We’ve won a National Sustainable Catering Award for a second time

The team at YGC is celebrating after winning the Sustainability award in a national competition for the second year running.

We’re delighted to share the news that we won the Sustainability award at the 2024 Garden Centre Catering Awards that were announced earlier this week.

Our Commercial Director, Sharon McNair, is delighted with the win: “Sustainability and community are the heart of our business and we are investing significant time, money and manpower to achieve our sustainability ambitions.

“From harnessing solar power and harvesting rainwater to using green electricity and improving our waste streams, we have already taken many steps to achieve our goals and are proud that our team’s efforts have been rewarded with this prestigious award.”

 A spokesperson for Garden Centre Catering said: “A huge congratulations to all four winners. The judging generally placed an emphasis, obviously, on the food offer, while also looking for originality, innovation and bring prepared to go the extra mile to deliver for their customers. Also valued was being able to demonstrate that they had managed to achieve results in this extremely competitive marketplace.”

The winners of the other three awards in the competition were:

Afternoon Tea of the Year, Green Pastures Plant Centre; Independent Garden Centre Caterer of the Year, Garden Terrace Café Batsford Arboretum and Garden Centre Catering Group of the Year, British Garden Centres. Thanks to all our team members and stakeholders for helping us to win this award.