CATERING worker Valerie Braddon is heading for the top table!

Valerie, who works at Calderstones NHS Trust, is in the finals of the Quadrant Excellence award for table setting.

Quadrant, which employs 2,500 staff, provides catering services for medical staff at the hospital.

Valerie, who has worked for the firm for 16 years, will find out if she has won on October 27 at a presentation ceremony in London.

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