CHIEF STEWARD OF THE YEAR

Vijesh Puthen, Media One Hotel

Vijesh Puthen, chief steward at Dubai’s Media One Hotel won the Chief Steward of the Year title at the Caterer Middle East Awards, which was presented by A. Ronai managing director Gavin Dodd.

He implemented a new well defined breakage monitoring programme in the hotel and verified the result by daily monitoring and updating information to the concerned outlet managers on a daily basis.

This is Puthen’s second time winning the Chief Steward of the Year award. He previously took home the trophy in 2013.

Unfortunately Puthen was unable to attend the event and collect his Chief Steward of the Year award so Girish Babu took to the stage to collect the prize on his behalf.

Puthen started at Media One on 2011 in the role of kitchen steward. His previous job in Dubai was with the Address Hotel, Dubai Marina for 15 months, where he also worked as a steward. Prior to this, his hospitality experience was in Kerala, India when he worked with independent hotels as a steward and waiter. In January 2012, he was promoted to stewarding supervisor as a result of his hard work and positive contributions in the F&B Department. He is now responsible for a team of 10 stewards of mixed nationalities and provides an amazing service to the culinary team and hygiene manager.

Speaking about his accolade he said: “It Is not easy to win an accolade like this once, so I’m over the moon to win it twice! I feel absolutely honoured to be recognised by Caterer Middle East Awards 2017 and owe my thanks to the Media One for their encouragement and support throughout the years. This would never have been possible without my hotel family!”

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