Week 6 of JCA last night which means Meat master class Highbury College Compass Group UK & I paul downing Lots of good knife skills seen showing us their progress so far, thanks to John Sheppard Ltd for the tasty Pork loin and @TLHFFfir the fresh vegetables#supportlocal #chefs

Last night we saw the first graduation from Brune park and Bayhouse school, from the Juniors Chefs Academy hosted at HMS Collingwood. Students completed the 10 week course hosted at their schools. Finishing the 10th week with a graduation to friends and family cooking 1/2

selection of food from the 10 weeks of training with myself. With great interest from the young students to become future apprentice chefs within ESS Compass. A big thank to those who have supported Stuart Palmer Ryan Hopper Warren Turvey Jonathon Gibbison looking forward to 2/3

rolling this out to three more schools that have signed up. #TeamESS #JCA #hmscollingwood #TeamCompass #apprentice 3/3

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Week 2 of JCA Highbury College Compass Group UK & I which means Bread and pizza making with paul downing Paula Tegerdine using skills from last week and making a fresh tomato sauce for the pizza, many thanks to Harvest Fine Foods for the ingredients.

Great session tonight week 4 of JCA Highbury College Compass Group UK & I paul downing cooking with some amazing products supplied by @essentialcuisin Gary Kilminster using Fresh ingredients supplied by Harvest Fine Foods to make chilli non carne and chicken burritos 🌯 #chef #inspirational

Week 5 of our JCA @HighburyCollege Compass Group UK & I students journey and delighted to see the parents tonight , we had such a great evening with Leanne Turk competing with students against parents, competitive us adults noooo was such fabulous food from Harvest Fine Foods KoppertCress UAE-UK

Amazing graduation tonight with our junior chef academy students who cooked the most amazing food@HighburyCollege Compass Group UK & I Apprenticeships@CGUK with many thanks to Harvest Fine Foods for sponsoring us each week along with support from paul downing Leanne Turk #chefs #apprenticeships

Another successful JCA graduation has been held in HMS Collingwood for Crofton Secondary School. This is their second group to have come through the 10 week course with myself. Overall the 6th graduation for the Portsmouth area JCA. 1/2 #apprenticeship #juniorchefsacademy #ESS

With special guest appearances from current apprenticeship students Bailey Downing and Archie Laing who were Ex Crofton Students who also went through the JCA previously.

Thank you to Stuart Palmer Peter Cousins for the continuous support through out this JCA and helping inspire young students to have a career in hospitality and with Compass Group UK&I #apprenticeship #juniorchefsacademy #ESS #hmscollingwood #magnificent7 #TeamCompass

What a fabulous week with our apprentices ⁦⁦City of Portsmouth College⁩ & ESS Compass ⁦paul downing⁩ for #nationalapprenticeshipweek amazing progress & new connections to inspire the next generation of chefs at ⁦Crofton School instagram.com/p/CofbwmwqrRN/…

Our hard-working chefs Jacob Banting, Bailey Downing and Archie Laing #ESSdefence take to the #SkillsTheatre to decorate their fantastic flans! 🍓🥭🍍 #teamCompass #HRC23 HRC Salon Culinaire

So amazing to see our three apprentices from Compass Group UK & I City of Portsmouth College doing so well today they have already got two awards each and now entering their third challenge #proud #awesome #chefs

Very proud of three apprentice from HMS Collingwood yesterday. A whole day in the skills class at the HRC show. Come away from the day with Sliver for Jacob Banting and bronze for Bailey Downing and Archie Laing in chicken for sauté. Also 2 certificate each from other classes.