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…
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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 […]
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Blog: Yohann Jousselin – UK Sommelier of the Year 2011
Last week, at London’s Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel, Yohann Jousselin won the Academy’s prestigious UK Sommelier of the Year 2011. Yohann, who is head sommelier at the Vineyard at Stockcross, tells us how he felt going into the competition and the pressure he was under to win, having been the runner-up in 2010. “This year […]
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Blog: My work experience day as a sommelier, by Nicola Wylde, aged 14
After seeing the series Michel Roux’s Service Nicola Wylde, aged 14, contacted us to ask about pursuing a career as a sommelier. We organised for her to spend a day at the London restaurant 28:50 On Tuesday 26 April I spent a day at 28:50 in London to see what it would be like to […]
Blog: Scholarship winner James Marvin gets a taste of the high-life
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 […]
Blog: Nikkita -“it’s been really hard since we finished filming”
The Academy of Food and Wine is running a regular series of updates catching up with the stars of BBC2’s Michel Roux’s Service as they make their way within the hospitality industry. We caught up with Nikkita Palphreyman, 20, currently working in a restaurant in Derby. “I’ve recently started working at Mango Tang in Derby, […]
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Blog: We catch up with Jarel
The Academy of Food and Wine Service is running a regular series of updates catching up with the stars of BBC2’s Michel Roux’s Service as they make their way within the hospitality industry. We caught up with Jarel Mitchell, 24, who despite leaving the show in episode two remains interested in a career in hospitality. […]
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Blog: Scholarship winner James Marvin talks to AFWS about training at Galvin
The Academy of Food and Wine is running a regular series of updates catching up with the stars of BBC2’s Michel Roux’s Service as they make their way within the hospitality industry. In this update we talk with James Marvin, 24, about his experiences since being awarded a front of house scholarship at the end […]
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Blog: Nicky Bedson talks to AFWS about life after Michel Roux’s Service
The Academy of Food and Wine Service is running a regular series catching up with the stars of BBC2’s Michel Roux’s Service. We caught up with Nicky Bedson, 24, who is working at two bars in Crawley in Sussex and aims to have her own business… I’d been travelling for a year in 2009 before […]
