Charnwood Apprentices take Master Class with Marco Pierre White

Charnwood Apprentices take Master Class with Marco Pierre White

Pierre White, a former apprentice himself, helped launch the pub retailer and brewer's own Discovery Apprenticeship programme with a master class cookery demonstration at Greene King's brewery and headquarters in Suffolk.

Ashley Wilson, a chef at the White Hart Hotel in Braintree, part of Greene King's Old English Inn chain, was one of eight lucky apprentices nominated to take part in the master class. The 21-year-old was chosen by his business development manager as a great of example of one of the company's first successful apprentices.

The celebrity chef showed the group simple and effective techniques of cooking with sea bass which they could take back to their own kitchens. Ashley said he was 'over the moon' to meet Marco and take part in the master class.

He added: "It was the opportunity of a life time. There's not many people I know who can say that they've met and been trained by Marco Pierre White!"
 
Ashley has been working at the White Hart hotel for over a year and has progressed quickly from kitchen porter to assistant chef.  
Having been offered Apprenticeship training through Greene King, and its training provider Charnwood Training Group, Ashley can continue to learn on the job while gaining nationally-recognised qualifications. 
 
Having previously been in trouble with the police, the chance of a stable career with the opportunity to gain qualifications has been invaluable in helping Ashley to turn his life around and support his young family.
 
"I have finally found something that I enjoy and that I'm good at," said Ashley. "Most importantly I can support my family while I continue to learn and progress my career. It has given me the opportunity to do something positive and I would really recommend it."

Working in collaboration with Charnwood training group, Greene King is set to become one of the largest providers of hospitality based Apprenticeships in the UK.

For more information about Apprenticeships in the Hospitality industry please visit www.charnwood.co.uk

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Charnwood compared nationally are ahead of the game

Managing Partners of a leading Hospitality Training Provider, Charnwood training group, along with its Staff, Learners and National Employers were delighted with the excellent praise received from their recent Ofsted inspection, which graded the National training provider as 'good across the board' and 'when compared on a National scale is ahead of the game'

Charnwood training group provides commercial and government funded work based learning and workforce development training within the catering and hospitality industries.

Of particular merit was the way learners enjoy their training, and statistics prove that most go on to further training or gain promotion at work. In this section 'outcomes for learners', Charnwood was recognised for  'the support and care given to learners is a rare quality to be seen in a work based learning provider and Inspectors commented that 'training officers maintained strong relationships with Learners and showed a genuine passion for training.

Teaching and Learning Provision for 14 -- 16 years old within the Academy are of a 'high quality and extremely well maintained, learning is effective in meeting the needs and interests of all learners.'

Although the Training Provider were expecting an inspection as their last was completed in 2007, they didn't realise they would be inspected under a framework released just 4 weeks prior.

Managing Director, Gerwyn House, nominee for the Inspection stated "In light of this context in which Training Providers are now inspected we are extremely pleased to have achieved such a positive report. These judgements represent the best Ofsted report in Charnwood's history."

The employers whom Charnwood work with gave extremely gratifying feedback and were keen on 'Charnwood's excellent understanding of the hospitality, the support to reduce staff turnover rates and the improved development of learners' customer service skills.'

"We are determined to continue to build on our successes and strengths and are resolute in our determination to make Charnwood the provider and employer of choice." Gerwyn House, Managing Director. 


Click here for Charnwood's full report