Back in 2011 the Academy of Food & Wine Service was involved with the making of a breakthrough programme for the hospitality sector – Michel Roux’s Service. The idea for the programme was first muted by the Academy and PR company William Murray, who between them managed to find a production company that believed […]
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Michel Roux’s Service: so where is the winner now?
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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: 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 […]
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Video interview: James, Brooke and Tom talk about their experience on Michel Roux’s Service
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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 […]
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 […]
Interview: Ronan Sayburn discusses the importance of terroir
Hotel du Vin Group’s director of wine and spirits Ronan Sayburn drops in to the Academy of Food and Wine Service to discuss the importance of ‘terroir’ – the effect of geography, geology, climate and other factors on the quality of a wine. Q. Ronan, why is terroir important to the character of a wine […]
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Interview: How Gerard Basset was inspired from drinking water and wine as a young man to be world’s No1 sommelier
When the BBC had to train eight young front-of-house staff to serve wine in top restaurants like Le Gavroche for its new series Michel Roux’s Service, it knew who to ask for help: world No1 sommelier Gerard Basset Some of the young hopefuls vying to win a scholarship from the Academy of Food and Wine […]
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