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Celebrity chef Nick Nairn is to open a new cookery school in Aberdeen. Nairn, who already has a school in Port of Menteith, Stirling, will create 10 jobs when he opens the school in Back Wynd next year. As well as all-day cooking experiences, the school will feature quick-cook classes for those short of time.
Posted: 21 October 2011 | 15:03
Recruitment and training specialist Regent will be unveiling a new cookery school early next month. Gordon Cartwright , a former AA inspection manager and chef at Sharrow Bay, who is now working as business director at Regent, has devised a rolling training programme that allows top Michelin-starred chefs to share their skills.
Posted: 30 July 2010 | 11:53
Former Le Gavroche head chef Steven Doherty is to oversee the cooking for Scotland's first Festival in the Sky dining experience this August. The unique event, which forms part of the Edinburgh Festival, will see a 22-seat dinner table hoisted in the air by a crane...
Posted: 30 June 2010 | 16:53
Waitrose is to become the first UK supermarket to run its own cookery school when it opens a state-of-the-art facility above its John Barnes outlet in Finchley Road, north London, this October. The 4,600 sq ft school – comprising a theatre, teaching area, dining area, bar and kitchen ...
Posted: 29 June 2010 | 14:58
Our weekly round of of the week's hospitality news includes: Majestic Hotel blaze: missing man named, Duncan Bannatyne unveils plans to expand Charlton House hotel;US wine merchant sues Gordon Ramsay over £27,000 of unpaid bills and more...
Posted: 07 May 2010 | 15:39
Cookery school Tante Marie in Woking, Surrey, has launched its first Government-accredited culinary diploma, which it claims is one of the highest rated culinary qualifications in the UK. The private cookery school, which is part-owned by Gordon Ramsay Holdings...
Posted: 06 May 2010 | 11:54
The 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group, which includes Alan Murchison and Will Holland under its umbrella brand, has announced that Chris Horridge has joined the restaurant company . The former Cliveden and Bath Priory chef, who worked alongside Murchison in the kitchens at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons...
Posted: 06 April 2010 | 18:04
Two new chef tutors, James Knight-Pacheco and Phil Oram, have joined the Ashburton cookery school in South Devon, bringing the teaching team to six working with chef director Darrin Hosegrove.
Knight-Pacheco came runner-up with friend Alasdair Hooper on the BBC show The Restaurant ...
Posted: 30 March 2010 | 10:35
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
Mark Peregrine has become head tutor of the Raymond Blanc Cookery School. Peregrine has more than 30 years' experience and began his career working as an apprentice at Blanc's first restaurant, Les Quat'Saisons, where Blanc tutored him for five years between 1979 and 1983 on all aspects of his haute cuisine.
Posted: 26 February 2010 | 10:44
Caterer and Hotelkeeper is offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend the world-famous Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France. Together with the Best Practice Forum, Professional Association of Catering Education and Hospitality and Leisure Manpower, we are arranging a bespoke professional ...
Posted: 24 November 2009 | 11:50
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Scottish Government advised to give free school dinners to all primary pupils; Lloyds to take over Admiral Group in £600m debt-for-equity swap; cookery schools in demand among city professionals and more…
Posted: 16 November 2009 | 10:29
Gordon Ramsay has abandoned this year’s annual chef’s scholarship which bears his name due to a lack of funding. A spokeswoman for Ramsay said that the Gordon Ramsay Scholar, which was launched in 2001, “is being rested this year” due to a lack of sponsorship.
Posted: 07 October 2009 | 10:22
Catermasters has won a deal to cater for staff at Mitsubishi Electric’s UK headquarters in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The three year-contract, worth £750,000 in total turnover, will see Catermasters provide both catering for 150 staff and hospitality services ...
Posted: 18 May 2009 | 07:30
Compass 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
Premium Bars and Restaurants (PBR) has received a short-term stay of execution from its lenders on the proviso that it finds a buyer for some or all of its assets.
Posted: 06 April 2009 | 15:18
Gordon Ramsay plans to open a second chef academy after buying a £5m stately home in Surrey.
Posted: 03 December 2008 | 14:39
A new cookery school in rural Derbyshire is looking for a chef to head up its kitchen and become a founding partner.
Posted: 01 October 2008 | 08:00
Premier Foods has launched the Premier Culinary Academy for Schools to give secondary school unit managers help and advice in creating healthy and appealing school meals.
Posted: 24 September 2008 | 14:29
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