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AAA - Applied Ability Awards

An independent qualification for professional chefs designed and delivered by industry for industry in order to provide the national benchmarks that will define, develop and promote craft skills.

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Academy of Culinary Arts

Professional association for head chefs, pastry chefs, restaurant managers and quality suppliers. Concerned with raising standards and public awareness of food, food provenance, cooking and service, as well as helping to attract young people into the industry through education and training programmes.

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Academy of Food & Wine Service

Professional body for front of house staff – including food and wine waiting staff and bar assistants. Its aim is to improve the basic knowledge of restaurant staff. Provides skills seminars and training programmes.

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Armadillo Training

Armadillo Training is committed to providing quality, innovative training and support. Our courses are fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health,

Health and Safety Executive and Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, and can be tailored to your individual business needs.We are specialists in Health & Safety, Food Hygiene and First Aid training, offering one-stop solutions to ensure the safety of your company, your employees and visitors.

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Association Culinaire Française

Chefs’ association that can trace its history back to 1845. Run by chefs, for chefs. Its aims are to maintain professional standards of cuisine and to encourage learning and skills.

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Best Practice Forum

The aim of the Best Practice Forum is to encourage businesses in the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism industry to introduce new ideas and innovations by adopting or adapting best practice – so raising their efficiency, productivity and competitiveness.

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Bransby Training

Food hygiene training, food safety training, health & safety training, healthier eating and special diets training, manual handling and risk assessment training.

Customers include small and large organisations in the commercial sector, NHS, local authorities, care, hotels and catering.

We operate mainly in London and the South East but are happy to travel to other areas.

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Cambrian Training Company

Cambrian Training Company provides specialist training and assessments to the Service and Business sector. We pride ourselves on the flexibility with which we respond to our customers requirements. A one stop shop for your development needs.

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Campden BRI

Campden BRI provides practical scientific, technical, legislative and information support to the food and drink, brewing and alcoholic beverages, and allied industries. We are membership based and work closely with our members to ensure the industrial relevance of the services and training we provide. We also offer a full range of training courses designed specifically for the food industry.

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Confederation of Tourism Hotel Catering Management

The confederation was established in 1982 to provide recognised standards of management and vocational training appropriate to the needs of the hotel and travel industries.

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Cooks Academy

Cooking courses for all levels. Learn to cook with Cooks Academy, Dublin's premier cookery school.

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Facilities Staff Training

Long established independent training provider specialising in food safety, health & safety, healthier eating and special diets, manual handling and risk assessment.

Customers include small and large organisations in the commercial sector, NHS, local authorities, care, hotels and catering.

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Food alert

specialists in Food Hygiene and Health & Safety for hotels, restaurants, private clubs and bars as well as food manufacturers and caterers

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Hospital Caterers Association

Founded in 1948, the HCA is a national organisation with branches in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Its aims are the promotion and improvement of the standards of catering in hospitals and healthcare establishments; education and training; and improving the professional interests and status of health care caterers.

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IMHI Essec Business School

The IMHI MBA can be taken over either one or two years. It provides a thorough education in high level management in the dynamic and rapidly changing sector of the hospitality industry in a worldwide context. The program uniquely combines business school management education with an in-depth understanding of the hospitality sector.

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Lewisham College

Lewisham College offers a very wide range of subjects with particular strengths in vocational areas. We attract students who are still at school, have just left school, who want to go on to university, adults wanting to brush up their skills or study for a
professional qualification, and employers and employees looking for industry standard training and qualifications.

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Merton college

We teach a wide range of courses at different levels, to people from many different backgrounds and of all ages.

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Oxford brookes business school

The Business School is one of the largest Schools at Oxford Brookes University, with more than 150 academic staff, more than 2,000 undergraduates and over 500 postgraduate and
research students. It has built up an international reputation through its study programmes, research and consultancy.

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Progressive training

In addition to delivering the courses that we design ourselves, we are approved to deliver programmes accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) and the Welcome to Excellence programmes, Welcome All and Welcome Host.

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Tante Marie

Tante Marie is an international cordon bleu cookery school with cookery courses for everyone.

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The Cordon Vert Culinary School

Based in Cheshire this culinary school offers a diploma training programme on vegetarian cuisine for professional caterers.

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The Food Hygiene Centre

The Food Hygiene Centre was established in 1989 and is now one of the largest Food Hygiene and Health and Safety Consultancy in the Greater London Region. We offer a broad
range of food hygiene consultancy and training services to many of the areas most prestigious hotels, clubs, restaurants as well as the headquarters of many of the world's largest companies.We also enjoy solid working relationships with most London Borough Councils as well as Hospitals, Schools, Universities and Charitable organisations.

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The vegetarian society Cordon Vert School

Cordon Vert has an unrivalled reputation for fresh, imaginative and innovative cuisine reflecting current trends and world cuisine. This excellence together with sound nutritional knowledge will inspire, enthuse and educate.

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Latest News…

03.02.2012

Hilton Worldwide unveils plans to recruit 50 chef apprentices

Hilton Worldwide has unveiled plans to recruit 50 budding chefs to join its Chef Apprenticeship Academy. … More…

03.02.2012

The Craft Guild of Chefs pays homage to Winnie Myers

Tributes have been pouring in for Winifred “Winnie” Myers, who died on January 27 at her home in the Lake District.… More…

03.02.2012

Prince of Wales Sees ‘Positive Future’ for Global Fish Stocks

The Prince of Wales has said today that despite evidence about the continued decline of the world’s fish stocks there is real cause for optimism about the futur… More…

Latest Events…

07.02.2012

Alaska Seafood Competition 2012 - Live cook off

A recipe design competition for UK chefs.… More…

16.02.2012

British Frozen Food Federation Conference & Exhibition

The 2012 BFFF conference and exhibition brings together key decision makers from retail, manufacturers and wholesalers in the frozen food industry. Includes an … More…

17.02.2012

LACA National Seminar

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