The Academy of Food & Wine Service is now taking bookings for its UK Restaurant Manager of the Year 2012 Gala Dinner, being held at The Westbury, London, on 22 October. Members of the industry are invited to attend the dinner, where the winner of this year’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition, sponsored […]
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UK Restaurant Manager of the Year 2012: Gala Dinner tickets now on-sale
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UK Restaurant Manager of the Year: 2012 finalists announced
Following an extremely tough semi-final testing a range of practical and management skills, four restaurant managers are through to the final of the 2012 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition. They are: Tobias Barfoot, restaurant manager, The Ambrette Restaurant, Margate Clement Joseph, restaurant manager, RAC, London Peter McAlister, Culloden Estate and Spa, Belfast Paul […]
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Academy launches 2012 Awards for Front of House Excellence and backs vocational courses for 16-year olds
The Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS) has today pledged its support for vocational qualifications for 16-year olds, following this week’s media reports of criticism of some of the more practical exam subjects on offer. “Not all children are naturally academic,” commented AFWS executive director Sophie Roberts-Brown. “The education system must continue to offer […]
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Will Harper: My week at Babylon, Roof Gardens
My name is Will Harper, I am the Brasserie manager at Malmaison Liverpool and in October 2011 I was named “Virgin Rising Star”. The prize for winning this great accolade was to visit and take part in a ‘Stage’ at the Roof Gardens, South Kensington. In particular I would be spending a lot of time […]
Entries sought for UK Restaurant Manager of the Year
The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS), the UK’s professional body for front-of-house staff, is inviting restaurant managers to enter its 2012 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition. The competition is open to all restaurant managers, whether working in a high street chain, pub restaurant, fine dining establishment or independent outlet. “We are […]
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Jan Konetzki becomes Moët UK Sommelier of the Year 2012
Sommelier Jan Konetzki, 31, of Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, was announced last night as the 2012 Moët UK Sommelier of the Year. The prestigious competition, organised by the Academy of Food & Wine Service, was held yesterday at the London International Wine Fair at ExCel. Born in Hamburg, Germany, Jan came to London five years ago […]
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Moët UK Sommelier of the Year: finalists announced
The names of the 12 sommeliers who have made it through to the final of this year’s Moët UK Sommelier of the Year competition, organised by the Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS), have been announced as: Loic Avril, The Fat Duck, Bray Arnaud Bardary, Maze Gordon Ramsay, London W1 Tobias Brauweiler, Ellenborough Park, […]
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NRD Dinner – a massive success!
This year’s NRD dinner was a huge success – thank you to everyone who attended and worked so hard behind the scenes to make it work. We raised a massive £60,000. Eat Out wrote a great piece about it – which you can read by clicking here. You can also view pics from the event […]
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Academy appoints new events and membership manager
The Academy of Food & Wine Service has appointed Sarah Peters as its new Events and Membership Manager to run its extensive programme of events and competitions including Sommelier of the Year, Restaurant Manager of the Year and the Academy Annual Awards. Sarah has a strong background in events management both in-house for hotels and […]
DEADLINE FOR MOET UK SOY ENTRIES NOW 10TH APRIL
You now have until next Tuesday 10th April to enter this year’s Moet UK Sommelier of the Year competition. You can download an entry form from this website – hurry and get your entries in now.
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