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Education and Training Award - Cateys 2009

Julia SibleyTHE WINNER: Julia Sibley, chief executive of the Savoy Educational Trust Sponsored by: The Institute of Hospitality
Posted: 10 July 2009 | 16:26

Four colleges win accreditation for cookery diploma

Chef diploma studentsThe National Skills Academy for Hospitality has announced the accreditation of four new colleges for its professional cookery diploma. Trafford College in Manchester, City College Norwich, Colchester College and Bournemouth and Poole College have been awarded the diplomas...
Posted: 10 July 2009 | 12:05

New school meals training centres announced

Three new School FEAST (Food Excellence and Skills Training) centres are to openThe School Food Trust (SFT) has announced that three new skills centres for school will launch in London this September. Enfield Catering Services, Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency and Westminster Kingsway College have all joined ...
Posted: 18 May 2009 | 11:43

Government urged to rethink catering sources

Health and sustainability are currently low on the list of priorities when feeding people in instituThe Government has been urged to rethink the distribution of its £2b public catering budget. Speakers at the Real Food Festival in London’s Earls Court last week said far more needs to be done on sustainability and sourcing.
Posted: 12 May 2009 | 15:39

Compass wins £28m extension on college contract

Highbury Tower at Portsmouth's Highbury CollegeCompass Group has won a seven-year extension, worth £28m in total turnover, on its catering contract at Highbury College in Portsmouth. The new contract will see the caterer’s education division, Chartwells, upgrading catering facilities to support the college’s ...
Posted: 12 May 2009 | 08:00

Director of world’s first hotel school quits

Ruud J. ReulandThe general director of world’s first hotel school, the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) in Switzerland, has resigned for “personal reasons”. Ruud J. Reuland has worked for the world renowned establishment as general director for the past eight years but will leave at the end of this year.
Posted: 11 May 2009 | 07:00

The ‘chemistry of milk’ joins coffee school course

Morten MunchowThe higher standard of work in the speciality coffee trade has been shown by a remarkable addition to the subjects on offer by the London School of Coffee, probably the UK’s main source of learning for the espresso world.
Posted: 01 May 2009 | 12:29

Hospitality gets up and running for the Olympics

Paul Rankin helped launch the training centre at Hackney Community CollegeWith just over 1,200 days until the Olympic party hits London, Gemma Sharkey checks on preparations and sees how hospitality businesses can get on board
Posted: 16 April 2009 | 07:30

York pubs and clubs join hunt for missing chef

York University chef Claudia Lawrence: now missing for four weeksPubs and clubs in York are to join the search for missing chef Claudia Lawrence by carrying pictures of her on table-top boxes used for discarded crisp packets and chewing gum.
Posted: 15 April 2009 | 08:30

Will cookery diploma end qualifications confusion?

VRQ chef diploma students at Westminster Kingsway (Source: Rex Features)The National Skills Academy believes the professional cookery diploma can deliver the training that employers need. But questions remain, says Chris Druce
Posted: 10 April 2009 | 00:00

First four colleges accredited to run Professional Cookery Diploma are named

Four colleges have been accredited to deliver the new cookery diplomaThe first four catering colleges to be accredited by the National Skills Academy (NSA) for delivery of the Professional Cookery Diploma were revealed at a dinner in Northamptonshire last night.
Posted: 03 April 2009 | 16:21

Hospitality centre launched to skill up workers ahead of London Olympics

The Open Kitchen Bar & Restaurant opened to the public on Monday nightA hospitality and catering centre in London, which offers students the chance to work in a new restaurant while studying for a qualification, has opened in a bid to help bridge the skills gap in the run-up to the Olympics.
Posted: 31 March 2009 | 15:28

Fears grow over missing university chef

Claudia Lawrence: missing since WednesdayFears are growing over a chef at the University of York who has not been seen since she left work five days ago.
Posted: 23 March 2009 | 16:26

‘Employer champions’ sign up for new hospitality diploma

Football “freestyler” Billy Cosgrave performs at the Diploma in Hospitality event at White Hart LaneA number of “employer champions” for the forthcoming 14-19 diploma for hospitality were named at an event at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club’s White Hart Lane stadium this week.
Posted: 20 March 2009 | 16:46

Oxford Brookes students win Young Guns competition

Young Gun winners Fiona Stewart and Amelieke VerwielTwo hospitality students from Oxford Brookes University have been crowned as the winners of this year’s Young Guns competition.
Posted: 17 March 2009 | 08:30

Catering college to open at old Daily Mail HQ

Northcliffe House (Source: Alex Muller)A catering college is to open at Northcliffe House, the former headquarters of the Daily Mail newspaper in the City of London, in May.
Posted: 16 March 2009 | 12:54

Gordon Ramsay slams college catering graduates

Gordon Ramsay: college nightmaresTraining in hospitality is apparently improving thanks to a new Vocationally Related Qualification and renewed commitment by People 1st, as outlined by that organisation's Brian Wisdom in these pages last week. But is this really the case? Top chefs give their thoughts on the current crop of Britain's catering graduates, kicked off by the vociferous Gordon Ramsay, speaking to Fiona Sims
Posted: 12 March 2009 | 00:00

Charlton House retains major education contract

London’s Regent CollegeCharlton House has been retained as the caterer at London’s Regent College, in a five-year deal worth more than £20m over the duration.
Posted: 03 March 2009 | 09:00

Young Guns finalists revealed

This year's Young Guns winners will be announced on the cruise ship ArcadiaThe ten finalists for this year’s Young Guns competition, which recognises hospitality students who have excelled in their work placement, have been announced
Posted: 25 February 2009 | 15:28

Compass Group to phase out Scolarest brand

Tony ByrneCompass Group is to phase out its Scolarest education brand, which gained public notoriety in 2005 after being criticised with other contractors by school dinners campaigner Jamie Oliver.
Posted: 25 February 2009 | 07:00

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