Alastair Storey, chairman and founder of the Foundation, led the prize-giving ceremony which was recently held at WSH office in Reading.

Recipients included Samuel Knott, catering assistant at St Andrews Preparatory School, Martina Stankovianska, common room supervisor at SAID Business School, Agnes Eordogh, waitress at St Cross College, and Paulina Koczorska, hospitality assistant at Herbert Smith Freehills.

Worth £1,000 per annum for each year of study (to a maximum of £3,000), the WSH Foundation Scholarship has been created to encourage WSH employees or their dependents to undertake a course of full time study to enable them to achieve their ambition in the hospitality industry.  

Scholarships are awarded to those who can best demonstrate what it means to them to undertake a hospitality course in a further or higher education establishment; how a vocational qualification will help them to achieve their personal goals; and why they will be an asset to the hospitality industry.

On receiving her scholarship, Koczorska said: “I am really excited and thrilled to be awarded the scholarship! It means that I can concentrate on improving my skills for better job prospects. One day, I hope to become a hospitality manager.”