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NEWS: AFWS DIRECTOR AWARDED OBE IN QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS
Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS) Director and World Champion Sommelier, Gerard Basset, has been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Considered by many to be one of the world’s greatest authorities on wine, Basset is credited with changing perceptions of wine service worldwide, whilst training and mentoring a generation of young […]
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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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Finalists announced for this year’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year
Seven of the UK’s top restaurant managers, including last year’s runner-up, will go through to the finals of the 2011 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition, following a semi-final held at the Westbury Hotel, London, earlier this week [28 February]. The seven finalists are: Damien Bastiat, restaurant manager, Gidleigh Park, DevonMichele Caggianese, restaurant & […]
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Video interview: James, Brooke and Tom talk about their experience on Michel Roux’s Service
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Also tagged front of house training, Michel roux's service, scholarship, sommelier
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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 […]
Michel Roux’s Service: Episode Eight – The Final
Episode Eight – the final. Before their final service at Michel’s own restaurant Le Gavroche, he seeks the approval of the man who most respects – his father – Albert Roux – at semi-final day at Wimbledon where guests pay up to £5,000 a ticket for lunch and centre court tickets. The service is overseen […]
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Michel Roux’s Service: Episode Seven
In Episode Seven the penultimate challenge for the seven trainees is bespoke celebrity dining where the demands of the client can be exacting, and where budgets know no bounds. To assist with getting his trainees to understand the rigours of celebrity dining Michel brings on board Peter Avis from Kensington Roof Gardens and top UK […]
