Page 6 - mch1017_Magazine

TOP PRIORITY

Marine Corps Recognizes Food and Hospitality Excellence

he Food and Hospitality Excellence Award
TProgram was established by Marine Corps
Community Services (MCCS) to recognize res-
taurant and hospitality activities that exceed
the highest level of operational excellence and
service to customers. This year, the Business and
Support Services Division awarded 46 MCCS FOOD AND HOSPITALITY AWARD WINNERS FOR 2016
activities aboard 14 Marine Corps installations
for their exceptional performance in 2016. Club of the Year Daily Grind
These awards provide the opportunity for The Hansen Palms Club, MCB Camp Butler Starbucks
Lava Java
any club, restaurant, snack bar or lodging facil- Lodging Facility of the Year Strikers Grill & Tap
ity, regardless of size or location, to measure Inns of the Corps Twentynine Palms, Inns of the Corps Hawaii
their results against criteria in pre-established MCAGCC Twentynine Palms Sunset Lanai Consolidated Club
categories of customer service, financial per- PACOM Food Court
formance, human resources development and Restaurant of the Year Aloha Kitchen Restaurant
operational excellence. Starbucks, MCB Hawaii MCAS New River
According to Food, Hospitality and Commer- Landing Zone Officers’ Club
cial Recreation Program Manager Ric Pomeroy, MCCS FOOD AND HOSPITALITY
“The Food & Hospitality Excellence Awards AWARD WINNERS MCAS Cherry Point
afford my team at Headquarters Marine Corps New City Deli
MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler
the opportunity to recognize the top-performing Hansen Palms Consolidated Club Library Café
Crow’s Nest
clubs, restaurants and lodging facilities each year. Ocean Breeze Consolidated Club Snack – A – Tach
Day in and day out, our food-and-hospitality Inns of the Corps Butler Westpac
teams inject energy, creativity and positivity Inns of the Corps Butler Courtney MCB Quantico
into their daily service to Marines, sailors and Starbucks
their families. I am particularly thrilled to wel- MCB Camp Lejeune Hawkins Officers’ Club
come the MCAS Beaufort Officers’ Club and SNCO Club at Camp Lejeune Inns of the Corps Quantico
the MCAS New River Officers’ Club to the Heroz Restaurant
ranks of first time winners this year.” Berkeley Express Snack Bar MCAS Beaufort
“We share in the pride MCCS feels about Inns of the Corps Lejeune Hanger One Restaurant
our Food & Hospitality Excellence Award MCB Camp Pendleton Beaufort Officers’ Club
Afterburners
Winners,” said Cindy Whitman Lacy, director, Lake O’Neill RV Park Inns of the Corps Beaufort
business and support services division. “These Inns of the Corps Pendleton Pacific Views
activities embody our strategic vision of being Del Mar Beach Resort MCAS Iwakuni
‘accountable, bold and connected,’ and serve Club Iwakuni
as the standard to which all other hospitality MCAGCC Twentynine Palms
businesses strive to meet.” Warrior Club MCRD/ERR Parris Island
The managers and staff of these operations Starbucks Traditions Consolidated Club
have gone beyond the values, principles and Mobile Canteens Sand Trap
core competencies of MCCS — they understand Inns of the Corps Twentynine Palms Brig & Brew
and continue to accomplish the MCCS primary MCB Hawaii MCAS Miramar
mission of taking care of Marines and their The Officers Club at Kaneohe Bay Inns of the Corps Miramar
families by instituting best in class operating Kahuna’s Sports Bar & Grill
practices and saturating their activities with SNCO Club at Kaneohe Bay MCAS Yuma
the voice of our guests — Marines, sailors and Samuel Adams Sports Grill Afterburners Mexican Grille
their families. Flying Leatherneck Inn

NEXCOM Honors Associate

For 50 Years of Service
he Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) recently honored Ocie Ignacio,
Tguest services representative at Navy Lodge North Island in San Diego, Calif.,
for 50 years with the organization.
“I can’t believe it’s been that long,” Ignacio told Military Club & Hospitality. “I’ve
enjoyed working with such wonderful people and many mentors who have helped to
guide me. I’ve learned a lot, traveled some and hope I have helped guest, customers
and associates.”
Rear Adm. Robert J. Bianchi (Ret.), Chief Executive Officer, NEXCOM presenting Ocie Ignacio with
a Navy Lodge Program plaque honoring her 50 years of service to the NEXCOM Enterprise.
—MCH

6 MILITARY CLUB & HOSPITALITY | OCTOBER 2017