Sponsored by Vision Commercial Kitchens, this two day event takes place on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 June at The Belfry Hotel and Resort, near Sutton Coldfield, with the dinner featuring on the first night.

After presenting the awards for The Greatest Catering Awards 2016, Lisa will give a short talk about her career as an actress and becoming the 2010 Celebrity MasterChef winner.

Lisa first established herself as a leading actress starring in numerous high profile TV dramas including Holby City, Spooks and Dangerfield. In 2010 Lisa won BBC 1′s Celebrity MasterChef and has since gone on a remarkable food journey.

Lisa’s first cookery book, Recipes From My Mother For My Daughter, became an instant bestseller, reaching number one in The Times non-fiction list. Following this, Lisa released her second cookbook, The Way I Cook, and her third book, Tea and Cake, also becoming a bestseller.

Lisa has presented a number of TV programmes, including hit Channel 4 daytime show What’s Cooking? as well regularly cooking in the This Morning kitchen. Lisa is a regular face on the Food Network, in 2014 she presented The Big Eat alongside Matt Tebbutt and Kitchen Superheores. Lisa is also passionate about cooking with children and last year her new series Crash My Kitchen launched on CBBC, in the series Lisa teaches children and their families how to cook simple and healthy meals. As well as presenting and cooking on This Morning Lisa has also anchored a number of food strands including Coastal Cottage, Comfort Cottage and Hollywood Menu.

Following her talk, Lisa will present The Greatest Catering Awards 2016 alongside host Trevor Pfeiffer, Managing Director of Garden Trade News.

As part of the Greatest Awards on Tour 2016, Garden Trade News will celebrate excellence in garden centre catering by hosting and presenting their awards in the following categories:

• The Greatest Afternoon Tea Experience 2016
• The Greatest Garden Centre Coffee Team of the Year Award
• The Greatest Chef Team of the Year
• The Greatest Front of House Team of the Year
• The Greatest Garden Centre Catering Team of the Year

The cost of the HTA Catering Conference to HTA members is £325.00, plus VAT, which includes the two day conference, dinner and accommodation for single occupancy at The Belfry (£445.00, plus VAT for non-members). Single day only rates are also available for those who cannot attend the full conference. For more information and to book visit www.hta.org.uk/cateringconference