Training

Hospitality industry backs National Apprenticeship Week 2016

14-Mar-2016 By Sophie Witts

Hotel du Vin, Greene King and Starbucks are among the hospitality businesses announcing new training programmes to mark National Apprenticeship Week.

Chef training course to tackle staff crisis in booming North-East restaurant industry

15-Jan-2016 By Sophie Witts

A fast-track chef training programme is being launched in Newcastle to avert an impending skills crisis in the booming North East restaurant industry.

Pizza Hut launches apprenticeship scheme

02-Dec-2015 By Liam Garrahan

Pizza Hut, has launched its first apprenticeship scheme which will see the company pledge 1,500 new apprenticeships across all of its restaurants over the next five years.

Government must act on apprenticeship schemes, says leading hotel director

16-Apr-2015 By Sophie Witts

A leading independent hotel group is calling on the government to increase its focus on apprenticeship schemes.

BBC Apprentice finalist Saira Khan launches Mitchells & Butler's new apprenticeship scheme

11-Mar-2015 By Sophie Witts

BBC Apprentice finalist Saira Khan has launched Mitchells & Butler’s new Apprenticeship Scheme.

Hospitality Industry supports National Apprenticeship Week 2015

09-Mar-2015 By Sophie Witts

Hospitality businesses across the UK are supporting National Apprenticeship Week, celebrating the positive effects the training schemes have on the industry and national economy.

Prison restaurant The Clink to open in Cheshire

22-Sep-2014 By Melodie Michel

The fourth The Clink Restaurant will open at HMP Styal in Cheshire in 2015, providing hospitality training to prisoners.

BHA calls for promotion of vocational training courses, especially in hospitality

15-Aug-2014 By Lauren Houghton

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has called for educators to recognise the importance of vocational training for careers such as those in hospitality, and stop ‘hoarding’ young people in academia. 

Hospitality 'walks the talk' on job creation

21-Mar-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Following another successful National Apprenticeship Week for the hospitality industry, a number of other hotels, restaurants and pubs have since stepped up to the plate to offer training and apprenticeship initiatives of their own.

PACE and People 1st unveil plans for 2014 conference

19-Feb-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

The Professional Association for Catering Education (PACE) and sector skills council People 1st have unveiled details of their second annual joint learning and development forum to help employers tackle the issues facing the hospitality sector.

Jason Atherton backs new hospitality traineeship

16-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Jason Atherton, the Michelin-starred chef-proprietor of Pollen Street Social, was among those in attendance at the recent launch of a new, nationwide Traineeship Programme from hospitality apprenticeship provider HIT.

Andaz Liverpool Street Hotel wins award for training homeless to be chefs

06-Oct-2013 By Emma Eversham

The Andaz Liverpool Street Hotel has been given a Dragon Award by the City of London for its work in training the homeless to be chefs. 

'Excellent news' for hospitality businesses as Government extends Apprenticeship Grant

11-Jan-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The hospitality industry has wholeheartedly welcomed the Government’s decision this week to extend the Apprenticeship Grant for employers of 16 to 24-year-olds to March 2014.

Damson restaurateur partners with Salford City College to create MediaCityUK hospitality training centre

20-Dec-2012 By Emma Eversham

Steve Pilling, co-owner at Stockport restaurant Damson, has gone into partnership with Salford City College to help set up a new hospitality and catering training centre which will be based at MediaCityUK. 

Marriott launches Culinary Apprenticeship Academy leading to ‘guaranteed employment’

04-Dec-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Marriott International has launched the Marriott Culinary Apprenticeship Academy (MCAA) in the UK which will take young people through an 18-month training programme before being offered a guaranteed position as a commis chef in one of the group’s hotels.

Browns launches £150k apprenticeship scheme

25-Oct-2012 By Emma Eversham

Mitchells & Butlers restaurant brand Browns has invested £150k in launching an apprenticeship scheme in a bid to help address the staff shortage across the sector and better develop its staff for the future. 

People 1st launches Apprentice 1st online portal for hospitality businesses

22-Oct-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Sector skills council People 1st has launched Apprentice 1st, an online portal which allows employers, learners and training providers to access all aspects of an apprenticeship, including coursework, assessments and practical training material, from...

Training for consistency: pubs

31-Aug-2012 By Emma Eversham

As is the case with restaurants and hotels, the pub sector is made up of a range of varying sizes of business, from the individually-owned freehold pub employing a handful of staff members, to the multi-site operator with thousands of recruits. 

Hilton Apprenticeship Academy to create 100 UK hospitality apprentice opportunities

23-Aug-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Hilton Worldwide has announced it will create 100 hospitality apprentice opportunities for school leavers and job seekers across the UK with the launch of the Hilton Apprenticeship Academy.

Oldham council considers plans for hospitality training academy

23-Feb-2012 By Emma Eversham

Oldham council is planning to build a hotel and hospitality training academy in the town which it believes could become a blueprint for more academies across the UK in the future.

Riots strike further blow to struggling apprentice restaurant

12-Aug-2011 By Kate Mead

An apprentice restaurant scheme that lost vital government funding this year received a further blow this week when it was forced to close two branches due to the London riots.

BII launches first apprenticeships for pubs

08-Aug-2011 By Emma Eversham

Professional licensing body The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has launched the first apprenticeship programme for the pub sector to help fill a skills gap identified by the industry.

Hoxton Apprentice seeks industry help after Gov cuts funding

27-Jul-2011 By Emma Eversham

Charitable training restaurant Hoxton Apprentice is appealing for help from the hospitality industry after vital funding it received from the Government was cut.

After hours with... Taskin Muzaffer

06-Dec-2010 By Becky Paskin

Taskin Muzaffer, the operations manager at rapidly-expanding bar/ restaurant group Drake & Morgan, speaks of a fast-paced career progression, working abroad, and keeping a cool head.

National Apprentice Service urges chefs to employ apprentices

24-Aug-2010 By Natasha Devan

As 16 year-olds across the country receive their GCSE results today, restaurateurs and head chefs have been urged by the National Apprentice Service to take on more apprentices in their kitchens

The Arrogant Frog opens at Umi Brighton

14-May-2009 By Becky Paskin

The renowned French restaurant has reopened at its new site at budget hotel Umi Brighton, to offer a joint hospitality and catering training facility

Chef apprentices help launch National Apprenticeship Service

28-Apr-2009 By Emma Eversham

Chef apprentices from Westminster Kingsway College help launch the Governments National Apprenticeship Service

National Skills Academy unveils plans to plug skills shortage

02-Apr-2009 By Emma Eversham

The National Skills Academy for Hospitality announces a partnership with Living Ventures, an endorsement scheme for catering colleges and a host of other ways to improve skills in the industry

Train staff and survive the recession

23-Jan-2009 By Becky Paskin

Businesses are warned if they don’t invest in training instead of making redundancies, they are more likely to fall victim to the recession

Hospitality businesses should Train to Gain

20-Aug-2008 By Becky Paskin

Hospitality businesses could see a hike in profit margins and a drop in staff turnover if they utilise the government’s train to gain service

Fifteen Chef Christopher Pethick Found Dead

05-Mar-2008 By Alan Lodge

One of the first trainees to sign up to Jamie Olivers chef training scheme at Fifteen in Cornwall as been discovered hanging in woodland not far from the famous restaurant.

Jamie smokes out the stoners

27-Nov-2007 By Alan Lodge

TV chef helps his trainees quit smoking cannabis rather than sack them for smoking the drug