The latest group of budding chefs to join the English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues Culinary Academy include trainees from Milton Keynes, Leicester, Romania and Canada.
The 2023 cohort of students enrolled into the academy includes 26-year-old food writer and fine cuisine enthusiast Doris Lam from Vancouver.
Shantel Adjei and Leo Nkumalo have moved up from Milton Keynes and Leicester respectively to take up their course places at Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa, whilst Ioana Stiop, originally from Romania, is working at Lancaster House Hotel.
They are joined by local youngsters Hannah Jones from Levens, Dora Preece from Kirkby Lonsdale and Ethan Livesey from Lancaster.
Recruitment for this year’s Culinary Academy intake has involved a wider catchment area due in part to its growing reputation. Now into its sixth year in partnership with Kendal College, it provides the students with a one year apprenticeship with a pathway to attaining Level 2 Commis Chef and Level 3 Chef de Partie qualifications.
The accredited courses offer the chance for the trainees to hone their chef skills whilst earning a wage with the hotel group across our venues in the Lake District and North Lancashire.
In the past 3 years, the Culinary Academy has attained 100% achievement with all apprentices on Level 2 and Level 3 programmes. Over 90% of the students have progressed on to further studies with the academy or have taken up full time roles within the hotel group.
A teenager who is aspiring to be one of the top chefs in the Lake District has landed her first permanent job.
20-year-old Hannah Jones from Levens has secured a full-time role as a ‘demi chef de partie’ at The Wild Boar Estate.
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