Sam Harrison nominated for a Catey award

Image above: Sam Harrison with Fanny Stocker

The Oscars of the hospitality industry

Sam Harrison, the owner of Sam’s Riverside restaurant in Hammersmith and Sam’s Larder in Turnham Green Terrace, has been nominated for a Catey award.

The prestigious awards, the Oscars of the hospitality industry, (so called because they are organised by The Caterer magazine) will be held in July at Grosvenor House and are celebrating 40 years this year.

Past winners include such luminaries as Gordon Ramsey, Rick Stein and Tom Kerridge in the Chef category. Like the Oscars, there are awards for every aspect of the industry, 20 categories covering everything from Best Marketing campaign to Lifetime Achievement. Sam has been nominated in the Independent Restaurant of the Year category.

“There is some pretty stiff competition” he told The Chiswick Calendar. He is up against Adam Handling, Adam Handling Group; Clare Smyth, CS Hospitality; Markus Thesleff, Thesleff Group; and Rebecca Mascarenhas, Elystan Street, Church Road, Kitchen W8, and Home SW15 and Flour + Water.

There are several Michelin starred establishments in that list.

“It’s a really nice thing to have been nominated” Sam told The Chiswick Calendar. “It’s recognition, a pat on the back.

“The Cateys send out an email to all their subscribers. I imagine people have nominated me for having survived. I’m a little fish amongst the big ones. It shows there’s some good stuff being done in the suburbs.”

Sam’s grocery store in Chiswick, Sam’s Larder, is a member of The Chiswick Calendar Club Card scheme.  See their Club Card offer here: Sam’s Larder Club Card offer.