Dining facility competes for AF award

The Randolph Dinning Facility was recently name best in Air Education and Training Command after beating out three other bases in the small category competition in November.

As a command level winner, the Randolph team now goes on to represent AFTC in the same category in the Air Force Hennessy Award competition in early February.

The Hennessy Award is given to the best dining facility in the Air Force. The Air Force Hennessy team visits Randolph Feb. 2-3 to evaluate the dinning facility.

“This is the first time in almost 10 years that the team has visited the Randolph Dining Facility,” said Randy Harris, 12th Services Division. “We’re really excited and positive about the evaluation.

The award is based on the base’s overall food service program, and covers such areas as kitchen operations; serving and dining operations; training, personnel and readiness; sanitation and repair maintenance, and management effectiveness.

“We have a mission to provide meals and give our customers the best the Air Force has to offer,” said Frank Anderson, food service officer. “Just winning at the command –level proves we do our job to the best of our ability while putting our customers first.”

The dining facility has 45 employees who work throughout the week to make everyone’s dining experience a great one, Mr. Anderson
said.

“With a variety of meals served every day by friendly faces the dining facility dishes up something good to eat in a comfortable environment,” he said.

One of the dining facility’s regulars, a meal cardholder, said he appreciates the selection and quality of the facility’s food.


“The dining facility has a good selection, good atmosphere, and always great food. The ethnic lunches on Tuesday are my favorite, “said Airman 1st class James Heathcoat of the 12th Operations Support Squadron.

The dining facility is open Monday through Friday from 6-8 am. for breakfast, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for lunch, and 4:30 -6:30 p.m. for dinner.

Enlisted, TDY members and retirees can eat during all the meal times. Officers, if not TDY can eat only on the Air Force’s Birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.

The dining facility also provides meal services to visiting junior ROTC and ROTC units, as well as Boy Scout, Girl Scouts, and other special groups who tour the base.

“The dining facility provides meals to a variety of members on Randolph,” Mr. Anderson said. “We just want to make sure the service and food we provide are the best they can be.”