Name of winning College AoC Gold Award winner Occupation Year
Aberdeen College Emma Brumpton Global Adventurer and Film-maker (2010)
Aberdeen College Stewart Milne CBE Chairman and Chief Executive of the Stewart
Milne Group (2011)
Alton College Vicky Broadribb MBE Gold Medalist for swimming in Paralympics (2001)
Alton College Russell Howard Comedian (2013)
Barking & Dagenham College Idris Elba Actor (2012)
Barking & Dagenham College Josette Bushell-Mingo OBE Actor, Director and Producer (2004)
Barnsley College Matt Helders Member of the “Arctic Monkeys” (2007)
Barnsley College Kate Rusby Folk Singer (2006)
Barnsley College Alex Turner Member of the “Arctic Monkeys” (2007)
Barton Peveril College Colin Firth Actor (2010)
Bolton College Paul Heathcote MBE Restaurateur (1996)
Bolton College Amir Khan Professional Boxer (2012)
Bradford College Balbir Panesar President of Bradford Chamber of Commerce (2009)
Bradford College Gloria de Piero MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities (2014)
Brockenhurst College Kate Royal Opera Singer (2009)
Brockenhurst College Rob Forkan Entrepreneur and founder of Gandys (2014)
Burnley College Sir Kevin Smith CBE Chief Executive of GKN plc (2012)
Calderdale College Hannah Cockroft MBE Double gold medallist for wheelchair sprinting (2013)
London 2012
Capel Manor College Kim Wilde Award-winning gardener (2006)
Carshalton College Richard Blackwood Television Personality (2002)
Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College Sarah Storey OBE Paralympian and ambassador for Disability Sport (2010)
City and Islington College David Oyelowo Actor (2003)
City College Brighton and Hove Deborah Meaden Businesswoman and star of BBC’s Dragons’ Den (2010)
City College Coventry David Moorcroft OBE MBE Chief Executive, UK Athletics (2002)
City College Norwich Stephen Fry Actor, Author, Comedian, Director (2004)
City College Plymouth Anton Piotrowski Chef and winner of Masterchef: The Professionals (2014)
City Literary Institute Steven Berkoff Playwright, actor and director (2001)
City of Bath College Peter France Chief Executive, Rotork plc (2012)
City of Wolverhampton College Gurbux Singh Former Chair of the CRE (2002)
Colchester Institute Giles Long MBE Gold Medalist for swimming in Paralympics (2005)
Coleg Glan Hafren Shelim Hussain MBE Chairman & Managing Director of Euro Foods Ltd (2005)
Coleg Morgannwg Marco Marenghi Lead Animator (Walking with Dinosaurs) (2000)
College of North East London Audley Harrison Gold Medalist for heavyweight boxing (2001)
College of West Anglia Martin Brundle F1 driver and TV presenter/commentator (2014)
Cordwainers College Jimmy Choo Footwear designer and manufacturer (2000)
Cornwall College Toni Pearce President of the NUS (2014)
Craven College Justine Whitaker Director of Northern Lymphology (2008)
Deeside College Brian Fleet Senior Vice President of Airbus UK (2003)
Dewsbury College Betty Boothroyd OM PC Former Speaker of the House of Commons (1996)
Dewsbury College Baroness Lockwood Former Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords (2000)
Ealing, Hammersmith &W London College Trevor Baylis OBE Inventor and Entrepreneur (2012)
Eccles College Hazel Blears MP Labour Party Chairman (2007)
Edinburgh’s Telford College James Thomson OBE Restaurateur (2009)
Exeter College Michael Caines MBE Chef Patron/Entrepreneur (2007)
Exeter College Spencer Dale Executive Director and Chief Economist at the
Bank of England (2010)
Fermanagh College Neven Maguire Chef and TV presenter (2002)
Grimsby Institute John Hurt CBE Actor (2011)
Hackney Community College Jeff Danchie Professional Basketball player (2009)
Hackney Community College Leroy Logan MBE Superintendent and member of the Olympic
Policing Coordination Team (2010)
Harlow College Alan Rusbridger Editor of The Guardian (2014)
Henley College Coventry Marlon Devonish MBE 4 x 100m Gold Medalist, record holder of 200m (2006)
Hereford Regional College Maggie Alphonsi England Rugby player (2013)
Hereward College Baroness Campbell Commission for Equality and Human Rights (2008)
Hereward College Sir Bert Massie CBE Chair, Disability Rights Commission (2003)
Hopwood Hall College Lorna Fitzsimons Former MP and Chief Executive of British Israel
Communications and Research Centre (2002)
Hull College Sarah Longthorn Founder of WedgeWelly (2013)
Kirklees College Simon Needham Founder and Creative Director of ATTIK
Communications (2010)
Kirklees College James Sommerville Founder and Creative Director of ATTIK
Communications (2010)
Kirklees College Baroness Warsi Cabinet Minister and Chairman of the
Conservative Party (2011)
Kirklees College Christopher Bailey MBE CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Burberry (2014)
Leeds College of Building Andrew Iveson Managing Director; SIAS Building Services Ltd (2008)
Leeds College of Building Mario Martin UK Plumber of Year ’05, Tradesperson of Year ’05 (2006)
Leicester College Gok Wan Channel 4 Presenter and Fashion Guru (2008)
Lincoln College Paul Barron Business Consultant (2013)
Liverpool Community College Willy Russell Playwright (1996)
Luton Sixth Form College Prof Sir Alec Jeffries Royal Soc. Wolfson Research Professor, Genetics (2008)
Myerscough College Paul Burgess Head Groundsman of Real Madrid Football Club (2011)
Myerscough College Christine Walkden Horticulturalist, Plantswoman, TV presenter (2009)
National Star College Katy Ethrington Graphic Designer and Founder of PA Pool (2012)
New College Nottingham Robert Lindsay Actor (2005)
Northampton College Adam Grey Executive Chef, Skylon Restaurant (2013)
Norton College Richard McCourt TV and Radio Presenter (2008)
Oldham College Sarah Lancashire Actor (2001)
Oldham College Paul Walsh Chief Executive, Diageo plc (2007)
Oldham Sixth Form College Dr Munira Mirza London Deputy Mayor for Culture and Education (2014)
Park Lane College Kay Mellor OBE Playwright and Actress (2000)
Preston College Nick Park CBE Animator (2005)
Richard Huish College Andy Robinson OBE Senior Assistant Coach to England Rugby Team (2004)
Rotherham College of Arts and Technology Sean Bean Actor (2006)
Rycotewood College Kojo Afful Relief Worker (1996)
Shipley College Alan Titchmarsh MBE DL Gardener, TV Presenter and Novelist (2002)
Sixth Form College, Solihull Justin King CBE Chief Executive, Sainsbury’s (2012)
South Devon College Greg Fitzgerald Chief Executive, Galliford Try (2013)
Southgate College Ozwald Boateng OBE Bespoke Couturier (2009)
Stockton and Billingham College Richard Griffiths OBE Actor (2000)
Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College Kate Barker External Member of Monetary Policy Committee (2004)
Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College Joanne Clowes Producer: Microsoft Game Studios, USA (2007)
Swansea College Henri Oguike Professional Dancer/Choreographer (2007)
Thanet College Gary Rhodes OBE Celebrity Chef (2000)
Thomas Rotherham College Justine Greening MP Secretary of State for Transport (2012)
Thurrock and Basildon College Wale Adeyemi Fashion Designer (2004)
Tyne Metropolitan College Professor Chris Day Pro-Vice Chancellor of Liver Medicine, Newcastle (2013)
University
Varndean College Natasha Kaplinsky Presenter, BBC Breakfast (2003)
Wakefield College Faye Banks Young Woman Engineer of the Year 2004 (2005)
Wakefield College Adeem Younis Entrepreneur and creator of
www.singlemuslim.com (2011)
Westminster Kingsway College Jamie Oliver Celebrity Chef (2003)
Wirral Metropolitan College Christian Furr Artist (2004)
Worcester College of Technology Kate Jones Fund Manager, Barclays Global Investors (2006)
Xavarian College Andrea Ashworth Author and Academic (2003)