Hospitality and catering students learnt how to make sweet treats from an award-winning chocolatier and pastry chef during employability week. Mark Tilling, winner of BBC Two’s Bake Off Crème de la Crème, was invited to Bath College to demonstrate the precise art of chocolate making. Students learnt how to melt and temper chocolate, and how to create marbled lollipops, … [Read more...]
Sofitel London Gatwick encourages employees to see hospitality as long-term career choice
A campaign to showcase the breadth of what a career in hospitality could offer has been launched by Sofitel London Gatwick. The ‘General Manager for a day’ scheme is open to current employees of the hotel, and so far, twelve people have shadowed the hotel’s General Manager, Globy Ouseph, with more planned for the new year. Globy said: “Recruitment and retention in the … [Read more...]
Auchrannie completes transfer of ownership to employees
Luxury resort Auchrannie has announced it has completed its transition to become Scotland’s latest employee-owned business, with 160 members of staff becoming owners. Located in Brodick on the Isle of Arran, Auchrannie is an award-winning resort comprising two 4-star hotels, thirty 5-star self-catering lodges, two leisure clubs, three individually branded restaurants, a … [Read more...]
Abokado Kickstarts 2018 with new range of hearty and healthy udon soups
London’s leading independent healthy eating chain Abokado launches a new range of delicious udon soups on 9 January set to cure those winter blues and help Londoners kickstart their healthy eating resolutions for 2018. The new menu will now include Chargrilled Chicken Udon Soup, Coconut Chicken Udon Soup and Veggie Dumpling Udon Soup, all packed with a healthy balance of … [Read more...]
Brakspear appoints Steve Head to BDM role
Pub operator and brewer Brakspear has appointed Steve Head as a business development manager with responsibility for its pubs in Oxfordshire and London. Head has worked in the hospitality sector for 25 years, in a career which has taken him from barman to business development manager. He joins from Greene King Pub Partners, where he held a BDM role for two years, and a … [Read more...]