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The Southland Boys' High School Culinary Team mentored by NZCA Executive Member Scott Richardson has just returned from the International Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge held in Canberra Australia. ... Find out more

If you still want to open a restaurant after reading this, I believe that you'll have a good shot at making it. Here goes! ... Find out more

HSI is pleased to announce that the finalists in the 2012 HSI Awards for Excellence in Training have been chosen. ... Find out more

Some of Taranaki's top chefs spent yesterday up to their chests in pink jelly and coconut as part of a cancer awareness fundraiser. ... Find out more

Since March 2012, three industry training organisations, the Aviation, Tourism and Travel Training Organisation (ATTTO), Hospitality Standards Institute (HSI) and Retail Institute have been engaged in formal merger discussions. This has followed six years of working closely together and collaboration on some key projects. ... Find out more

On 31 July, HSI held an Achievement Award ceremony at the Langham in Auckland, where we had 55 hospitality graduates receive their National Certificates and Diplomas in front of round 200 people - employers, family and other supporters. ... Find out more

Proving there's more to the golden arches than just burgers, four Rotorua McCafé baristas have scooped medals at this year's "coffee Olympics". ... Find out more

Tessa Walker of Cook’n with Gas, Christchurch and Cameron Lock of the Upper Hutt Cosmopolitan Club, showed they have what it takes to become future industry stars after being named New Zealand’s top hospitality apprentices in the annual Hospitality Standards Institute Modern Apprentice of the Year competition. ... Find out more

Times have changed and so has the skills required in a chef. ... Find out more

The inaugural Hospitality Training Trust Rising Star Award aims to encourage the growth of management skills in hospitality, provide role models for career development and, as the Award recipient moves into a leadership role, to potentially add benefit to future learners. ... Find out more

The Government’s recent announcement of proposed changes for industry training is an acknowledgement that the industry training sector provides great value for relevant skill development. ... Find out more

On 9th of July 2012, 18 Year 11-Y13 students from Wellington’s ISHoCC (Inter School Hospitality and Culinary Club) team eagerly dedicated the second half of their school holidays to attend the 2012 Schools Hospitality Orientation Week (SHOW). ... Find out more

2012 is an eventful year for the WelTec School of Hospitality. It will see the school move into its new purpose built facility in the heart of the Wellington CBD in September. ... Find out more

Manukau Institute of Technology are committed to supporting secondary schools in their quest to deliver quality industry training within the school environment. ... Find out more

Twelve of New Zealand’s top hospitality apprentices are now preparing themselves to compete to win a trip to the 2013 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in March, and the opportunity to attend master classes there with international chefs and front of house stars. The apprentices have just found out that they are the finalists in the hotly contested HSI Modern Apprentice of the Year competition. ... Find out more

In March this year, three Industry Training Organisations - the Aviation, Tourism and Travel Training Organisation (ATTTO), the Hospitality Standards Institute (HSI) and the Retail Institute - formally entered into a due diligence process for a potential merger. ... Find out more

There’s no shortage of amazing dining destinations in Australia, but what we are lacking is experienced wait staff, says Italian chef and restaurateur Stefano Manfredi, and it all comes down to money. ... Find out more

In recent months HSI, in common with other Industry Training Organisations, has been engaged in a Ministry of Education Review on the Role of Industry Training and a Targeted Review of Qualifications.  ... Find out more

Today’s World Kitchen is an innovative new video-based online resource. produced by Chefs for Chefs, to provide a world class forum for Chefs around the world to show their skills. ... Find out more

A large group of hospitality professionals received their National Diplomas and Certificates at the HSI Achievement Awards, held in Wellington last week. ... Find out more