Folkestone College Catering

Name: Folkestone College Catering
Address: East Kent College, Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, CT202TZ, GB
Telephone: +441303858216
Price range: $$
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Training students how to be the Chefs of tomorrow supporting them in learning all aspects of the cat You might even want to train as a Butler.
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This pathway is an ideal way to get started in a career that leads to many opportunities, such as running your own business or eventually becoming Head Chef in a busy restaurant, or even working on a cruise liner. East Kent College is recognised as a Centre of Culinary Excellence - the proof of the pudding is the excellent relationship we continue to have with many of our highly successful ex-stud

ents, including of course celebrity chefs Gary Rhodes and Nathan Outlaw. We have fantastic facilities and industry links, and our further education students go on to work in the very best establishments, such as Buckingham Palace, the British Embassy in Paris and Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons in Oxfordshire. The Hospitality industry offers great career choices and excellent rewards. It is made up of lots of different types of organisations including hotels and restaurants, fast-food outlets, coffee shops and pubs, bars and nightclubs. There are also lots of different roles, from Food-service Management, Front of House to Event Coordination, and other management jobs.

28/03/2024

More Easter activities from Inclusive learning students. They smelled amazing whilst baking.

18/03/2024

It's community week this week. This morning we had learners from the Beacon school in the kitchen for a session and made mini Simnel cakes. The learners were interested in the history of the cake and the 11 marzipan decorations representing the apostles without Judas the traitor. We also learnt that it could be eaten at Mother's day as well.

24/11/2023

These were our entries from two of the level 2 learners. A flavoursome curry with basmati rice, toasted coconut and raita. A seabass cooked en papillote with fennel and fennel seeds with sauteed potatoes, cabbage and leek with fennel seeds.

24/11/2023

Last night we hosted the Rotary club Young chef competition. Here are some photos of the young chefs at work. They had one hour to prepare two plates of main course within a budget of £10. Entrants were from Harvey Grammar and Brockhill school as well as our college students.

08/11/2023

A huge thank you to Ian and Cecille Waghorne who came into college today to speak to our learners about life in the industry and in particular fine dining and rosette restaurants. They explained that each restaurant has its own ranks and just because you were in one position in one restaurant, you may have to drop a rank in another depending on the factors. Ian explained that learning in a safe college environment where a business is not at risk is far better than learning on the job where there is very little margin for error. They will be back another time to do a practical demonstration/session.

02/11/2023

Yummy apple pies going down to Action for Homelessness next week. Made from apples from the tutor's own tree!

12/10/2023

It has been a busy week in catering with guest speakers coming to share. Ben Cuthbert from L and B restaurants was our first speaker, he spoke about starting businesses up in Folkestone and the kind of attributes that he would be looking for in a work experience learner or an employee. Several learners were interested in working in his various businesses.
Next we had Stefano from Macknades who delighted the learners with a selection of provenance that is sold in his shop. He encouraged the learners to think about local produce and the environment but also the story behind a product. I particularly liked the reference to one of his cheeses "Jane from just outside Canterbury, makes this"
The students were truly enriched this week and a big thank you goes out to all our speakers who care about sewing into the next generation of chefs.

06/10/2023

This week we had a visit from Brian White. He is currently consulting with his brother at The waterfront at Hythe. He spoke to the learners about an area of catering that they might not have considered before. He shared his many years experience of the private dining scene in London and the advantages of leaving Folkestone to seek employment and experience in the city. He also discussed the training in the Army leading to military club employment. The learners were truly inspired. We are looking at some learners going to the Waterfront for their work experience.

09/02/2023

A big thank you to Gary from Tabasco who came to speak to our learners about his position as chef for Tabasco sauce. He travels the world creating recipes using the famous sauce. The learners were treated to a "tasting" of the many different varieties from the mildest to the hottest before using them to create dishes from Gary's recipes.

26/01/2023

A big thank you to Angel who returned to the college as a guest not a learner to talk to the level 2 about working at Leon. We had HMS host in a couple of weeks ago but Angel was able to talk to the learners from her prospective as an employee. " this is the best job that I have ever had". The perks are very tempting and working in the travel industry has given her a desire to travel, thus enriching her life experience.

24/01/2023

To celebrate Chinese new year, our part time day adult course, cooked up a feast for staff and students to enjoy. Part time day is an adult course, one day a week for adults interested in gaining a catering qualification to enter the industry or sometimes just for pursuing a passion in cookery. If this is something that interests you then come along to our open evening on Thursday 26-2-23

17/01/2023

We had the lovely team from The Pig Hotel in today for employer engagement with our beauty and catering students.
With sustainability being in the forefront of our agenda as a college it was amazing to hear from a hotel that has been able to include this in every aspect of their business.
Thank you for inspiring the next generation of Therapists and Chefs.
Folkestone College Hair & Beauty
The Pig At Bridge Place

20/10/2022

Today we said goodbye to a wonderful colleague and friend Pitchford. Despite being in a wheelchair he ran our restaurant and was a great example to to our learners of resilience and strength

20/10/2022

Yesterday we had the absolute pleasure of welcoming our guest speaker Steven Munkley from the Grande Cuisine Academy, who came in to talk to our students about his catering career. He began his journey working at a London Airport Hotel and ending it as the Executive Chef at the Royal Garden hotel where he worked for 25years with a brigade of 60 chefs. He truly inspired and raised our learners’ aspirations by promoting competitions and explaining the value that they add to their learning experience. “Competitions enable you to perfect a dish, promote organisational skills and time management and dictate that you have to be resilient and think on your feet if something doesn’t go to plan”. He also encouraged learners to think of short and long terms goals and to make everything that you do and or serve the very best that it can be even if it is just a pizza or a burger, as think of the enjoyment that a customer might get from them…..
Learners all gained free membership to the Grand Cuisine Academy and were entered into a free prize draw to win a kitchen knife.

A big thanks to Steven for his time and the value he added to our learners

05/10/2022

A huge thank you to Oliver Bowers from Walk the Mind who came to talk to our catering, early years workforce, and health and social care learners about the amazing work that they do to raise awareness and money for mental health (Young minds). But more importantly for sharing his story with the learners in such a frank and honest way to inspire them to get a toolkit to help them with mental health and anxiety issues and point them in the direction of all the available help that is out there.

06/07/2022

A warm welcome to next year's learners at our welcome day today. A chance to use your creativity and get to know your tutors and peers. There are a few spaces left on all courses including part time day for adult learners, if interested then apply on the Folkestone college website.

05/05/2022

Level 1 learners used their skills developed this year to cater for our Employer Fayre. The feedback was very positive with comments such as "that was the best sausage roll/cheese scone/cupcake that I have ever eaten"

05/05/2022

Today the caterers of all levels had a very inspirational talk by Chris Jones from HMS host. He spoke about how he got involved in the catering industry, the expectations of the business, the progression opportunities available for those willing to work hard and the host company and who sits underneath that umbrella. Lastly he spoke about the present employment opportunities and provided them with a QR code to follow up if interested. The learners enjoyed this enrichment opportunity and were very inspired. Thank you Chris

05/05/2022

Something very English and sweet this week for the kid's club. The rhubarb was foraged locally too making it sustainable with the English strawberries.

27/04/2022

Little chefs developing swishing, squishing, rolling and glazing skills last night to make the best sausage rolls and cheese and pesto lollipops. Well done to all. cookery club.

20/04/2022

Kid's cookery club got off to a good start with some lovely scones made for afternoon tea.

04/04/2022

A great day was had today by the 8-11 year old's, who took part in a catering taster. The morning session was savoury with scotch eggs, pitta pizza and tomato and cucumber salad. The afternoon was all about the Easter eggs, with mini egg cookies baked.

30/03/2022

A big thank you to Simon Dean Army Cadets UK who came into the college to talk to our learners about being volunteer chefs at Folkestone barracks. A couple have signed up to date and will change their lives in a very positive way.

30/03/2022

Yesterday we had John from Bobbies Bakehouse Folkestone who chatted to our learners about his experience in the industry as a pastry chef. He answered questions about starting a new business and generally enriched the learner experience. Thank you very much, I'm sure we all will be coming to taste your wares over the summer at the glorious harbour arm.

11/03/2022

We are sorry to say that the restaurant has closed for good. There's now a commercial restaurant at the front of the college where some of our learners go for work experience.I don't have admin rights to take off the booking system but will look into it when back at work.

15/12/2021

This week, to get in the Christmas spirit, the students competed to produce mince pies. Very impressed with some of the creativity demonstrated for our in house competition. Well done to all!

23/09/2021

Today we had guest speakers come to the college. We invited Streetz 2 Streetz in to talk to the learners about their story of starting a small business. They identified high levels of poverty whilst working in school catering and wanted to do something to help. They started a fish and chip van in order to be pro-active in reducing food poverty. Their full story is on the PDF attached and if anyone would like to donate any food to them you can contact them on their page. As a bonus they fed all the catering students and allowed them to have a peek in their van. There are many different ways to be a part of the hospitality industry and if you can use this to give back to your community then this is special.

Address

East Kent College, Shorncliffe Road
Folkestone
CT202TZ

Telephone

+441303858216

Website

http://www.eastkent.ac.uk/

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Christmas creativity

This week, to get in the Christmas spirit, the students competed to produce mince pies. Very impressed with some of the creativity demonstrated for our in house competition. Well done to all!