Success for Northland Hospitality Students

Monday 30 August 2010 For Immediate Release:

Success for Northland Hospitality Students at the New Zealand Culinary Fare

Northland Hospitality students are celebrating their recent success at the New Zealand Culinary Fare held in Auckland from 22 to 24 of August.

The group of 12 students from NorthTec, along with Northland HSI Junior Hospitality Challenge regional winners from Whangarei Girls High School and Kamo High School, competed in a series of live cooking and frontofhouse events coming away with silver and bronze medals for each of their competition classes.

The NorthTec frontofhouse students who are studying towards their National Diploma in Hospitality Operations Management, with a stream in Food and Beverage, won 4 silver and 4 bronze medals, while the HSI Training Team of the Year trio, which comprised of two chefs studying Professional Cookery Level 4 and one front ofhouse member, all took home silver medals.

On top of this, Kamo High School student Matt Genefaas took out a national title, winning gold in the final of the HSI Junior Hospitality Challenge. NothTec is proud to support the regions high schools who study Hospitality in competitions such as the Culinary Fare

“Northland can be very proud of these young hospitality stars and rest assured that the future of Northland’s hospitality industry is bright” says NorthTec part time Frontofhouse hospitality tutor Kate Claydon. “This competition allows us to showcase the immense talent we have in Northland and reassures us that our hospitality students are achieving at outstanding levels” Kate says.

The team’s successes are largely attributed to the dedication of the students and mentoring from industry professionals such as Jason Hall of Vinyl Restaurant & Bar / Copthorne Hotel & Resort Bay of Islands and Brenton Low of a’ Deco who have worked in conjunction with NorthTec tutors to nurture and develop the future talent of the Northland hospitality industry.

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