Michel Roux’s Service scholarship winner James Marvin, 24, has recently completed week long stages at some of the UK’s most respected establishments; the Dorchester hotel on London’s Park Lane; the Roux’s Waterside Inn in Bray and Le Gavroche also in the capital. I’ve found it quite the eye opener. The Dorchester has a great sense […]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Press release: Lanson International supports Academy’s Restaurant Manager Hall of Fame
Lanson International is to sponsor the Academy of Food and Wine Service’s (AFWS) Restaurant Manager Hall of Fame, it’s official line-up of distinguished front-of-house luminaries that includes amongst others Peter Avis of Babylon at Roof Gardens, Elena Salvoni of Elena’s L’Etoile; Silvano Giraldin, former maitre d’ at Le Gavroche, now director of Roux Consulting; Jesus […]
AFWS announces the 16 finalists for this year’s Champagne Piper-Heidsieck UK Sommelier of the Year
Sixteen sommeliers have made it through to the 2011 UK Sommelier of the Year final and have been named by the Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS) as: Wiremu Andrews, Hotel du Vin & Bistro, CheltenhamLoic Avril, The Fat Duck, BrayArnaud Bardary, Maze, London W1Tobias Brauweiler, Ellenborough Park, CheltenhamRemi Cousin, The Fat Duck, BraySergio […]
AFWS launches 2011 Amateur Sommelier of the Year
The Academy of Food and Wine Service, together with Champagne Piper-Heidsieck and Decanter.com, has launched the 2011 Amateur Sommelier of the Year competition. The competition, open to any amateur wine enthusiasts – not members of the trade – last year attracted over 100 entries. The winner will receive dinner for two at a top restaurant […]
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