Hospitality Operations Excursion

Certificate 2 and 3 Hospitality Operations Students got the opportunity to participate in an excursion to McGuigans Cellar Door and Hunter Valley Gardens on Friday 9th March. Grant Elsley at McGuigans gave students an overview of the establishment, his role, the role of cellar door staff and the opportunities that are available to those pursuing a career in this area. Some of the points discussed in regard to working in cellar door and well worth remembering included… you don’t have to have exceptional wine knowledge to get a job in cellar door, more importantly you need to firstly be able to communicate well, be well presented, have people skills and watching skills, understand when NOT to talk, have FUN with the customers (even if you are having a bad day) and work together as a TEAM. Students also participated in a wine tasting. A BIG thank you Grant for taking the time and sharing your knowledge with us.

Try a Trade

Cessnock Yr 10 High School Students participating in the annual Try a Trade event held at Cessnock Showground on Friday 2nd March were able to have a taste of what it is like to work in Hospitality and many other trades.

Cessnock Tourism and Hospitality participated with both Cookery and Food and Beverage. Francis Hernon manned the cookery stand while Nicole Newman and Hospitality Operations students Kris and Kristy, who worked tirelessly all day, looked after the Food and Beverage students.

Students interested in cooking made some great pikelets, stacked them with berries, served them with chocolate dipped strawerries and King Island Cream and then best of all got to sample the delights.

Students at the Food and Beverage stand also got to taste their creations after they shook up some magic mocktails.