On the eve of the 127th Durham miners gala
the Durham NUM welcomed two of the 33
rescued Chilean miners to Durham NUM
headquarters at redhills.

The two miners Carlos Barrios Contrera and
Carlos Bugueno Alfara where invited to attend
the reception as guests of honor in light of their
two month ordeal back in 2010 where the two
miners and workmates where trapped inside
the Copiapo mine.

The event at redhills Durham had guest speakers from the North East NUM giving thanks for their safe return and appreciation of the hard work in extremely tuff conditions, the event highlighted some of the safety concerns the NUM have with mines outside the UK and the speakers provided assurances of assistance with improving safety for miners outside the UK.

Executive catering services where asked to provide the catering for the event at redhills and a mobile bar.
The food requirements consisted of finger food and our fork buffet mixed with a range of platters.
Below is the full menu provided:

25 x menu 12
25 x menu 14
25 x menu 16
50 x menu 18
2 x seafood platters
2 x meat platters
2 x oriental platters
2 x crudités platters

The mobile bar consisted of wine and cans of beer and lager

Below are some photos from the event: