Training

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New college-based qualifications for chefs out soon

studying chefsCollege-based NVQ qualifications are failing to provide the hospitality and catering sectors with the skills required by both bosses and employees, warns People 1st.
Posted: 04 July 2006 | 17:00

706 versus NVQ – a debate with a conclusion?

David McHattieSkills are the critical missing factor in the UK’s quest to improve productivity in what is an increasingly competitive global market, argues David McHattie, chief operating officer at People 1st.
Posted: 04 July 2006 | 15:17

Junior Chefs Academy: a success story

I write in response to your recent excellent feature on the success of the Junior Chefs Academy (JCA), (Caterer, 11 May, page 34), and subsequent letters (Caterer, 15 June, page 20).
Posted: 29 June 2006 | 00:00

Recruitment: Contract caterering

Yet another intake of hospitality students appear to have favoured jobs in restaurants and hotels over contract catering. This perception is stimulating debate about how industry and academia could be working together more effectively to solve the skills shortage in all sectors. Rosalind Mullen reports
Posted: 22 June 2006 | 00:00

National Apprentice of the Year named

Sarah Herrick, 22, chef de partie, the Crown Inn in Tur LangtonSarah Herrick, 22, a chef de partie at the Crown Inn in Tur Langton, Leicestershire has been named the Learning and Skills Council’s Apprentice of the Year 2006.
Posted: 19 June 2006 | 14:55

New student placements guide

New best practice guidelines for student work placements are to be launched tomorrow.
Posted: 15 June 2006 | 00:00

Junior chefs have a long history

Having read your article about the Junior Chefs Academy (Caterer, 11 May, page 34), and as the creator of I'm A Junior Chef at Grimsby College in 1996, I was disappointed that the article stated that other colleges needed to get on board.
Posted: 15 June 2006 | 00:00

Michael Caines bursary launched

Michael CainesA lucky catering student could win a month’s work experience at one of Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines’s restaurants, as apart of a new bursary.
Posted: 01 June 2006 | 10:55

Just give us a sign and we'll run the course

I write with mounting frustration at the comments made in the article "Students steer clear of contract catering" and the editorial comment (Caterer, 18 May).
Posted: 01 June 2006 | 00:00

Wider issues in contracting recruitment

With regard to the editorial piece by James Garner and the story by Tom Bill on 3% of students entering contracting (Caterer, 18 May), they have made the classic mistake of taking a statistic in isolation and have oversensationalised one aspect of a greater issue.
Posted: 25 May 2006 | 00:00

A rewarding partnership

I write in response to your article "Students steer clear of contract catering" (Caterer, 18 May, page 12). Along with four other food service providers in the Kent area, we have been working with Thanet College for the past three years.
Posted: 25 May 2006 | 00:00

Contract catering has much to offer

Just as 23-year-old Jessica Cain was picking up first prize in the Olive Barnett Award at London's Claridge's on Monday evening this week, an almighty row was breaking out between contract caterers and colleges.
Posted: 18 May 2006 | 00:00

People 1st: We need industry support

I refer to your recent article on junior chefs and the National Skills Academy (Caterer, 11 May, page 34). Nice title, some excellent content, however a real pity about some issues which I have outlined below.
Posted: 18 May 2006 | 00:00

Training: Speaking the lingo

housekeepingTen new countries joined the European Union in 2004, bringing an eager workforce to this country and easing the pressures of staffing in the hospitality industry. Yet how does the industry cope with the language barriers that result? Patricia Hunter Powell explains
Posted: 06 April 2006 | 00:00

Pouring effort into training

Your article on bartender training (Caterer, 16 March, page 34) made depressing reading, particularly to those of us who have spent many years trying to convince employers and the Government that funding training was money well spent.
Posted: 06 April 2006 | 00:00

Ways to help women work

I refer to your news article on Gordon Brown's Budget (Caterer, 30 March, page 13), in which Martin Couchman commented on how the promise of match-funded cash could help tackle hospitality's skills shortage and attract and train low-skilled women.
Posted: 06 April 2006 | 00:00

People 1st launches new website

People1st webpagePeople 1st, the Sector Skills Council for the hospitality and leisure sector, has launched a new website, www.people1st.co.uk, for employers and employees.
Posted: 05 April 2006 | 15:18

Training provider City & Guilds names Guernsey chef as Innovator of the Year

Steve Bacon receives award from chef Gary RhodesVocational training provider City & Guilds has awarded one of its top accolades to a chef and full-time teacher from Guernsey.
Posted: 05 April 2006 | 11:32

Call for National Training Awards entries begins

NTA logoEntry to this year’s National Training Awards (NTA) is now open.
Posted: 16 March 2006 | 11:06

Bar exams?

chot 160306There's no good reason why bartenders in Britain get little or no training. But there's every reason why they should. Dan Bignold looks at the problem and speaks to some of the people offering solutions
Posted: 16 March 2006 | 00:00

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