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Two students from Sheffield Hallam University have won the Catering & Hospitality Forum’s Young Guns final. William Harper and Andrew Swinscoe came out ahead of the eight other competitors at this year’s final, which took place at Westminster Kingsway College.
Posted: 23 March 2010 | 15:33
Police are continuing to investigate the disappearance of chef Claudia Lawrence, a year after she went missing. The York University chef is thought to have disappeared at around 5.30am on 18 March 2009, after she left home with no money, cards or passport to walk three miles to her job...
Posted: 22 March 2010 | 18:26
Courses at catering colleges could be cut and students turned away because of a looming £200m cut in funding for adult education, it has been claimed.
Further education colleges in England are calling on Chancellor Alistair Darling to protect adult students from cuts in his budget on Wednesday, the BBC said.
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Posted: 22 March 2010 | 10:24
Jamie Oliver has teamed up with the UK’s largest education body Edexcel to create a teacher-friendly cookery course for secondary schools. The Home Cooking Skills course, which will be available for all UK secondary schools and further education colleges later this year...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 15:21
The five colleges through to the final of the 2010 Nestlé Toque d’Or student catering competition have been announced. Petroc (North Devon), The College of West Anglia, University College Birmingham, Warrington Collegiate and York College won their places following regional heats ...
Posted: 18 March 2010 | 11:23
A kitchen porter at Buckinghamshire’s prestigious Stowe School has been arrested over claims some soup was poisoned. The BBC reported that Stowe had contacted the police last week and that a 58-year-old man from Brackley in Northamptonshire had been arrested.
Posted: 17 March 2010 | 12:22
HRH the Prince of Wales today paid a visit to Westminster Kingsway College to hear about its commitment to helping disadvantaged young people through the Prince’s Trust. The college is delivering the youth charity’s 12-week personal development programme...
Posted: 09 March 2010 | 17:41
Mike Mountfield will be leaving his post as the head of the Lakes Hotel School at Kendal College in Cumbria to become the college's new director of enterprise. Mountfield has been the head of the hotel school for six years ...
Posted: 08 March 2010 | 13:01
The Savoy Educational Trust is a charitable body that gives grants to people and organisations in the hospitality industry for education and training. Mark Lewis speaks to chief executive Julia Sibley, who is busy spreading the word, as many people who could be eligible for grants are still unfamiliar with the trust's work.
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 11:44
Bob Cotton, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association, is among the senior hospitality industry figures to voice their support for Caterer's School Meals Matter campaign. Cotton said he strongly supports the principles of the campaign, which calls on the post-election Government...
Posted: 12 February 2010 | 13:00
Natalie Ruecroft has joined the events and conferencing team at the University of Leeds.
Posted: 09 February 2010 | 10:25
A new apprenticeship scheme has been launched for chefs and front-of-house staff to bring on the next generation of industry professionals. The Academy of Hospitality Great Britain (AHGB), which has been launched at Cheadle House, a De Vere Venue conference and training centre at Manchester Airport...
Posted: 02 February 2010 | 13:12
The University of Loughborough is to refurbish and rebrand the 94-bedroom former Quality hotel in the town, which it has purchased for an undisclosed sum.
Located on the main feeder road into Loughborough, the hotel will be known as The Link at Loughborough and managed by Imago...
Posted: 01 February 2010 | 15:25
Sodexo has today announced the signing of a three-year multimillion pound deal with Thames Valley University. The contract, which began in January, is worth more than £4m in total turnover. Services to the university’s students and staff across all four of its campuses...
Posted: 26 January 2010 | 18:02
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: MWB seeks £21m for two Scottish hotels; Carl Leaver tipped as successor to Whitbread chief executive; company managing insolvent hotels triples profits; MPs intervene in M&B boardroom brawl and more…
Posted: 18 January 2010 | 10:20
Pierre Gallet, a member of staff at Tameside College in Manchester, has been awarded the Maitrise Escoffier by the ‘Conseil Culinaire Francais de Grande Bretagne’ (French Culinary Council of Great Britain). Gallet received the award, a medal and a diploma for his services to the catering industry...
Posted: 11 January 2010 | 17:16
The father of missing York University chef Claudia Lawrence has vowed to continue the campaign to find his daughter, despite the emotional toll it is taking.
Claudia Lawrence disappeared on 18 March ast year and police are now considering that she was attacked by a stranger...
Posted: 06 January 2010 | 10:44
Entries for the Nestlé Toque d’Or 2010 competition are now being sought from UK catering colleges.
Teams who win a place in next year’s Toque d’Or grand final will have the benefit of being mentored by Michelin-starred chefs for the remainder of the competition, which is now in its 21st year.
Posted: 10 December 2009 | 12:00
The search for the University Caterers Organisation (Tuco)-Knorr Chef of the Year 2010 is officially underway with entries now open. To enter the competition, which is open to all Tuco member universities and colleges, contestants must devise a menu including a soup course...
Posted: 10 November 2009 | 10:00
Story of the week: Heston Blumenthal will not face legal action over the food poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck, Windsor and Maidenhead Council announced this week. Gordon Ramsay has parted company with the chief financial officer ...
Posted: 30 October 2009 | 14:54
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