Catering

Overview

Are you the next Jamie Oliver; who wants to educate, inform and change a Nations eating habits?  Food is a subject that supports The Eatwell Guide which is about being a more informed and educated eater.  Food lessons help students read and understand food labels, checking the providence of food and making more informed choices.  Helping students to develop skills that will support them with a healthy lifestyle and skills that will support them throughout their life.

The hospitality and catering sector includes all businesses that provide food, beverages, and/or accommodation services.  This includes restaurants, hotels, pubs and bars.  It also includes airlines, tourist attractions, hospitals and sports venues; businesses where hospitality and catering is not their primary service but is increasingly important to their success.  According to the British Hospitality Association, hospitality and catering is Britain’s fourth largest industry and accounts for around 10% of the total workforce.  Since 2010, over 25% of all new jobs have been within the hospitality and catering sector with the majority of new roles falling within the 18-24 age group, according to a report by People 1st Employment in hospitality and catering can range from waiting staff, receptionists and catering assistants to chefs, hotel and bar managers and food technologists in food manufacturing.  All of these roles require further education and training either through apprenticeships or further and higher education.