
New Year Honours 2012
Anna Lise HANSEN MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
chef
“Chef/Proprietor, The Modern Pantry. For services to the Restaurant Industry.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chef/Proprietor, The Modern Pantry. For services to the Restaurant Industry.
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“Chef/Proprietor, The Modern Pantry. For services to the Restaurant Industry.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 587 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 61% of the list.
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1,592 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
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chef.
How widely is this recognised?
3,730 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
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Alan Peter Horsfield
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“For services to Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in Sudbury, Suffolk.”
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Buckie, Banffshire
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2011.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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