A group of 3rd and 4th year students from the Seychelles Tourism Academy (STA) completed the National Hygiene Partnership’s Management of Food Hygiene course in the Seychelles during May of this year. The course was delivered by Orla Cullinane on behalf of the Shannon College of Hotel Management and was funded by the Seychelles Tourism Academy.

Orla, who is a registered National Hygiene Partnership Licensed Trainer, teaches Food Science, Food Safety and Nutrition and is responsible for student welfare in the Shannon College of Hotel Management since September 1998. Orla has a B. Ed degree in Home Economics from Trinity and a Masters in Health Education and Promotion from the University of Limerick.

Students who successfully complete and achieve certain grades in the three year Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management at the STA will be granted direct entry into Year 4 of the Level 8 Bachelor of Business Studies in International Hotel Management (BBS) at Shannon College of Hotel Management. The first group of 15 STA Advanced Diploma graduates is due to enrol in Year 4 of the BBS programme at Shannon College in September 2011.

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April 2011: Fourteen Leinster-based ARAMARK Ireland Food services managers have complete the Management of Food Hygiene course and examinations successfully and have been awarded certificates in Management of Food Hygiene.

Pictured with their certificates are (from left to right): Elizabeth Whelan, Joe Kenny, Niall Hooper, Joe Higgins, Nicola Paul, Tom Murphy, Larry McGrath
Front row seated, Barbara Griffiths with Denis Tucker, Chairman of the National Hygiene Partnership and Joan O’Shaughnessy, Chief Executive of ARAMARK Ireland.

The intensive course has been developed by the National Hygiene Partnership, and gives the ARAMARK managers the knowledge and skills to implement and manage a comprehensive food hygiene system and to organise ongoing hygiene training for staff.

Joan O’Shaughnessy Chief Executive of ARAMARK Ireland said, “We have always relied, and continue to rely on, the dedication and expertise of our people to set us apart from our competitors. The award of the Management of Food Hygiene certificates to our teams clearly demonstrates that we place the highest priority on the quality and safety of our food offering.”

Derek Carter, Learning & Development Manager, ARAMARK Ireland said, “It is so important to equip our management team with recognised and relevant qualifications like this. We have a team of dedicated and experienced professionals leading the business across the country and training such as this allows them to meet the high expectations of our company, our clients and our customers.”
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WINNER: ST BRIGID’S HOSPITAL So excited were the catering team at St Brigid’s with their win in The Shelbourne that they asked if they could bring the giant sized Gold Medal logos used on the stage back to Co Laois with them so they could celebrate with patients at the hospital.
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WINNER: SODEXO NORTHERN IRELAND When Sodexo Northern Ireland landed the contract to operate the catering facilities at all of the Police Service of Nothern Ireland’s facilities, it also scooped the largest single catering contact on the island of Ireland.

It was a major coup, but it represented a mighty job – with all 42 sites across the province to be mobilised on the same day, 1 December 2008. Add into the mix the Chief Constable’s gala Christmas Party for 200 VIP guests on day one and you get the feeling that it was a baptism of fire for
Sodexo’s NI operation.
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What is the National Hygiene Partnership?
The National Hygiene Partnership was set up in 1995 in response to new EU Directives on food safety. The question at the time in the industry was ‘who is going to provide all the training needed to be compliant with the law?’ The EHOs didn’t have the resources. After a difficult conception it started to work really well. Our partners include Failte Ireland, the Irish Hospitality Institute, Excellence Ireland, the Environmental Health Officers Association and the Nationa…

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