KP OF THE YEAR

The award is the brainchild of warewashing specialist Winterhalter and is judged by a panel of top names from the foodservice industry. Aleks has been a kitchen porter at the Crathorne Hall Hotel in North Yorkshire for over eleven years and was nominated by Alan Robinson, the hotel's executive head chef. "Father Riitmaas is thoughtful, generous, does the most thorough job and makes the whole team smile," says Alan. "He cleans and scrubs areas that other KPs didn't even know existed! He gets involved in the upkeep of everything, from the deep fat fryer to the compost bins and our bees... Chefs and managers from every part of the catering industry can enter their KPs for the award... It's time to celebrate the incredible contribution that kitchen porters make in just about every commercial kitchen throughout the UK.