This award is given to a woman who, during her lifetime has inspired generations of women and through changing times, and trends, she has been true to herself, maintained integrity and commanded the respect of her peers.
Sponsored by: Elior
Winners of this Award:
2007 : Marguerite Patten
Marguerite Patten, OBE began giving cookery advice whilst working for the Ministry of Food and her advice and books were instrumental in improving the quality of British cookery in the post-war years. At 94 she remains one of Britain's top selling cookery writers, a career that spans more than 60 years. Marguerite has sold 17million copies of her 170 books and has won 5 lifetime achievement awards – including this one.
Margaret Thatcher
2005: Margaret Thatcher
In the Mintel survey released on the day of the Women of the Year Lunch in 2005, Thatcher was cited as being ‘the most outstanding woman of the last 50 years.’ Irrespective of political and personal opinions, Thatcher provides a role model for determined trail-blazers, unafraid to venture into previously uncharted professional territory.
