Hospitality Training

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DEVELOPING HOSPITALITY EXCELLENCE

Set up in 2011 to advance training in the hospitality sector in New Zealand, the Hospitality Training Trust (HTT) is a registered charity which aims to promote the development of excellence, leadership, talent, and knowledge in the industry.

To date, the Trust has awarded a range of Grants, initially for projects sponsored by the Hospitality Standard Institute and in 2012 to projects proposed by Service Skills Institute (trading as ServiceIQ). From 2013, applications were invited from other hospitality sector participants.

Last year, the Trusts announced a $1.37 million support package for key industry associations, the package was shared by Hospitality New Zealand, The Restaurant Association of New Zealand, Holiday Parks New Zealand, Tourism Industry Aotearoa, and the New Zealand Chef’s Association.

“The hospitality sector in New Zealand is under as much pressure as it has ever faced in its history, so this is the industry helping the industry out. The extra funds will enable them to sustain and bolster their services to keep supporting hospitality businesses to survive and recover,” said Trust Chair Bruce Robertson at the time.

From 45 applications, sixteen grants totalling $125,775 have been awarded by the Hospitality Training Trust for 2021.

The department of hospitality and service industries at Ara Institute of Canterbury was granted two grants - one for the Ara Cookery & Bakery competitions and one for the High School Teacher Masterclasses.

Each year, Ara hosts a cookery and bakery competition for our students and the Canterbury regional high schools. This year, there were 20 events.

“The grant was used to purchase personalised Ara medals and to assist with student entry fees,” commented Ryan Marshall, Manager Cookery & Bakery.

“The medals were awarded according to World Association of Chefs society guidelines which offers medals with distinction marks out of 100. This meant multiple students could achieve a medal instead of just a first, second and third placing.”

The other grant was for a series of up-skilling workshops to equip secondary school hospitality teachers and students with the specialist knowledge and skills in contemporary food and hospitality trends.

“To inspire through participation at an industry level for learning, including methods to successfully compete in regional competitions.”

The Backpacker Youth and Adventure Tourism Association (BYATA) was granted $10,000 for its COVID recovery project.

The funding that BYATA received is allowing the association to reinvigorate the project, which focuses on the youth sector and its lifetime value proposition to New Zealand.

“Our focus is to encourage youth to travel to Aotearoa, so that we can entice this high-quality visitor to return again and again, distributing revenue across regions and seasons, while engaging positively with society, embracing our culture, and respecting the environment on each journey,” said Chris Sperring, BYATA Chair.

“Specifically, the funding allows us to engage with other specialist stakeholders who will assist the study by providing data and insight to prove our key assumptions. We are incredibly thankful for this funding.”

Hospitality NZ was awarded two grants, one for Knowledge Hub Compliance Training and another for Revenue Management Modules for the Accommodation Sector.

“The funding we received is allowing us to support hospitality businesses with a range of training including operational compliance content. Our online platform allows business owners to provide training which is consistent, convenient and highly accessible,” expressed Candace Smith, Knowledge Hub Manager, Hospitality NZ.

“We value the Hospitality Training Trusts investment in the industry’s future by funding this training and wish to thank them for entrusting Hospitality New Zealand with this important task and we look forward to bringing this training to the industry.”

The travel industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, and many of the Bed and Breakfast Association’s members have struggled to pay their membership subscriptions - the associations main funding revenue.

“As a membership association, we are not eligible for many of the grants of Government funding available. The funds received from Hospitality Training trust allowed us to fund the update of our Guide to Running a Successful B&B. This guide provides guidance for operators to provide world-class service,” noted Fiona Rollings, Association Secretary.

“We are extremely grateful to Hospitality Training Trust as without their support this project would not have been completed.”

For the New Zealand Sommeliers & Wine Professionals Association (NZSWP), access to a grant from the Hospitality Training Trust enabled the Association to help teams travel to Auckland for the National Final in early August 2021.

“We had teams from Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, Canterbury and

Central Otago travel to Auckland to compete,” explained Celia Hay, NZSWP Chair.

“We are very grateful to the HTT to support our organisation in this way.”

FULL LIST OF 2021 GRANT RECIPIENTS:

• Bed & Breakfast Association, $4,025, Guide to Running a

Successful Bed & Breakfast • NZChefs Association, $12,000,

NZChefs Seminar Series -

Food for Thought • NZChefs Association, $6,000,

NZ Hospitality Championships 2021 • Young Tourism Export Council, $10,000, Leadership Day 2021 • BYATA ~ Backpacker Youth

Adventure Tourism Association, $10,000, BYATA Covid

Recovery Project • Hospitality NZ, $10,000,

Knowledge Hub Compliance

Training, • Hospitality NZ, $15,000,

Revenue Management Modules for Accommodation Sector • DINE, $10,000, DINE Youth

Wellington Hospitality Showcase 2021 • Hotel Chathams, $3,750, NZ

Wine education on the Chatham

Islands • The Learning Lab, $7,500, The

Safe Food Refresh Programme • Ara Institute of Canterbury, $2,500, Ara Cookery & Bakery

Competition • Ara Institute of Canterbury,

$6,000, Masterclasses for high school teachers • Food Writers New Zealand, $5,000, Food Writers NZ -

Professional Development

Programme 2021 • RANZ, $12,500, Professional

Development Roadshow 2021 • RANZ, $8,500, Implementation of podcasting software and new pod-cast library • NZSWP, $3,000, New Zealand

Wine Tasting Competition