By Angela Green: Ollie Dabbous shares culinary expertise with apprentices. Chef and restaurateur Ollie Dabbous is sharing his culinary expertise with a group of apprentices at Compass Group UK and Ireland. His programme delivers sessions centred around a dedicated course. Dabbous has been leading hands-on apprenticeship workshops, aimed at nurturing the talents of … [Read more...]
Who would have thought… ChatGPT 4 offers hospitality a people and skills shortage solution
By Denis Sheehan FIH: Who would have thought… ChatGPT 4 offers hospitality a people and skills shortage solution. Our industry over the past twenty years has constantly been held back by people and skills crises, with vacancies over that period maintaining an average of circa 2.21%. There have been peaks and troughs, most profoundly through the Covid period. Since July … [Read more...]
Students takeover Yorkshire Dales hotel
Students takeover Yorkshire Dales hotel. The Devonshire Fell Hotel, located in the Yorkshire Dales village of Burnsall, recently handed over the keys to the hotel and restaurant to some of hospitality’s rising stars from Wirral Met College. In a bid to support the next generation of hospitality professionals, and to raise the profile of careers within the hospitality … [Read more...]
Hotel apprenticeship specialisms outside the traditional ‘front and back of house’ viewpoint
By Angela Green: Hotel apprenticeship specialisms outside the traditional ‘front and back of house’ viewpoint. Hand Picked Hotels, a collection of 21 privately owned, luxury country houses and coastal retreats in the UK and Channel Islands, is launching a new apprenticeship initiative. With apprenticeships continuing to prove a popular way for people to learn on-the-job … [Read more...]
BaxterStorey invests in future through intake of RACA apprentices
By Angela Green: BaxterStorey invests in future through intake of RACA apprentices. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services BaxterStorey has announced it has taken on its first-ever cohort of Royal Academy of Culinary Arts (RACA) apprentices – as part of its continued commitment to developing young people in the sector. The news coincides with National … [Read more...]
Degree Apprenticeship applications open for future hospitality business leaders
By Angela Green: Degree Apprenticeship applications open for future hospitality business leaders. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Independent hospitality provider, WSH, which includes the operating trading brands Benugo, Searcy’s and BaxterStorey – has opened its doors to the 2024 intake of its Chartered Management Degree Apprenticeship Programme. Offering a … [Read more...]
Apprenticeship Levy gifting commitment doubled by Compass
By Angela Green: Apprenticeship Levy gifting commitment doubled by Compass. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Compass Group UK & Ireland has announced it has supported 250 apprentice programmes across 170 organisations, committing over £3 million of its Apprenticeship Levy. These funds have helped small and medium sized enterprises, charities and social … [Read more...]
Next week’s Hospitality Apprenticeship Showcase 2024 in the House of Commons
By Angela Green: Next week’s Hospitality Apprenticeship Showcase 2024 in the House of Commons. Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, Jo Churchill and Minister of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business, Kevin Hollinrake will be addressing the attendees at The Hospitality Apprenticeship Showcase (HAS) on Wednesday 7 February in the House of Commons … [Read more...]
Noting a significant shift in hospitality and catering training and education
By Evan Mitchell AI @EvanMitchellAI: Noting a significant shift in hospitality and catering training and education. The past decade has seen a significant shift in how the hospitality and catering industry in the UK approaches employee training and education. Historically, these businesses relied heavily on traditional education providers, such as colleges and … [Read more...]
Greyhound Beaconsfield further develops apprenticeship programme
By Angela Green: Pub & Bar News is sponsored by Newbridge Software The Greyhound in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, has launched a bespoke apprenticeship programme to bring more young people into the business and help tackle the industry-wide skills gap. Coinciding with Hospitality Apprenticeship Week, taking place between 2nd and 8th October 2023, the programme … [Read more...]
Archerfield’s Chef Academy, delivering permanent positions
By Angela Green: Chef News is sponsored by Kitchen Porters Club Six recruits are now beginning their catering careers at Archerfield’s fledgling Chef Academy, under the watchful eye of Executive Chef and Culinary Director, Joe Queen, while a further two newcomers are also beginning their hospitality apprenticeships. 2023 marks the second year of the Archerfield … [Read more...]
Compass and Marcus Wareing announce apprenticeship cohort 3
By Angela Green: Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Compass Group UK & Ireland has announced the next 15 chefs that will embark on the prestigious ‘Forward with Marcus Wareing’ programme, as part of its third cohort of participants. ‘Forward with Marcus Wareing’ is an enhanced programme, which runs alongside a Level 4 Senior Culinary Chef or Level 5 … [Read more...]
New degree-level apprenticeship in hospitality management
By Angela Green Hotel News is sponsored by Guestline University of Gloucestershire is collaborating with Red Carnation Hotels, The Dorchester, JW Marriott Grosvenor House London and PPHE Hotel Group to deliver a new degree-level apprenticeship in hospitality management, from January 2024. The apprenticeship combines the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship … [Read more...]
City of London Corporation to invest in vocational training at new food school
By Denis Sheehan FIH A new pilot food school located at the historic Billingsgate Fish Market is now part of the City of London Corporation’s vision for a permanent food school in the east London borough. The City Corporation is developing plans for a food school at the new markets site in Dagenham, which will train tomorrow’s market traders, providing the skills … [Read more...]
Sodexo pledge £100,000 to support ex-offenders into apprenticeship training
By Angela Green Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Sodexo has announced that it has pledged £100,000 of its annual apprenticeship levy in support of training ex-offenders this year. Funds will be made available to any small or medium sized employers (SMEs) or not for profit organisations, seeking to recruit an ex-offender into an apprenticeship position. The … [Read more...]