At the 2010 Academy Awards for Excellence Louise Gordon, head sommelier at London’s Clos Maggiore, won the Louis Jadot & Savoy Educational Trust Sommelier Scholarship. Louise was singled out as being an excellent ambassador for her hotel and for the role of sommellerie and as someone who as well as holding down a demanding position […]
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Blog: sommelier Louise Gordon visits Burgundy
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Champagne tasting at LIWF
At this year’s LIWF the Academy organised a Champagne tasting as one of a series of educational sessions. The Academie de Lanson is working with AFWS to promote Champagne and educate the trade about Champagne. Here are the highlights of a presentation of malolactic and non-malolactic Champagnes involving a blind tasting of different Champagnes across […]
Restaurant Manager of the Year: video footage
This year’s Academy of Food and Wine Service UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition was won by Michele Caggianese of the Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel in London. Here’s some fabulous video footage of the dinner and presentations after this year’s competition…
Academy wins industry’s prestigious Catey award
The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS) was this week delighted to be awarded one of the prestigious Catey awards, the industry’s Oscars, in Caterer and Hotelkeeper’s annual awards ceremony. The Catey was for the best independent marketing campaign and was awarded to AFWS for the PR and social media campaign surrounding the successful […]
