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.
[2] The award is designed to improve food-service operations and recognize the best general messes in the Navy.
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.