Hospitality & Catering

Welcome

A warm welcome to the Hospitality & Catering curriculum page! We can't wait to welcome you this September. Here you'll find lots of information about the Hospitality & Catering courses we offer, plus useful videos to watch and activities to take part in prior to starting your course.

Getting ready to start your course is exciting but at the same time you may be a little nervous. Don’t worry! Whether you’ve had some experience of this course or not, we are here to advise and guide you at this important time in your life.

Our tutors have put together a series of exclusive pre-enrolment activities to give you a taster of the work we will be doing in college. There are also links and resources that we think will help further your knowledge of this sector. We hope you find these interesting and useful.

Please don’t hesitate to contact any of the curriculum team if you have any questions about the course or the activities on this site. You will find our contact details below.

Stay safe and well and we look forward to seeing you very soon.

Meet the Team

The Hospitality and Catering team are here to help you, please get in touch if you need assistance.
You can also request a 1:1 chat with our tutors over phone or video call.
Click here to book.

Julie Brierley

Curriculum Manager

JBrierley@wvr.ac.uk

Jayne King

Hospitality Tutor

JKing@wvr.ac.uk

Paul Ratcliffe

Chef Tutor

PRatcliffe@wvr.ac.uk

Scott Heath

Chef Tutor

SHeath@wvr.ac.uk

Julie Chadwick

Catering Technician

JChadwick@wvr.ac.uk

Nora Rodely

Learning Support

NRodely@wvr.ac.uk

Reanne Blackmore

Catering Technician

RBlackmore@wvr.ac.uk

Linda Vichos

Learning Facilitator

LVichos@wvr.ac.uk

Student Success

Level 3 Professional Cookery student James Tomkins has secured a fantastic role at The French, a fine dining restaurant located within landmark Manchester hotel, The Midland. It is run by much-celebrated chef Adam Reid and boasts 4 AA Rosettes. Adam personally hand-picked James to join their team after impressing the chef with his skills, and he was offered a permanent position three weeks into his work placement.

Former Lymm High School student James says, "This opportunity is the best thing I have ever done. I’m constantly learning on the job.”

Ambitious James is setting his sights on even bigger goals for the future. He says, “I’d like to work my way up, continue building up my knowledge and eventually run my own restaurant.”