From cooking-under-pressure with army chefs using ration packs, to learning how to offer the best hospitality on board an aeroplane, hospitality and catering students at West Nottinghamshire College welcomed various guests in the kitchens and bar at the Derby-road based restaurant, Refined.
Head of animal care and hospitality and catering Helen Wilcockson said: “This team never fails to impress our students when it comes to organising industry week activities.
“Learners have experienced such a varied agenda from creating their own food and drink to tasting the talents of other professionals.
“Industry week has also broadened their horizons when it comes to seeing just how many job types are available across the sector such as a supermarket or retail ‘ready meal chef’, and this is so important when they’re starting to think about the paths they are looking to take in the next year or two.”
Take a closer look at how Industry Week played out for the students…
9. Hospitality
Chair of Ashfield District Council, Councillor Dale Grounds was on hand to judge hospitality supervision students’ cocktail and mocktail making competitions, which featured creatively concocted drinks infused with fruit, herbs and confectionary. Dale, who has experience as a barman, said: “The students showed some great creativity in this challenge. There were some really good drinks and flavours. The presentation was very impressive too in both the cocktails and mocktails. The winners of these competitions showed real promise and interest in the drinks-making industry and it has been a privilege to come along to judge.” Photo: West Nottinghamshire College
10. Judges
Judges of the Ready Steady Cook challenge were the college's Craig Stevens and Oliver Cooper from the Black Bull Blidworth. Judges offering their professional critique of the dishes were foundation studies and catering assessor Craig Stevens and former professional cookery student Oliver Cooper, who now works as a chef at the Blidworth-based Black Bull pub. Photo: West Nottinghamshire