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 […]
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Press release: Academy pledges to maintain momentum created by Michel Roux’s Service
The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS), the UK’s professional body for front-of-house service, will continue to build on the impetus created by the BBC2 TV programme Michel Roux’s Service by creating a single professional qualification roadmap for front of house that begins at entry level and can be followed through to a foundation […]
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Blog: Sophie Roberts-Brown on keeping up the momentum
Here at the Academy we’ve been delighted with the response Michel Roux’s Service has received. Everyone seems to have enjoyed watching from the many people who gave up their time and premises to be part of the making of the series, to the wider hospitality industry and also from those outside the industry who now […]
Video blog: Bovey Castle’s Jeremy Rata
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2011 UK Sommelier of the Year: deadline for entries extended
The Academy of Food and Wine Service has extended the entry deadline for its 2011 Champagne Piper-Heidsieck UK Sommelier of the Year competition to 28 January and the first round questionnaire until 23 February. Entries to the competition are invited from professional sommeliers and wine waiters from any style of establishment including fine dining restaurants, […]
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Michel Roux’s Service: Episode Two
In Episode Two of Michel Roux’s Service the eight trainees move to Birmingham to see the running one of the city’s finest curry houses, Itihass, where owner Raj Rana treats customers like family. But before moving to Birmingham Michel takes his trainees to a workman’s café The Regency in London’s Victoria, where owner Claudia Perotti […]
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AFWS: your questions answered
FRONT OF HOUSE TRAINING: YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED How long are the courses at the AFWS? Academy of Food and Wine Service courses can be planned around your work schedule and availability, but range in length from a 90-minute masterclass through to a 5-day foundation course in food and beverage service, and everything in between. Some […]
