Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award

The Captain Edward F. Ney Award for food-service excellence is given to the best US Navy galleys among those that earn a five-star rating from a Navy evaluation team.^[1][2]

The Secretary of the Navy and the International Food Service Executives Association (IFSEA) established the Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Awards Program in 1958.^[2] The award is designed to improve food-service operations and recognize the best general messes in the Navy.^[3]

Capt. Ney served as head of the Subsistence Division of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts between 1940 and 1945.^[2]

After 1999, the Ney Awards are determined by a one-day, surprise inspection conducted by evaluation teams made up of senior Navy mess-management specialists and members of the IFSEA. Prior to that, the inspections were scheduled.^{[citation needed]}

Mentions on ships

The food service motto on the USS Midway was "Every Day is a Ney Day", a reference to food service excellence and the Ney Memorial Award. A poster of this can be seen in the kitchen at the USS Midway Museum.

References

1. "San Diego Navy Chow Rated Best: 5-Star Ney Award to USS America, too". Times of San Diego. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
2. Wright, Ed (15 February 2017). "Shore-Based Galleys Win Ney Award". Commander, Navy Installations Command. US Navy. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
3. Aribe, Andrea (30 May 2012). "NAS Jax Galley prepares for Ney Competition". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 11 June 2018.