College wins Good Egg Award
Posted on Friday 22 May 2009
Commitment to cage-free eggs wins College and their caterers, Chartwells, a prestigious award.
Commitment to cage-free eggs
The Sixth Form College Farnborough, in partnership with Caterers Chartwells, have been awarded The Good Egg Award at a prestigious event in the Terrace Pavilion at House of Commons last week. The award was presented by Penelope Keith, one of Britain’s best-loved actresses and patron of Compassion in World Farming, together with Rosie Boycott, London’s, Food Czar, and TV presenter Charlotte Uhlenbroek.
The Good Egg Awards were developed by Compassion in World Farming to celebrate the commitment of companies that are setting free millions of hens in advance of the European Union’s 2012 ban on the use of battery cages for laying hens.
“So far more than 25 million hens are living cage-free as a result of our award winners’ policies”, said Philip Lymbery, Chief Executive of Compassion in World Farming. “These awards make it clear that the food business is turning its back on battery cages and it is great to see Chartwells and The Sixth Form College Farnborough showing leadership on this issue and choosing cage-free eggs.”
The award was collected by the catering manager at the college, Alisdair McGourlay, who attended with his assistant Margaret Hack and Student president, Jack Nixon.
Mr McGourlay said, “At Chartwells we are keen not only to use cage free eggs but also, because of our role in education catering, to influence young people to develop a commitment to Compassion in World Farming.”
Student President, Jack Nixon, said, “As students at the College we are keen to encourage the use of cage-free eggs and also the use of locally sourced foods – we were surprised and delighted when we realized how much of the catering supplies to the College come from local producers.”
Previous winners include: McDonald’s, Sainsbury’s, Unilever (Hellmann’s), Starbucks, Pret A Manger, The Co-operative, M&S, Waitrose, the National Trust cafes and restaurants, JD Wetherspoon, House of Commons catering, Tate cafes and restaurants, Restaurant Associates, Subway and Cadbury Crème Egg.
