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The hospitality industry is missing out on large numbers of talented graduates every year, the chief executive of the British Hospitality Association warned last night.
Posted: 07 October 2008 | 08:00
Entries are being sought for the Young Welsh Chef of the Year competition with an all expenses trip to Chile on offer.
Posted: 06 October 2008 | 08:30
Chef Alejandro Jose Cancino and waiter William Bonfield have been declared the 2008 Young Chef Young Waiter following a hotly contested cook-and-serve competition at London’s Westminster Kingsway College yesterday.
Posted: 02 October 2008 | 12:00
Catering colleges have warned that they don't have enough money to teach the Professional Cookery Diploma, owing to a spending cap imposed by the Government.
Posted: 02 October 2008 | 00:00
Operators have been urged to help prepare for the forthcoming hospitality diploma to ensure the qualification lives up to expectations. Nick Huber reports
Posted: 25 September 2008 | 08:00
Three young chefs were recognised at the Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Awards 2008, following a lunch London’s Royal Garden Hotel on Tuesday.
Posted: 11 September 2008 | 13:14
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) and sector skills council People 1st have welcomed the Government’s decision to include skilled chefs on the UK shortage occupation list.
Posted: 11 September 2008 | 12:45
16-year-old Bradley Johnston was rewarded for winning the recent FutureChef competition with work experience alongside two-Michelin-starred David Everitt-Matthias. Tom Vaughan looks at what he learnt, and at how other young chefs go about finding a stage in some of the world's top kitchens
Posted: 11 September 2008 | 00:00
People 1st, the sector skills council for hospitality, has appointed two senior figures from contract caterers Compass Group and Sodexo to its board of trustees.
Posted: 10 September 2008 | 16:00
Skilled chefs from outside the European Union will still be allowed to work in the UK under strict new guidelines proposed to the Home Office today by independent advisors.
Posted: 09 September 2008 | 16:11
Travelodge has found two-thirds of its new recruits this year using the Local Employment Partnership (LEP) programme, the budget hotel chain has announced.
Posted: 05 September 2008 | 07:00
The Government is stepping up its efforts to protect the UK's most vulnerable workers, warns Employment Minister Pat McFadden
Posted: 28 August 2008 | 00:00
The UK hospitality industry trains more of its employees than any other sector, according to new research from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC).
Posted: 19 August 2008 | 06:30
The hospitality industry needs to work harder at attracting this year's school-leavers and graduates in order to persuade them to opt for a career in the sector, the Academy of Food & Wine warned today.
Posted: 18 August 2008 | 11:48
Entries are now open to this year’s Springboard Awards for Excellence, which highlight the companies and people leading the way in attracting and retaining the best staff.
Posted: 14 August 2008 | 14:00
Arguably, recruitment consultants make the hospitality world go around. But at what level should you start using them - and how can they help? Rosalind Mullen looks at the benefits for employer and employee
Posted: 24 July 2008 | 00:00
McDonald's, the fast food giant, has pledged to continue investing heavily in staff recruitment and training as other employers around the UK slash spending on employees.
Posted: 18 July 2008 | 14:48
In a special opinion for Caterer's Education Month, Sara Jayne-Stanes, director of the Academy of Culinary Arts, argues that "local" and "seasonal" are two luxuries that schoolchildren cannot contemplate at dinner time
Posted: 17 July 2008 | 00:00
Sector skills council People 1st today announced that David McHattie, its chief operating officer, will move over to become full-time chief executive of the new National Skills Academy for Hospitality.
Posted: 15 July 2008 | 15:00
Contract caterer The Crown Group has unveiled plans to launch its very own version of the hit BBC series Dragons’ Den.
Posted: 01 July 2008 | 08:00
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