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22-Nov-2022

- Ace News

ACE raises over £6k for hospitality charity, The PM Trust

ACE raises over £6k for hospitality charity, The PM Trust
Over 140 guests, helped raise vital funds for The PM Trust a...read full article

30-Jun-2022

- Ace News

Caroline Bacigalupo revealed as ACE Robyns winner at Summer Celebration

The Association of Catering Excellence announced the winner of the 2022 ACE Robyns Award at its annual summer party held...read full article

27-Jun-2022

- Ace News

Meet ACE Robyns Finalist, Lily Bell

Lily Bell is an account manager for Visa Europe, one of BaxterStorey’s flagship contracts. She was one of ten finalist...read full article

24-Jun-2022

- Ace News

Meet ACE Robyns Finalist, Leo Coates

Leo Coates is director of operations at Bennett Hay and joins our impressive line-up of ACE Robyns finalists this year. ...read full article

24-Jun-2022

- Ace News

Meet ACE Robyns Finalist, Anthony Dye

ACE Robyns finalist, Anthony Dye is currently executive chef at Shearman & Sterling LLP in London where he manages t...read full article

24-Jun-2022

- Ace News

Meet ACE Robyns Finalist, Ryan Lewis

We are delighted to have Ryan Lewis as one of our ACE Robyns finalists. He is an area manager at Wilson Vale and is resp...read full article

24-Jun-2022

- Ace News

Meet ACE Robyns Finalist - Michaela Mulvey

Last week we revealed an impressive list of finalists for the ACE Robyns Awards 2022. One of those was Michaela Mulvey w...read full article

07-Apr-2022

- Press Releases

BaxterStorey victorious at ACE Quiz Night

BaxterStorey victorious at ACE Quiz Night
The team at Nomura hosted The Association of Catering Excellence’s (ACE) po...read full article

16-Mar-2022

- Events

The most commonly asked questions about the ACE Quiz

We know that some people may be new to the ACE Quiz, especially as we haven’t held one since before the pandemic. So, ...read full article

16-Mar-2022

- Events

Appetite4Work sponsors the ACE Quiz

It’s been three years since the last ACE Quiz took place so there is no denying that we can’t wait to bring you all ...read full article

16-Mar-2022

- Events

Meet the ACE Quiz Master

With only a few weeks until we say “eyes down” at the ACE Quiz, we have been catching up with
the famous ACE quizma...read full article

23-Feb-2020

- Press Releases

ACE Charity Dinner raises £10,000 for Hospitality Action

The Association of Catering Excellence returned to The Langham for its annual Charity Dinner on Friday 21st February. Ov...read full article

13-Jan-2020

- Ace News

ACE is proud to support Hospitality Action in 2020

Supporting charities is something which has always been important to ACE and over the years we have raised thousands for...read full article

20-Dec-2019

- Ace News

Looking back on 2019 as ACE Chair

As I sit writing this, I'm struggling to believe we are almost at the end of 2019. The last six months since I took over...read full article

19-Sep-2019

- Ace News

News from the archives - 21 years ago ...

Straight from the archives, this article was originally produced by Bruce McLauchlan for the Company Magazine at High Ta...read full article

19-Sep-2019

- Sponsors News

Foodie's Delight

It’s one of the biggest events on the food calendar, that time of year when the Association of Catering Excellence bri...read full article

12-Jul-2019

- Press Releases

Rebecca Armstrong of The Genuine Dining Company is winner of ACE Robyns Award 2019

The Association of Catering Excellence (ACE) announced the winner of the 2019 ACE Robyns Award, which is sponsored by Tr...read full article

10-Jun-2019

- Press Releases

ACE Robyns shortlist announced for 2019

The Association of Catering Excellence (ACE) has announced the shortlist for the ACE Robyns Award, sponsored by Troika. ...read full article

05-Apr-2019

- Events

Berkeley Scott victorious at ACE Quiz

The Elior team at Lloyd’s of London once again hosted The Association of Catering Excellence’s popular Quiz Night on...read full article

28-Mar-2019

- Guest Blogs

ACE council welcomes the next generation

ACE:- What can I say….Association of Catering Excellence!! Sounds pretty good doesn’t it!!
I was asked to write a bl...read full article

21-Feb-2019

- Press Releases

Charity Dinner raises £10,000 for Wiggly Worm charity

On Thursday 21st February, The Association of Catering Excellence held its annual Charity Dinner at 113 Chancery Lane, h...read full article

28-Jan-2019

- Ace News

kff support Wiggly Worm

At the end of last year, Sarah-Jayne Law who works for catering food supplier, kff was invited to the launch of Wiggly W...read full article

12-Dec-2018

- Ace News

ACE attends opening of Wiggly Worm community Kitchen

Wiggly Worm is the charity that ACE has supported for the last 3 years. On Wednesday 5th December, ACE Council Members C...read full article

21-Nov-2018

- Ace News

Looking Back On 2018 As ACE Chair

The year has gone so fast and I can’t believe I am writing an end of year article already. It’s been action-packed a...read full article

21-Sep-2018

- Press Releases

Blue Apple and Vacherin celebrate success at ‘ACE Ready Steady Cook – The Next Generation’

The Association of Catering Excellence’s annual Ready Steady Cook competition was held on Thursday 20th September at E...read full article

16-Sep-2018

- Events

Meet your Ready Steady Cook Finalists - Bartlett Mitchell

In just a few days, fifteen teams will battle it out to discover the winner of this year’s ACE cooking competition. Ea...read full article

12-Sep-2018

- Events

Meet your ACE Ready Steady Cook Finalists - The Genuine Dining Co.

With just a week to go until one of our most popular events of the year, we’ve been chatting to Alex Pollard, executiv...read full article

06-Sep-2018

- Events

Meet your ACE Ready Steady Cook Finalists - Restaurant Associates

Meet your ACE chef finalists: Aaron Cootes from Restaurant Associates
With just a few weeks to go until our next event, ...read full article

06-Sep-2018

- Events

Meet your ACE Ready Steady Cook Chef Finalists - BaxterStorey

Ryan Percopo from BaxterStoreyThere’s a saying “teamwork makes the dreamwork” and that’s always the case with ou...read full article

19-Jul-2018

- Ace News

James Pike of Green & Fortune is winner of ACE Robyns Award 2018

James Pike, Green & Fortune’s General Manager at Sea Containers House was declared the overall winner of the 2018 ...read full article

30-Apr-2018

- Press Releases

Ruth Hansom to become Chef Patron of ACE and Ready Steady Cook judge

The first ever female winner of National Young Chef of the Year, 22 year old Ruth Hansom has agreed to become Chef Pat...read full article

20-Apr-2018

- Ace News

Restaurant Associates victorious at ACE Quiz Night

On Wednesday 18th April 2018, The Association of Catering Excellence was once again at Lloyd’s of London for the popul...read full article

26-Mar-2018

- Ace News

Last year's ACE Robyns winner, Laura Amos tells us about her year

The ACE Robyns Award was launched in 2016 to recognise up and coming talent in the foodservice business. Inspired by Rob...read full article

23-Mar-2018

- Guest Blogs

Taking networking beyond the screen

Many of the younger generation working in contract catering are of an age where the whole of their adult lives have coin...read full article

17-Feb-2018

- Ace News

Charity Dinner raises almost £10,000 for The Wiggly Worm

Last night, The Association of Catering Excellence held a spectacular Charity Dinner at The Langham London. 180 members ...read full article

29-Jan-2018

- Ace News

Previous ACE Chair, Paul Hurren receives Fellowship of ACE

Paul Hurren was Chair of ACE from July 2015 to July 2017 when Gaye Bullard took over. In January, Paul was awarded Fello...read full article

29-Jan-2018

- Ace News

Wiggly Worm plans to open Community Kitchen

The Wiggly Worm creates opportunities through practical experiences and challenges in the world of food. Managing Direct...read full article

11-Jan-2018

- Ace News

A look back at 2017 with Wiggly Worm

Wiggly Worm has been ACE's chosen charity since 2015, and we continue to support them because of the great work they are...read full article

29-Sep-2017

- Ace News

Restaurant Associates and Lexington win trophies at ‘ACE Ready Steady Cook – The Next Generation’

The Association of Catering Excellence held its annual Ready Steady Cook competition at East Wintergarden in Canary Whar...read full article

28-Sep-2017

- Sponsors News

Thank you to our sponsors for Ready Steady Cook

Ready Steady Cook was once again a huge success, thanks to our generous sponsors.From supplying the meat and ingredients...read full article

01-Aug-2017

- Ace News

A new chair for ACE

On Wednesday 19th July at the ACE Summer Party at ZSL London Zoo, Gaye Bullard officially took over from Paul Hurren as ...read full article

20-Jul-2017

- Ace News

ACE Robyns 2017 winner announced

The Association of Catering Excellence (ACE) crowned the 2017 ACE Robyns Award winner at its annual summer party held at...read full article

28-Jun-2017

- Ace News

ACE Robyns shortlist announced

The ACE Robyns were created in 2016 in memory of Robyn Jones, joint founder of CH& Co who sadly died in 2015. She wa...read full article

04-Apr-2017

- Sponsors News

One of our Quiz Sponsors, Aduna, tells us more about their Africa-inspired health food brand

In today’s hyper-digital world, we are more knowledgeable and connected than we’ve ever been before. As consumers th...read full article

28-Feb-2017

- Ace News

ACE celebrates its 80th birthday in style

On Friday 24th February, The Association of Catering Excellence held its annual Wine Dinner at The Langham London. This ...read full article

18-Jan-2017

- Ace News

Adam Handling to become Chef Patron of ACE

Chef Patron at restaurant The Frog E1, 28 year old Adam Handling has agreed to become Chef Patron for the Association of...read full article

17-Jan-2017

- Sponsors News

Laytons Wine Merchants provide wine for ACE Wine Dinner

Laytons were founded in 1934 just 3 years before ACE was founded. We are thrilled and proud to be the official wine spo...read full article

23-Sep-2016

- Ace News

ACE Ready Steady Cook – The Next Generation

With a new venue, and the spotlight on up and coming young talent, The Association of Catering Excellence held its annua...read full article

15-Sep-2016

- Industry News

Latest News from Lusso

Lusso, the specialist City caterer and part of the CH&Co Group, has secured £48.7m of new and retained business ove...read full article

22-Jul-2016

- Ace News

First ever ACE Robyns winner announced aboard London Bateaux Cruise

The Association of Catering Excellence, also known as ACE has revealed the first winner in their new ACE Robyns Awards. ...read full article

01-Jun-2016

- Sponsors News

Wiggly World!

OCWC projects February and April 2016In conjunction with Active Impact Gloucestershire we ran two very successful ‘Of ...read full article

24-May-2016

- Sponsors News

Book now for ACE Robyns and ACE Summer Party

The Association of Catering Excellence (ACE) has created an exciting new award, aimed at showcasing young talent in the ...read full article

24-May-2016

- Ace News

Don't miss the ACE Robyns - deadline for entry May 27th

It seems like no time since we launched the first ever ACE Robyns Awards but the closing date has come round very quickl...read full article

28-Apr-2016

- Industry News

Restaurant Associates Tasting Menu Pop Up at 'Spring Workshop'

ACE Gold Sponsors, Restaurant Associates, are running a series of pop ups at ‘Spring Workshop’ in Mayfair, a café w...read full article

28-Apr-2016

- Industry News

Charity Golf Day - 14th June 2016

The annual Charity Golf Day held to support Hospitality Action is being held on Tuesday the 14th of June 2016 at The Abb...read full article

14-Apr-2016

- Ace News

ACE Quiz at Lloyd's London

On Tuesday 12th April 2016 for the third year running, The Association of Catering Excellence was at Lloyd’s London fo...read full article

24-Feb-2016

- Ace News

ACE Wine Dinner at Goldsmiths' Hall

The Association of Catering Excellence held its annual Wine Dinner at Goldsmiths’ Hall on Thursday 18th February. For ...read full article

22-Feb-2016

- Industry News

Northern Restaurant & Bar - 15-16th March 2016

The largest hospitality exhibition outside London, Northern Restaurant & Bar, takes place 15-16 March at Manchester ...read full article

08-Feb-2016

- Industry News

bartlett mitchell and inn or out events appoints new CFO

bartlett mitchell has strengthened its board with the appointment of new Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Trevor Jones. Trev...read full article

12-Jan-2016

- Ace News

Don't miss the ACE Wine Dinner in February

Tables are going fast for the Wine Dinner on 18th February at what can only be described as one of London’s hidden tre...read full article

01-Sep-2015

- Ace News

Ready Steady Cook 2015

Once again, The Association of Catering Excellence held its annual Ready Steady Cook Challenge at Imperial College, Lond...read full article

15-Jul-2015

- Ace News

ACE Sustains 2015

On Wednesday 15th July the Association of Catering Excellence (ACE) announced the winners of ACE Sustains 2015 at their ...read full article

01-Jun-2015

- Guest Blogs

Cookbook amnesty

"Our Chef Trainer Leon said when he was an apprentice 'owning your own cookbook was an incredibly hard task’ and so he...read full article

17-Apr-2015

- Ace News

Quiz Night April 2015

Following the popularity of last year’s venue, The Association of Catering Excellence once again held its annual Quiz ...read full article

12-Feb-2015

- Ace News

ACE Wine Dinner - February 2015

The Association of Catering Excellence held its annual Wine Dinner on Thursday 5th February at Painters' Hall, with over...read full article

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