




PACE Gala Dinner & Awards
Client:
Professional Association for Catering Education
Event Type:
Gala Dinner & Awards
Size:
250 attendees
7 awards
Brief/Aim:
- To plan and launch an awards scheme for PACE
- Devise award categories relevant to the catering education sector
- Sell category sponsorship
- Gain nominations and entries
- Organise and manage the judging in conjunction with PACE
- Organise the awards ceremony during the annual PACE Learning & Development Forum
Solution:
- Launch PACE Innovation Awards
- Devise and agree award categories with directors of PACE
- Design and print relevant nomination forms
- Launch and promote awards to the PACE membership and college sector via an integrated marketing campaign to gain nominations
- Sell sponsorship of each category to suppliers of the sector
- Devise awards timeline and devise judging matrix
- Organise trophies and certificates
- Plan decor, theming and all F&B for awards dinner
- Design and print menus, name cards, table plans and awards brochure
- PowerPoint presentation and AV
- Provide MC for the awards and assist in awards presentations
“A big thank you for all of the work you did to make the awards dinner such a success. I have had a tremendous amount of feedback from attendees – all of which has been extremely complementary. Thanks once again, none of the event would have been possible without your hard work and attention to detail.”
Geoff Booth
Chairman, PACE