Awards
Listed below are a selection of awards and accomplishments achieved by The Sheffield College in recent years.
Listed below are a selection of awards and accomplishments achieved by The Sheffield College in recent years.
2023 |
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| Disability Confident Leader Level 3 re-accreditation | Educate North Awards 2023 - Music and Performing Arts category finalist | Craft Guild of Chefs - Accredited College Restaurant of the Year Award 2023 finalist |
| Craft Guild of Chefs Chef Lecturer Award winner – Len Unwin | Silver Award for Service to the Craft Guild of Chefs – Len Unwin | Professional Association for Catering Education Award 2023 - Best Culinary Team category |
| Queer Student Awards 2023 - Role Model of the Year LGBTQ+ category | Yorkshire Young Professionals Awards - Young Professional Team of the Year – Industry Placements and Work-Related Activity Team | Yorkshire Young Professionals Awards - Young Business Development Professional category – Shani Clifford |
| UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year Awards 2023 - Best Use of British Beef | UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year Awards 2023 - Cafeology Barista Award | UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year Awards 2023 - Welbilt Kitchen Award |
| UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year Awards 2023 - Wellocks Trophy | Zest Quest Asia 2023 finalist | Silver Hedgehog Friendly Campus Award |
| Skills for Care quality mark | Sport England Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme accreditation | |
2022 |
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| College of Sanctuary status | Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees competitions | National Centre for Diversity FREDIE Awards – Chief Executive’s Special Award | National Centre for Diversity Top 100 Most Inclusive Workplaces 2022 (sixth) |
| Craft Guilds of Chefs Awards – Chef Lecturer Award finalist | AoC Beacon Awards runner-up in The National Centre for Diversity Award for Inclusive Learning Leadership category | AoC Beacon Awards runner-up in The RCU Award for Support for Students category | Nestlé Toque d’Or Grand Final shortlisting |
| Zest Quest Asia 2022 winners | Educate North Awards - winner of the Employer Engagement FE/HE sector award | Educate North Awards - commended in the innovation and social mobility categories | Zest Quest Asia – winner |
| Zest Quest Asia Tilda Challenge 2022 – winner | Awarded Google Reference College | AoC Beacon finalists - National Centre for Diversity Award for Inclusive Learning Leadership and the RCU Award for Support for Students categories | Glu Recruit Office Heroes Awards 2022 finalist – Scott Cotterill |
| FleurEx Awards 2022 first and second places – Novelty Wedding Orb category | Institute of Professional Florists’ Floristry Student of the Year Award – Andrea Borrer | Sheffield Business Awards 2022 - Best New Product/Service category | WorldSkills UK National Finals 2022 silver medal - Floristry category |
| WorldSkills UK National Finals finalist – Health and Social Care category | |||
2021 |
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| Pearson’s BTEC Awards – BTEC College of the Year 2021 category bronze award | Leaders in Diversity Award – from the National Centre for Diversity | National Education Opportunities Network (NEON) Awards: winner of the Widening Access to Higher Education category |
| Edufuturists Awards – winner of the Employer Engagement category | Queer Students Awards – joint winner of the Role Model of the Year category | The National Centre for Diversity’s Top 100 Most Inclusive Workplaces Index 2021 |
| The National Centre for Diversity’s FREDIE Awards 2021 - shortlisted for the FREDIE Lead of the Year and the Most Improved Organisation of the Year categories | Recognition in the EdTech50 | Zest Quest Asia Tilda Challenge 2021 – winner |
| Nestlé Toque d’Or National Heats – winner of the Front of House category | Nestlé Toque d’Or Grand Finals – finalist in the Front of House category | Salon Culinaire Salon Skills Competition – three gold medals and one silver, one bronze |
| The Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund – winner of the TikTok Break-out Award | WorldSkills UK National Finals (Health and Social Care) - Bronze | |
2020 |
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| AoC Beacon Awards - Careers and Enterprise Company Award for Innovation in Careers and Enterprise category | AoC Beacon commended college - Careers and Enterprise Company Award for Innovation in Careers and Enterprise | AoC Beacon commended college - City and Guild Award for College Engagement with Employers | Quality in Careers Standard |
| Investors in Diversity Award - from the National Centre for Diversity | Basketball England's Women’s Elite Basketball League - Most Valuable Player Award - Abbey Whitehouse | Education and Training Foundation Technical Teaching Fellowship award - Nick Hart | Zest Quest Asia finalists |
| Make UK Manufacturing Awards shortlist - apprentice Estelle Smith from Gripple | AoC Beacon Awards - finalist for Outstanding Careers Education and Guidance | AoC Beacon Commended College – for Innovation in Careers and Enterprise and Engagement with Employers | Sheffield Park Hill Student Photography Competition – joint second place |
| UK Business Hero by the British Chambers of Commerce – for the College’s response during the coronavirus pandemic | British Florist Association’s Education Awards 2020 – winner for achieving the highest theory marks in the Higher Diploma in Professional Floristry at Level 4 | Student Watercress Challenge 2020 – winner | Investors in Diversity Award |
2019 |
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| Disability Confident Leader Level 3 | AoC Sport Awards Inspirational Student Volunteer of the Year category - Tesfahun | Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees (ABST) 2019 competitions |
| Educate North Awards finalist - Employer Engagement Award category | Curtis Packaging Centre of Excellence double first prizes - Charlie Congreve and Jonah Jerrison-Cater | Salon Culinaire medal wins - two gold, one silver and three bronze medals |
2018 |
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| Annual Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees competition wins | British Florist Association Industry Awards Floristry Tutor of the Year finalist | British Florist Association Industry Awards Floristry Training Provider of the Year finalist |
| Craft Guild of Chefs Awards, Chef Lecturer of the Year finalist | Design Museum Students Awards – double winners | Yorkshire Accountancy Awards Trainee of the Year finalist |
| Zest Quest Asia finalists | ||
2017 |
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| Health worker wins WorldSkills UK Bronze Award | College Marketing Network’s FE First Awards - Silver | WorldSkills UK floristry national finalist |
| UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year (Winners) | Salon Culinaire awards wins | Association of Colleges Yorkshire and Humber Student Enterprise award |
2016 |
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| Gold Level Work Experience Quality Standard | Young Pastry Chef Of The Year | Cheese Grater Inspired Award Winning Design |
| Degree Student Wins Coveted D&AD New Blood Award | Finn Crisp Challenge Winner | WorldSkills Selection For Health and Social Care Students |
| College Training Restaurant Awarded AA Rosette | Nestlé Professional Toque d’Or Finalists | Hospitality Guild Recognises Centres of Excellence |
| Cateys Awards | Forgotten Spaces Young Creatives Competition | Journalism Student Wins National Industry Award |
| Airline Masterclass Winners | ||
