Donna Sharpe, Sodexo Employee of the Year
16 Mar 2011
Delicious desserts have won a Doncaster woman the title of employee of the year at her company’s annual award ceremony in London.
Donna Sharp, who works for Sodexo - catering for the pupils, students and staff at the Doncaster Deaf Trust, walked away with the Sodexo Employee of the Year for the whole of the UK and Ireland. The 30th Sodexo Star Awards which honour culinary experts from right around the UK and Ireland, took place in the capital and was guest hosted by sports presenter Gabby Logan and Rugby legend Matt Dawson.
Donna picked up the award after being nominated by colleague Pat Metcalf from the Deaf Trust for Donna’s consistently high standard of work and her truly magical chocolate desserts of which she recently picked up a merit for in another competition. Donna said: “It was great to receive the award, especially for doing something I just thought was my job.”
Aiden Connolly, CEO of Sodexo said after the event: “Our overall winner was Donna Sharpe who is a lovely, modest lady whose efforts are clearly appreciated by the children and our client. Well done.” Bobbie Roberts, chair of trustees at the Doncaster Deaf Trust said: “Congratulations to Donna, she really deserved the award. “We have a fantastic relationship with Sodexo who have been supplying our catering services for over the last 20 years to an extremely high standard. These awards firmly illustrate the professionalism and dedication of the team to supply both our pupils and staff with truly delicious food.”
During her eight years at the Deaf Trust Donna has done several educational cooking sessions with the students which have been received really well and she looks forward to the next school term after Christmas break.