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About the judgesAn expert and fully independent judging panel has been selected for The Caterer Group Best Places to Work in Hospitality Awards, 2006. Dinner ladies to test skills course pilotSchool catering staff could soon be sent on a healthy food training course to help the Government hit its targets on healthy eating. People 1st, the catering sector's skills council, will pilot the course with contract caterers next week, to help them provide healthier options to schools. Catering staff will learn how to balance fat, sugar and salt in meals, and to understand how the body reacts to nutrients and minerals. Dinner-ladies will also be shown how to encourage children to eat healthy food. If successful, the training could form the basis of an accredited qualification and become the national standard. Phil Raynsford, People 1st's director of policy, research and development, said: "We wanted to help the industry meet Government compliance on nutritional food quickly and easily. We will report the findings of the pilot scheme to them at the end of March." Adrià gets university chair in food scienceFerran Adrià is to chair a new Department of Gastronomical Culture and Food Science at Madrid's Camilo Jose Cela University. Adrià made the announcement at the launch of Madrid Fusion III, the international chefs' conference held in the Spanish capital last week. College offers new scholarship for traineesA London college has announced a new scholarship in the wake of criticism from the industry about the quality of hospitality training. Arnie to ban junk food in school vending machinesCalifornian "Governator" Arnold Schwarzenegger strode into the school meals debate this week by announcing he wanted to ban junk food in the USA's state schools. Oliver challenges Government to take action on school nutrition
Roux Scholarship down to final sixEntrants for this year's Roux Scholarship title have now been whittled down to six. The line-up includes two previous national finalists, Matthew Tomkinson, from Ockenden Manor in Cuckfield, West Sussex, and Ben Webb, of Waldo's restaurant at Cliveden in Taplow, Buckinghamshire. The other four competitors are Robert Thompson of Winteringham Fields, Lincolnshire; Gary Chang June Sing, of Bank Westminster, London; Bryn Williams of the Orrery, London; and Alan Irwin of Chapter One, Locksbottom, Kent. The final competition will take place on 4 April at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park hotel in London. Past winners include Andrew Fairlie (Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles) and the current holder of the Craft Guild of Chefs' National Chef of the Year title, Steve Love. Career clinicI'm 28 and working as a chalet cook in France this winter for five months. When I return, I'd like to train to become a fully qualified chef. I have a mortgage, so I can't go back to education full-time. Could you suggest a course to follow? MP seeks power to enforce nutritional standards in schoolsSchoolchildren's whereabouts may be monitored at break times, vending machines regulated and nutritional information displayed on school meals - if new proposals by a south London MP get the go-ahead. Oliver attacks Government over school meals
Career ClinicI'm interested in becoming involved with staff training. In my job as receptionist and shift leader, I have enjoyed training front-office staff. What should I do next?
Tough new standards for school meals
Survey: education is failing hospitalityA staggering level of dissatisfaction with standards of hospitality training in schools has been revealed by a survey of industry professionals. People 1st, the catering industry's Sector Skills Council, found that most of the 300 employers, trade associations, training providers and government agencies which responded felt that current training and vocational qualifications were not up to scratch. From the survey, 85% of delegates argued that schools did not adequately prepare students for the workplace, while 72% added that vocational qualifications were inadequate. Margaret Taylor, head of hospitality at First College in Skegness, Lincolnshire, told Caterer : "Food is not experienced in school any more, as it's now out of the curriculum. It's a lost opportunity to whet the appetite of learners in their formative years." She said that practical cooking education should be put back into schools. "Education at a desk is not for everyone, and we need to get Education and Training Award Sponsored by Portfolio International
2004 winner John Guthrie
"It's as though he has read the higher education White Paper and then put it into practice. This is exactly what the Government is trying to achieve" Last year this award welcomed an operator into the Catey hall of fame to sit alongside our inaugural winner from the world of academia. Sponsored by Portfolio International, the long-overdue Education and Training Award was introduced to recognise individuals that help create the high-flying managers of tomorrow through the provision of inspiring training. With the JobCentre reporting that the hospitality industry faces a tough festive period (with nearly 44,000 main HIT Emerging Talent ConferenceOrganised by Hospitality Industry Trust (HIT) Scotland, the event provides a forum for existing leaders and emerging talent to voice their views about the issues facing the Scottish hospitality industry.
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