26 August 2010 | Forty young chefs have been matched with mentors that represent some of the top chef and restaurateur talents in Sydney as part of a new professional development program for chefs and cooks that’s been kicked off by TAFE in Sydney.
5 August 2010 | Some of Queensland’s most successful hospitality operators are putting their support behind a new training initiative that is aiming to improve business and management skills in the industry.
22 February 2010 | InterContinental Hotels Group, the world's largest hotel company, and people solutions specialists, Mint Group, have launched a joint training initiative that will see IHG staff gain nationally recognised qualifications in their first year of employment.
25 June 2009 | After a year of construction, Brisbane-based Hospitality Training Association, has unveiled the second stage of its $17.8m refurbishment and expansion program.
4 December 2008 | Thirty of Australia's up and coming culinary stars will have the opportunity to learn from top chefs from Australia and overseas in a new program from the Melbourne Food and Wine festival and Fonterra.
3 June 2008 | Six of Australia’s most promising young chefs and six of our most talented front of house stars will be battling it out to take out the top prize at the 2008 Lexus Young Chef and Young Waiter Awards.
31 January 2008 | Noodle bar restaurant chain Wagamama has joined with TAFE New South Wales South Western Sydney Institute to launch a new on the job training initiative it says will help establish a new benchmark in training standards for the Australian hospitality industry.
10 September 2007 | The closing date for nominations for the new award recognising the achievements of some of Australia’s top trade teachers is fast approaching.
29 August 2007 | A training program in hospitality skills for unemployed and disengaged young people has won the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Community Partnerships in the business category award.
16 July 2007 | The Western Australian Government has launched a new training initiative as part of its strategy to attract young people into the hospitality industry.
20 November 2006 | A final year apprentice from Adelaide’s Hyatt Regency hotel, Sarah Neill, has been named runner up Australian Apprentice of the Year at the national awards for excellence in training.
30 October 2006 | Major hospitality industry training centre William Angliss has announced it will for the first time deliver Degrees in Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Management commencing 2007.
16 October 2006 | The restaurant and catering industry has welcomed the Federal Government’s new scheme aimed at easing the skills crisis that is particularly hurting the hospitality industry.
31 May 2006 | With the Federal Government’s new workplace legislation Workchoices now in place the hospitality industry is being urged to get educated about the new system.
2 May 2006 | A roundup of stories relating to the hospitality industry from the weekend's newspapers…
1 May 2006 | Students from hospitality school William Angliss Institute recently took their training to Melbourne’s trams tempting commuters with finger food they had created.