who have helped make the centre so successful.”
