FOOD SERVICE
ReadershipAwards PART OF ITCA DUBAI GALA An intimate gathering of industry professionals reveled in camaraderie streamside on a mild October evening in Dubai during the second day of this year’s International Travel Catering Association Exhibition at a gala banquet which, again, included a presentation of the annual PAX International Readership Awards. The event was held at the Park Hyatt Hotel on the banks of Dubai Creek the evening of October 26. Caterers and representatives from several airlines in the Middle East were on hand to receive the awards, distributed by PAX International Editor in Chief Rick Lundstrom and Dubai-based Journalist Faye Rowe “The goal of these awards stays the same,” said Lundstrom. “And that is to recognize excellence seen through the eyes of the readers of PAX International.”This year, LSG Sky Chefs carried the top honors with the Readership Award of Distinction. The Readership Awards were presented in four categories: Airline Caterer of the Year, Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier, Airline of the Year for Food Service and Best First and Business Class Lounge. The following is a list of this year’s winners divided by region, along with this year’s Award of Distinction. The absence of winners in some categories indicates no votes were received:
PAX International Readership Award Winners 2011 AWARD OF DISTINCTION LSG Sky Chefs Europe 2011 Airline Caterer of the Year
Servair
Americas 2011 Airline Caterer of the Year
Flying Food Group
Airline of the Year Food Service Continental Airlines Middle East 2011 Airline of the Year Food Service Etihad Airways Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier
Emirates Airline
Best First and Business Qatar Airways Class Lounge Asia 2011 Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier
Korean Air
PAX International Editor Rick Lundstrom presented the Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier Middle East Award to Terry Daly, Divisional Senior Vice President of Service Delivery at Emirates at the carrier’s headquarters
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Franck Bouat, Senior Vice President of International Sales at Servair traveled from Paris to accept the PAX International Readership Award for Caterer of the year, Europe