Apprentices host outstanding event for regions employers

We recently celebrated our annual Apprenticeship Gala Dinner at @thirty-four. This prestigious event was designed to showcase the skills of our advanced apprentice chefs from across the county who have worked tirelessly to succeed in their field. It was also an excellent opportunity to thank our employers for their support and partnership. We were delighted to welcome over 50 representatives from south west employers including Exeter Chiefs, Exeter City Council, Radio Exe, Plymouth City Council, RD&E, South West Water, the University of Exeter and Devon County Council.

The apprentices served a four course menu, devised, cooked and presented by themselves.
Congratulations to all the apprentices cooking on the night, supported by our commercial trainees:

  • Ethan Macdonald – Salutation Inn
  • Isabel Searson
  • Robin Kumar-Das
  • Kerry Wright
  • James Volrath – Kentisbury Grange
  • Steve Gratton – Northcote Theatre
  • Joshua James – The Greyhound Country Inn
  • Erin Reeve – The Hickory Inn

This event was supported by Exeter College hospitality and front of house students and also helped to raise money for the college’s charity of the year – Mind.

Mike Blakeley, Director of Apprenticeships and Employer Engagement and Head of Business Solutions and Enterprise at Exeter College said: The Apprentice Gala Dinner has been a firm favourite with both our employers and apprentices. It’s an opportunity for Exeter College to not only thank our apprenticeship employers for their support but showcase the exceptional skills of our apprentices. I think you would be hard pushed to find food of this quality anywhere else. Our guests were impressed by the execution of the menus and the approach of all of the apprentices on the night. In a year of record employer satisfaction we know that small gestures of this kind keep the college at the forefront of business engagement.”

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our employers for attending and to thank our sponsor, Natwest. We were delighted to receive such outstanding feedback from our guests, who were thoroughly impressed with the exceptional talent of the apprentices.

If you are interested in becoming an apprentice then please take a look at our current listing here.

If you would like to find out more about employing an apprentice for your business then please contact our Apprenticeship Team on 01392 400400 or click here for further information.

Photos by Richard Norvill.