Commercial Cookery Port Macquarie

Recently we hosted a collective new industry forum group, at Port Macquarie Panthers.  Our aim was to provide the opportunity for representatives of the local hospitality industry to have their say.  We had restaurant managers, supervisors, Chefs and TAFE teachers who all had the opportunity to speak about our future direction for the industry locally.

Our forum group uncovered many motivating and innovative ideas that will provide  an impetus for new directions within our industry.  See attached lists of ideas that were raised in just one 2 hour afternoon meeting.  The forum gave us the opportunity to get to know each other on a social level and also provided an opportunity to express how we would like our industry to make change for the better.  Ideas were expressed such as (sharing apprentices across different cookery disciplines).  Our guest speaker Jackie Martinson from State Training Services, North Coast was able to provide information on how establishments are able to go about this.  She also spoke about all of the incentives that are currently now available to support low income apprentices.  You can contact Jackie on 65849158 if you would like to make further enquiries.

Please take some time to read over the points that were expressed and discussed at our first industry forum group. If you would like to be involved in making collective differences that will benefit staffing issues, retention and creating a stronger skills base then please make contact with either Wendy McKinlay (65816191) or Matthew Armstrong (65816218) at Port Macquarie TAFE.

On a final note I would like to congratulate Michelle Picker  from Bago Tavern who was the lucky door prize winner of a dinner for 4 at the Graduates Restaurant at Port Macquarie TAFE campus.

We will be holding another of these informative forum sessions early next year so if you would like to contribute your ideas please come along, spread the word, and let’s create a dynamic profession that provides ongoing first class hospitality to our local community and those visiting our great Hastings community.