Record-breaking year for Academy of Chocolate Awards A record-breaking number of entries have been received for this year’s Academy of Chocolate Awards – featuring producers from India, Slovakia and Vanuatu for the very first time - alongside products from more established chocolate making countries. In total, more than 1,500 entries representing producers from 46 … [Read more...]
Fred Sirieix/Minister for Employment: Hospitality Works
Minister for Employment Damian Hinds MP and Fred Sirieix attended London’s Westminster Kingsway College on 15th February as part of the month long Hospitality Works campaign. Hospitality Works will run in hundreds of Jobcentre Plus offices nationwide for a month. The campaign aims to inspire jobseekers by promoting opportunities and vacancies in hospitality, the UK’s 4th … [Read more...]
El Celler De Can Roca unveils Westminster Kingsway College Partnership
Globally-renowned Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca has announced a partnership with the prestigious Westminster Kingsway College catering school to help with its’ forthcoming pop-up at London’s Cafe Royal. Ten students from the college will work with El Celler de Can Roca’s owners, the famous Roca Brothers, across four nights at the pop-up in the Cafe’s Domino Room … [Read more...]
Geoff Booth – Westminster Kingsway College
After 12 years of dedicated service to Westminster Kingsway College, Geoff Booth, Centre Director for the School of Hospitality, will be leaving at the end of the academic year to pursue a number of projects and concentrate on his Chairmanship within the PACE network (Professional Association for Catering Education). Geoff joined Westminster Kingsway College as Centre … [Read more...]
Hat Trick for Westminster Kingsway at Toque d’Or Awards
Westminster Kingsway College has taken home the highly coveted Toque d’Or Trophy for a record third time. The team of three front and back of house students took their prize at the Awards Dinner at London’s Dorchester Hotel, where Nestlé Professional Managing Director, George Vezza, described the finalist teams as ‘inspirational’, and said that “...if this is the future of … [Read more...]
Westminster Kingsway College student wins prestigious place at Spanish Gastronomy School
Westminster Kingsway College chef student Richard King has been awarded a place on one of the most prestigious culinary programmes in the world. Richard is one of only twelve scholarship recipients, and one of only two from the UK, to be chosen to represent their countries and culinary institutions at the upcoming 2015 edition of this annual training program. Training … [Read more...]