Waterfront Place, Chelmsford. The stunning venue for the black tie awards dinner on Thursday 4th September 2008.

Waterfront Place exterior

Waterfront Place interior

Richardsons Boating Holidays

Waterfront Place
Richardsons Group

Richardson's Boating Holidays are proud to be sponsoring the 2008 Essex Food & Drink Awards.  These will be held on Thursday 4th September at Waterfront Place, Chelmsford.  Waterfront Place is the largest restaurant in Essex and is part of the Richardson's Group.  Waterfront Place provides an intimate dining experience in a spacious contemporary atmosphere and is a fantastic venue for these awards.

Richardson's is a family run company which has been operating boating holidays for over 50 years.  Richardson's can be relied upon for a magical holiday that can be cherished forever.  All cruisers have superb on board facilities and there is a huge choice of boats that sleep from 2 to 12 people.  Boats can be hired for short breaks or weekly hire and pet friendly holidays are available.

The Norfolk Broads are Britain's finest and best-loved boating holiday location.  This part of East Anglia has provided unique scenery, wonderful wildlife, fabulous stately homes as well as an abundance of watermills, windmills, pubs and restaurants for many years.

With a Richardson's Boating Holiday you can set the pace and escape from the tension of everyday life – ideal for all age groups, family holidays, breaks with friends, romantic getaways, fishing trips, bird watching and much more.

 

Awards Presenter Etholle George, BBC Essex

Etholle George

Originally from Ilford, Etholle grew up in the rural villages of West Essex. She moved to Chelmsford around 12 years ago.

Having toyed with the idea of being an air traffic controller and a vet, Etholle left school and started her working life as an accountant in the City.

She now presents a lunchtime news magazine programme for BBC Essex (radio), five days a week. The programme launched last September and Etholle says that she really enjoys the format – a mix of news interviews, music and lots of laughter.

Since 2003 she's presented TV's The Politics Show (a live discussion programme) for the East of England (Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambs, Beds, Herts and Bucks!) on BBC1, on Sunday lunchtime.