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FE Commissioner at Wakefield College

FE Commissioner pays a special visit to Wakefield College

Wakefield College welcomed Further Education (FE) Commissioner Shelagh Legrave CBE to its campus this week, showcasing the College’s commitment to delivering high-quality education for its local communities.

Childcare, Early Years & Childhood StudiesHospitality & CateringPerforming Arts
17 January 2025
Students with their awards

Hospitality & Catering celebrate the cream of the crop at awards ceremony

Selby College’s Hospitality & Catering Department ended the academic year on a high with a prestigious awards ceremony. Hospitality & Catering students were joined by their loved ones as they celebrated their successes over the past academic year.

Hospitality & Catering
25 July 2024
Pupil from Rodillian Academy with their dish

Wakefield College helps pupils to expand their culinary skills

Wakefield College is enabling pupils to build their confidence in the kitchen by hosting a range of cooking demonstrations with local secondary schools.

Hospitality & Catering
14 December 2023
Professional Cookery students

Students wow audience at Eat Your Heart Out Festival

Selby College’s Hospitality and Catering students cooked up a storm at Selby District Council’s Eat Your Heart Out event – demonstrating how to cook low-budget, tasty meals.

Hospitality & Catering
3 April 2023
Jarret Edwards, Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Professional Cookery student at Wakefield College

Student reaches final of international culinary competition

A Hospitality and Catering student at Wakefield College has reached the final of the international app-based culinary competition, the CombiGuru Challenge.

Hospitality & Catering
30 March 2023
The winning dish, a tree shaped pizza

Wakefield College hosts Young Chef of the Year competition

Wakefield College is helping pupils discover their passion for cooking, as it hosts the finals of the Waterton Young Chef of the Year competition 2022-2023 in partnership with ISS.

Hospitality & Catering
23 November 2022
Students with their bakes

College marks Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with sleepsafe Selby fundraiser

Students and staff at Selby College have donated funds raised from their Platinum Jubilee celebrations to Sleepsafe Selby.

Hospitality & Catering
1 June 2022
Luke Royle in the kitchen

National Apprenticeship week 2022: Former apprentice lands head chef role

Former Hospitality and Catering Apprentice at Selby College Luke Royle has gone on to fulfil a successful career in the industry, securing a Head Chef role at Mercure Hotel.

Hospitality & Catering ApprenticeshipsEmployers
7 February 2022
Hospitality students smiling

Hospitality & Catering department raises money in memory of former student

Hospitality and Catering students from Selby College have raised more than £280 for the British Biker Relief Foundation (BBRF) in memory of their former classmate Tom Ferguson.

Hospitality & Catering
16 December 2021
Part-time adult catering students who helped prepare meals for the Spanish walkers

Climate walkers visit Wakefield College…

A group of environmental activists walking from Spain to Glasgow for the CoP26 summit stopped over at Wakefield College recently.

Hospitality & Catering
27 October 2021
Catering student in the kitchen

Former student Kurtus Auty wins national chef competition

Kurtus Auty, a former Hospitality and Catering student at Selby College, has been announced as the joint winner of the Koppert Cress ‘Sechuan Button Challenge’.

Hospitality & Catering
26 March 2021