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The Knowledge: Spotlight on Cucina

Stephen QuinnOur regular profile series takes a look at the hospitality companies behind the headlines, This week we focus on education caterer Cucina
Posted: 13 November 2008 | 07:30

Success of new diploma will depend on employers

chefs studyingOperators 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

Hospitality sector gears up to promote new diploma

Chefs studyingHospitality employers and training providers were last night urged to get involved in the 14-19 diploma for hospitality, ahead of its launch in 12 months time.
Posted: 16 September 2008 | 12:20

Government to give schools £150m to reintroduce cookery classes

kids preparing foodThe Government has announced £150m for secondary schools to help them to introduce compulsory cookery classes from 2011.
Posted: 12 September 2008 | 07:00

The Theory of Catering and Motivational Management Made Easy: for Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure

Hospitality publications aren't always glamorous cookbooks by the latest "in" chef. They can also be textbooks, used by lecturers and consultants heading up college courses or industry seminars. And this week we have two books recently out in paperback that fall into this category.
Posted: 07 August 2008 | 00:00

Lyndy Redding teams up with Gordon Ramsay to buy Tante Marie cookery school

Lyndy ReddingTwenty years after graduating from the Tante Marie, caterer Lyndy Redding has teamed up with Gordon Ramsay to buy the famous cookery school. Tom Vaughan asks her how she plans to transform it
Posted: 31 July 2008 | 00:00

Gary Rhodes backs catering colleges

Gary RhodesMichelin starred chef Gary Rhodes has praised catering colleges, revealing that attending one as a youngster “made all the difference” to his career.
Posted: 23 July 2008 | 10:35

Education month: Cafe culture comes to campus

Undergraduate food has often lagged behind that available on the high street, with branded cafés and onsite bars that are effectively poor imitations of better-known names. But this could be about to change, says Nic Paton
Posted: 17 July 2008 | 00:00

Education month: Harrison Catering on the challenges of higher education

Geoffery HarrisonBefore the University of London brought in Harrison Catering to unitfy service across nine of its sites, the contract was shared by three outside operators and an in-house unit. However, says Emma Allen, the world of higher education has brought new challenges for this major player in the schools sector
Posted: 17 July 2008 | 00:00

Food education is first priority

Sara Jayne-StanesIn 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

Hotels to face tighter planning rules

English Heritage logoHotels will face tighter planning rules for developments such as golf courses and gardens following today’s launch of English Heritage’s Historic Environment at Risk initiative.
Posted: 08 July 2008 | 06:00

Education month: The £2 lunch

With five councils now charging £2 for school meals as burgeoning food costs hit home, Janet Harmer asks whether hitting this crucial price point will set back the recent gains in food provision at primary school level
Posted: 03 July 2008 | 00:00

Education month: School meal caterers feel the pinch

school girlUnder pressure from food price inflation, Government guidelines and unprecedented public scrutiny, school meals caterers are feeling the pinch. Over the next four issues, Caterer focuses on the education sector, beginning with a look at the results of our survey of school meal providers
Posted: 03 July 2008 | 00:00

Education contracts in Devon

Torbay CouncilCaterersearch has two new education contracts on offer to caterers in the Devon region
Posted: 16 June 2008 | 12:33

Hospitality diploma could benefit from its late start

People 1st logoPeople 1st, the Sector Skills Council for hospitality, has assured employers that the hospitality diploma for 14- to 19-year-olds may be improved
Posted: 12 June 2008 | 10:00

Want better staff? Stop complaining and get out into colleges

Chefs studyingContact with students is the key to quality, says top chef
Posted: 12 June 2008 | 09:00

Trainee chef threatens suicide after failing exam

A trainee chef at the London branch of Le Cordon Bleu, the world's most famous cookery school, threatened to kill himself last night, it emerged today.
Posted: 05 June 2008 | 16:00

Employers must work more closely with colleges, experts urge

chefs studyingHospitality employers and educational establishments have been urged to work much more closely together to address the significant skills challenges that the industry is facing.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 09:00

Ben Arnold becomes second Robbie Millar Scholar

Ben Arnold with Paul Rankin and Shirley MillarBen Arnold from Westminster Kingsway College has become the second Robbie Millar Scholarship winner.
Posted: 10 April 2008 | 16:29

Travelodge launches budget hotel degree with London college

Travelodge logoTravelodge has teamed up with Westminster Kingsway College to offer a foundation degree in budget hotel management.
Posted: 04 April 2008 | 10:39

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