CATERING TROLLEY'S FILM AWARD NOMINATION "ALMOST AN OSCAR"
A film about a piece of catering equipment was shortlisted for a top award by the Royal Television Society (RTS) at the Yorkshire Centre Programme Awards 2008.
The film's star was the Chillogen Banqueting Trolley, manufactured by E&R Moffat Catering Equipment. "Getting nominated for an RTS award is just brilliant - it's almost an Oscar!" said Moffat's sales director Gary Allen, who commissioned the film. "It's as close to Hollywood as we're likely to get."
The RTS awards are wide ranging, from soaps, documentaries and sports shows to music, camerawork and writing. This year's ceremony was held at the Queen's Hotel, Leeds on 16th June 2008. The Chillogen film was shortlisted in the new media Best Promotions Award and received high praise from the judges. They commented: "We were highly impressed by the Chillogen item from BNT Productions and Publicity Works," and went on to say they "admired its pace and its great script."
In the event the Moffat film lost out to a worthy winner in 'Every Child Matters', the national campaign produced by ITV Productions.
The Chillogen film was designed to show how the trolley's technology can ease the pressure of work in a banqueting kitchen (it's a rapid chiller, fridge, regeneration oven and hot cupboard all in one, so it cuts down the workload significantly). In the film an eager but increasingly muddled interviewer (played in Alan Partridge-style by former ITV presenter Roger Greenwood) talks to real-life head chef Neil Moore-McCarthy of the Royal Armouries in Leeds about the trolleys. Finally frustrated by the lack of pressure, Roger asks on the eve of a banquet: "Where's the blood, sweat and tears?" while Neil calmly sips tea.
"To come so close and lose out to an organisation like ITV is a great compliment to the production team," says Gary Allen. "I guess the next move is to talk to an agent about getting the trolley a starring role in Coronation Street."
The film can be seen on the Moffat website, www.ermoffat.co.uk