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20 young chefs celebrated their graduation from the Junior Chefs’ Academy programme at South West College Enniskillen Campus on Saturday 5th December.

News>South West College Celebrates Junior Chefs’ Academy Graduation

12 young chefs celebrated their graduation from the Junior Chefs’ Academy programme at the Omagh Campus of South West College on Saturday 8th May.

The Junior Chefs’ Academy aims to build the skills of future young chefs and is organised by People 1st the sector skills council for the hospitality and tourism industry and Compass Group UK and Ireland, part of the world’s largest catering company.

Introduced in all six colleges in February 2009, over 250 young people have been given a valuable insight into the industry as the Junior Chefs’ Academy has delivered 16 programmes across 13 campuses throughout Northern Ireland.

The programme, has been funded by the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL), is industry led and supported by The Institute of Hospitality, the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation, the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Safefood and City and Guilds.

The 12 graduates aged 12 to 16, from local schools all attended South West College’s Omagh Campus and were presented with certificates by guests of honour and Junior Chefs’ Academy supporters, Neven Maguire, award winning Irish celebrity chef and tv personality, and James McGinn, General Manager of the Europa Hotel, Belfast and tv personality.

“Junior Chefs’ Academy is a fun-filled, hands-on introduction to cooking as a career and is a stepping stone to the professional cookery courses the young graduates can now consider. Inspiring future chef talent to join a growing and dynamic industry is key to Northern Ireland achieving its tourism potential.”

Roisin McKee
People 1st

Over a 10 week period on Saturday mornings the young people learned about preparing dishes such as soups, salads, sauces, vegetables, pasta, fish, meat, poultry and desserts.

They were instructed by South West College catering staff and received a cooking demonstration from Rodney Graham, Executive Sous Chef of the Lough Erne Golf Resort, Enniskillen.

All this hard work culminated in the graduation event to celebrate the conclusion of the programme and the achievements of the young chefs.

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Clair McKenna

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clair.mckenna@swc.ac.uk

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