THE HEAD chef at Cedar Lodge care home in Frimley Green, Bhanu Morampudi, has won the Care Chef of the Year accolade at the 2021 National Care Awards.

Cedar Lodge is part of Forest Care, a small family-owned and managed care group based in Hampshire and Surrey.

They not only won the Care Chef of the Year award, they were also included as finalists in the following categories: Care Home Manager of the Year, Activities Team of the Year and Care Champion.

Mark Vickery, director of Forest Care, said: "I am delighted our homes/staff once again received nominations in multiple categories, becoming finalists in seven separate categories of the National Care Awards (four) and Caring UK Awards (three) respectively.

"Big congratulations therefore to all the individual finalists on what is a special achievement."