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Kitchen Design Centre wins Neff National Excellence Award 2011

Kitchen Design Centre of Blackburn, Colne and Manchester, has won the coveted Supreme MasterPartner® Award at the Excellence Awards 2011. The Award was presented to Kitchen Design Centre by the UK’s leading built-in kitchen appliance brand, Neff.

Roger Astin, Managing Director of Neff MasterPartner® Showroom Kitchen Design Centre accepted the top Award of the night for Supreme MasterPartner® at an exclusive Awards dinner held in the imposing Central Hall of the Natural History Museum in London on Saturday 8th October 2011. The glittering event was hosted by the popular host of ITV 1’s All Star Family Fortunes, Vernon Kay.

Kitchen Design Centre of Blackburn, Colne and Manchester was the overall winner of the prestigious Supreme MasterPartner® Award in the Neff Excellence Awards. The company, whose three showrooms are in Blackburn, Colne and Manchester, was selected by the Judges from all the entries received in all nine categories of the 2011 Awards.

Kitchen Design Centre was the unanimous choice of the 5-strong Judging Panel, which included the editors of two national magazines: Beautiful Kitchens and Designer. The company was praised for exceeding all expectations in the superb service and facilities offered to customers visiting its three impressive state-of-the-art Showrooms in Blackburn, Colne and Manchester.

The attached photo shows Roger Astin (holding certifi cate) and the team from KDC receiving their award from Neff Area Business Manager Derek Paton (far left), Neff CEO Michael Steinle (third left) and Regional Business Manager, Brian Jowett (far right) at the event in London on Saturday.

Roger also wins a luxury weekend for two at the famous Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland plus money to treat his staff to a celebration event of their choice. In addition, all three Kitchen Design Centre Showrooms will be featured in local press advertising organised by Neff.

Comments Neff Sales Director, Mike Jarrett: “The Neff Excellence Awards recognise those who excel at being first class in every aspect of their business. Kitchen Design Centre personifies all the values we hold dear: quality, service, professionalism and enthusiasm. We congratulate them for winning this most prestigious of awards; we are very proud to call them our partner.”

The Neff MasterPartner® Excellence Awards were set up in 2009 to recognise the successful partnership between brand leading built-in kitchen appliance manufacturer Neff, and its key specialist dealers throughout the UK, known as MasterPartners.