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Please click the button below to read the application
guidelines and then continue to the Acorn Scholarship
2011 application form.


You'll need to submit a written application:

Supply personal details:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Address
  • Date of birth
  • Contact numbers
  • Occupation
  • Current employer contact details (and email)
  • How did you hear about the scholarship

What is your chosen career, dream or ambition within hospitality?

Answer these questions:
(no more than 1000 words in total)
  1. What is your ultimate career ambition within hospitality?
  2. What made you choose a career in the hospitality industry?
  3. Where do you see yourself in five years time? And how are you going to get there?
  4. What difference would winning the Acorn Scholarship make and how would you use the prize for educational benefit?
  5. How would you use the Acorn Scholarship to give something back to the industry?
Please ensure you are a resident of the UK and are available on the following dates:

    Entries open Friday 20th August 2010


  • 22 October Closing date for entries
  • 19 November Judging Day (Malmaison London)
  • 29 November Presentation Day (Abode Chester)
  • 6 December 2011 Scholarship Winner's development day (Venue TBC)