Nurturing the hospitality talent of the future - The Villeroy & Boch Luxembourg trip

Villeroy and Boch

Villeroy and Boch

Standard Supplier 9th April 2014
Villeroy and Boch

Villeroy and Boch

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Nurturing the hospitality talent of the future - The Villeroy & Boch Luxembourg trip

Renowned for nurturing young talent in the hospitality sector, each year Villeroy & Boch takes the winners of the Master Chefs of Great Britain Young Chef of the Year, the British Culinary Federation Young Chef of the Year, the Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Award Achievers and the Acorn Scholar of the Year to Luxembourg and Germany for a 2-day study tour.

This year, the trip included a visit to the Villeroy & Boch production and decoration centres in Mettlach, lunch at Castle Saareck, a visit to the Villeroy & Boch museum and culminated in a dinner at the Windsor Restaurant in Luxembourg. The next day followed with a showroom visit, al fresco lunch at Restaurant Aubergine and completed with a walking tour of the historic Luxembourg City.

Attendees of the trip are as follows:

Back Row left to right

• Luke Tipping, Simpsons Birmingham (British Culinary Federation)
• Robin Turner, Sodexo (Craft Guild of Chefs)
• Carmen Leinenweber, Villeroy&Boch
• Clive Roberts, The Old Forge (Master Chefs of Great Britain)
• Charlotta Oldham, Unilever (Acorn Scholarship)

Front Row left to right

• Nick Green, Villeroy&Boch
• Luke Selby, Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons (Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Achiever)
• Sam Roth, Baxter Storey (Acorn Scholar 2014)
• Daniel Lee, Brooklands Hotel & Spa (Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Achiever)
• Ruth Hansom, The Ritz (Master Chefs of Great Britain Young Chef of the Year)
• Danny Hoang, The Grove (Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Achiever)
• Josh Bingham, Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons (Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Achiever)

If you want the opportunity to follow in their footsteps, be sure to check the following websites for details of the competitions:

Master Chefs of Great Britain Young Chef of the Year
- www.masterchefs.co.uk
British Culinary Federation Young Chef of the Year
- www.britishculinaryfederation.co.uk
Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate award
- www.craftguildofchefs.org
Restaurateurs Association Young Chef Young Waiter
- www.bha.org.uk
Acorn Scholarship
- www.acornscholarship.org.uk/applynow

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