David Coffer Receives Hero & Icon Award for Outstanding Services to the Leisure Industry
November 23, 2012

Coffer Group Chairman, David Coffer was last night awarded with a special prize for Outstanding Services to the Leisure Industry at the annual Peach Network 2020 Conference Hero and Icon Awards.
It was one of 13 Industry Icon Awards presented for excellence in the UK eating and drinking out market as part of the sell-out a 2012 conference hosted by the Peach Factory.
Staged in London, Hero award winners also included Jamies Italian Gatwick, which was awarded Best Transport Opening. Earlier this year, Davis Coffer Lyons (DCL) advised Gatwick Airport for Jamie Olivers first airport restaurant at Gatwicks North Terminal. The bespoke restaurant, which opened in June, provides a number of options for time-pressed passengers including a Jamies Italian restaurant complete with the first ever Jamies Italian Bakery and a Union Jacks Bar. It forms part of DCLs ongoing instruction by Gatwick for its £1.2 billion investment programme to transform the airport and provide fresh, modern facilities.
Other winners were Andy Bassadone of Cote & Bill’s Produce, Nando’s, Loungers, Cote, YO! Sushi, Wagamama, Hall & Woodhouse, Byron Burger Shack and Living Ventures New World Pub Co. Mitchells & Butlers chairman Bob Ivell and YO! Sushi chief executive Robin Rowland both received Industry Icon awards at last night’s Awards for their inspirational contribution to the UK eating and drinking-out market.
Peter Martin, CEO of Peach Factory, said of the winners: This the most competitive era for the eating and drinking out market in Britain. It is also the most exciting and creative, as our winners so ably demonstrate, rising to the challenge of tough times with ingenuity and determination. They show just what a vibrant and inspirational market this is.
David Coffer has been one of eating-outs most influential players of the last 40 years, establishing the pub and restaurant sector as a distinct element of the property market. Mr Leisure has been an active partner for many of the countrys most successful operators and developersand he has found time to encourage others through work with trade associations and charities.
The full list of winners were:
ICON AWARD:
Bob Ivell
ICON AWARD:
Robin Rowland
NEWCOMER Presented by Ecolab:
New World Pub Company
BREAKTHROUGH BRAND Presented by Reynolds Catering:
Loungers
EVOLUTIONARY BRAND Presented by RBS:
Côte
BEST TRANSPORT OPENING Presented by Livebookings:
Jamies Italian, Gatwick
BRAND EXTENSION Presented by Peach Factory:
Byrons Burger Shack
PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT Presented by Enotria:
Hall & Woodhouse
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION Presented by MICROS:
Wagamama
CONSUMER CHOICE Presented by Coca Cola Enterprises:
YO! Sushi
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP: COMPANY Presented by Fourth Hospitality:
Nandos
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP: INDIVIDUAL Presented by Coffer Corporate Leisure:
Andy Bassadone, Côte and Bills Produce
SPECIAL AWARD For outstanding services to the industry:>
David Coffer