ND Food Services wins top national awards | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › ND Food Services wins top national awards ND Food Services wins top national awards Published: August 03, 2004 Author: Shannon Roddel The National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) presented three awards to the University of Notre Dame Food Services earlier this month.p. This year marked the 31st annual Loyal E. Horton Dining Award contest, a highly competitive and prestigious peer recognition program. Open to all institutional members of NACUFS, the competition was designed to recognize exemplary menus, presentations, special event planning and new dining concepts, and to provide a venue for sharing ideas in collegiate dining services.p. NamedBest in the Nationfor a food service within a convenience store, Buen Provecho won the first-ever NACUFS convenience store competition. The Mexican restaurant, located within the Huddle-Mart in the LaFortune Student Center, was nominated by Scherry Roberts, operations manager of The Huddle.p. Catering by Design, the Universitys only on-campus catering service, received the Loyal E. Horton Gold Medal. Submitted by Jessica Velazquez, catering manager, and Kathleen Fulcher, catering sales manager, the entry was judged for menu selection, merchandising and presentation, marketing and overall impression of last years menu.p. Enjoyed by more than 1,600 members of the Notre Dame community, the 2003 Thanksgiving buffet dinner at the North Dining Hall received a Loyal E. Horton honorable mention for a dining hall special event. Kristina Aalfs, food services manager for North Dining Hall, submitted the menu of honey brine turkey, baked salmon with cranberry orange sauce, spicy eggplant roll and roast top brown beef.p. Loyal E. Horton is a former NACUFS president and founder of the association.p. _Contact: Keith Leek, marketing manager, Notre Dame Food Services, 574-631-5589, kleek@nd.edu _ p. TopicID: 6301 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn