Scuola per Cuochi, the Carluccio’s chefs’ school, is run in partnership with Westminster Kingsway College to provide its chefs with new skills and professional training. This week it will complete its 20th chefs’ school with over 200 chefs completing the programme.
Chefs from the Carluccio’s restaurant chain are selected to participate in the school and undertake a 14 week part-time training programme at Westminster Kingsway College in central London alongside their normal working week.
The focus is on practical hands-on experience, extending their passion for food and increasing the chefs’ specialist knowledge of Italian cuisine.
Malcolm Fogg, head chef for training at Carluccio’s, said: “At the end of the day, we know that we are in safe hands with Westminster Kingsway College.
“It’s the ability that they have to listen to what we want and being able to react to the situations that we are asking for.
“With great pride we can say that the Chefs’ School is enhancing the skill set of our chefs and is a major part of their development and progression.”
Gary Hunter, head of hospitality, culinary arts and food service at Westminster Kingsway College, said: “The partnership with Carluccio’s has been developed over many years and we are delighted to continue the success of the Chefs’ School with Westminster Kingsway College and deliver the training that helps these young chefs to learn and develop their skills.”