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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NEWS: AFWS DIRECTOR AWARDED OBE IN QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS
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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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Yohann Jousselin is the new UK Sommelier of the Year 2011
It was third time lucky yesterday for French head sommelier Yohann Jousselin, 27, from The Vineyard at Stockcross in Newbury, Berkshire, who was last night crowned the 2011 Piper-Heidsieck UK Sommelier of the Year in the prestigious competition organised by the Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS). In 2010 Yohann came second in the […]
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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 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: Matt Wilkin on keeping your cool under pressure
IT’S HARD to imagine happy-go-lucky Aussie Matt Wilkin getting flustered, but he remembers struggling to keep up with the hectic pace of working in an Australian holiday resort early in his career. “The busiest service nights of my life were in my second ever job, about 20 years ago in a big ski lodge in […]
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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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Michel Roux’s Service: Episode Five
Episode five sees the trainees return to London to step into the world of fine dining. But first they must learn the theatre of service – carving, serving, even cooking at the table. The recruits train at The Ritz with Simon Girling cooking crepe suzettes and Simpsons on the Strand with Gerry Rae, carving beef, […]
