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Limerick chef and hotel named apprenticeship 'Employer of the Year' Reporter: news@limerickleader.ie Executive Chef, Tom Flavin, with Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh Transition Year student, Fionn Kennedy, as part of the recent Junior Chef ‘Apprenticeship Taster’ course | PICTURE: Brian Arthur ');  '); Executive Chef, Tom Flavin, and the Limerick Strand Hotel have been announced as a 2020 Generation Apprenticeship ‘Employer of the Year’ The Limerick Strand Hotel was nominated by the Hospitality Education and Training Centre, run by Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board. The compe...

A new apprenticeship ‘taster’ scheme for transition years with an interest in the hospitality industry as a career is proving highly popular with students in the region. The initiative, run by the Hospitality Education and Training Centre in Limerick, is aligned with a new national strategy to integrate ‘taster’ vocational courses into second level education. The National Further Education and Training Strategy published by SOLAS in July highlighted a lack of vocational options in schools as preventing young people from developing interests in the area. Limerick and Clare Education ...