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Awards and Recognition
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Through our focus on service excellence, Gulf Coast Enterprises has made significant contributions to the many food service honors awarded to our Armed Forces food services contracts. |
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United States Air Force Hennessy Award
Established in 1957, the John L. Hennessy Award is the highest honor an Air Force dining facility can attain. It was named for the late John L. Hennessy, a hotel and restaurant executive who led an advisory group responsible for improving military food service. The Hennessy Award promotes food service excellence by encouraging competition among providers.
- Hennessy Award Winner: 2003, 2006 and 2009 (Eglin Air Force Base, FL)
- Hennessy Award Winner: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2008
(U.S. Air Force Duke Field, FL)
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Gold Plate Award
The major Air Force commands award the Gold Plate to the best food service operation within their authority. The Air Force Material Command has awarded this honor to the Eglin Air Force Base food services operations for the following years:
- 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010
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United States Navy Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award
Established in 1958, the Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award is the highest honor given to Navy food service operations. The Ney Award is designed to improve Navy food services by encouraging competition among food service operations. It was named for the Navy captain who served as the head of the Subsistence Division of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts from 1940 to 1945.
The following food service operations under contract with GCE have received recognition under the Ney Award program:
- Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL – Ney Award Winner, 2010
- Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL – “5 Star” Ney Accreditation, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Naval Submarine Base, Groton, CT – “5 Star” Ney Accreditation, 2010
- Naval Station, Newport, RI – “4 Star” Ney Accreditation, 2010
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United States Coast Guard Forrest O. Rednour Memorial Award
The Forrest O. Rednour Memorial Award for Excellence in Food Service is presented annually to recognize Coast Guard dining facilities that exemplify the best in food service professionalism. Although the award program has been in existence since 1995, in 2008 it was renamed in honor of the World War II era Ships Cook Second Class who heroically helped rescue survivors of a torpedoed transport vessel only to later lose his life in the line of duty.
- U.S. Coast Guard Station Clearwater, FL – Food Service Excellence Award winner, Large Ashore category – 2001 and 2003
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