Norfolk, Va. (May 23, 2024)–Recently, four Military Sealift Command ships received the 2023 Captain David M. Cook Foodservice Excellence Award for their healthy meal options that offers multiple entrée choices, side dishes, and delicious desserts. The winners were honored at the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation’s (NRAEF) annual Military Foodservice Awards dinner and ceremony, held at the Hilton Palmer House Hotel in Chicago on May 17.
MSC’s Captain David M. Cook Foodservice Excellence Award recognizes the best of the best in four categories: Winning in the Medium Afloat category was fleet replenishment oiler USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO 188). Dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12) won in Large Afloat, rescue and salvage ship USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51) won in Small Afloat, and USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) won in Hybrid Afloat. While McLean is a first-time winner, Grasp took the honor four times in 2008, 2009, 2022, and 2023. Humphreys has won, the last three consecutive years, in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Mount Whitney has won four times in the Hybrid category in 2016, 2020, 2022, and 2023.
Winning the Captain David M. Cook Foodservice Award is a prestigious honor that exemplifies excellence year-round with a steadfast dedication and commitment to outstanding customer service, said MSC Food Service Director Roberta Jio. “Winning the award feels like winning the Super Bowl. This requires excellence from all of the food service team members in the execution of meal preparation and service on a daily basis in order to get to the big game and win it all.”
The Captain David M. Cook Food Service Award honors MSC's former director of logistics, Capt. David M. Cook. While serving as MSC’s director of Logistics from 1995 until 1998, he was instrumental in enhancing every aspect of food service operations at MSC, from training for food service staff to nutrition education for ship crews.
Pictured above are the fifteen members that participated in the award ceremony. The participants were MSC representatives, CIVMARS, made up of captains, chief stewards, cooks, and their spouses, and other members of MSC’s food service teams.
To learn more about MSC ships, visit https://www.msc.usff.navy.mil/.
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