JIS: The island’s tourism product has been boosted with the graduation of the first cohort of 150 certified hospitality workers from the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation (JCTI). The JCTI, which was created to increase access to certification for recent graduates as well as workers in the industry, saw, for the first time, persons being accredited as Hospitality Supervisors and in Hospitality Industry Analytics. Individuals also received the American Culinary Federation certification. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said…

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Welcome Chef Klinefelter to the Team! Gary started his culinary career at the age of 14 by working in the kitchen of a small privately owned restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At a young age, Chef Gary was fascinated by the hospitality business and worked several positions in prominent Pittsburgh hotels before starting his formal ACF Apprenticeship training. After graduating at the top of the class and earning the “Apprentice Chef of the Year” designation as well as many medals for…

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Welcome Jim Johnson to the Chefs Helping Chefs Team. To add to our services to the Hospitality Industry we have added Jim Johnson, BBQ Pitmaster and Instructor. Jim is a professional competition BBQ Chef with over 30 years of experience.

Welcome Jamaal Bowen Has over 12 years of experience in the Food and Beverage industry, steadily working his way from assistant waiter to bartender and now is the Resident Mixologist at the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados. For two years (2012 – 2014) he was also the Regional Brand Ambassador for Angostura Aromatic Bitters, in charge of training and development within the region for their rums and bitters portfolio. Through dedication, determination, long hours of hard work and training, Jamaal…

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Manfred Schmidtke CEPC, CMB It all started as a small child on a bike. I delivered fresh hot rolls with fresh milk to people in my town which was a small quaint village in Northern Germany. The rolls inspired my career as a Certified Master Baker and Executive Pastry Chef. I became inquisitive about those hot rolls. Therefore, I decided to pursue a career as a pastry chef. I have been in the baking and pastry business for over 35…

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Congratulations to Chef Anton Doos, CEC and Chef Jeffrey Rotz, CEC, CCE, AAC who recently completed their Foodservice Management Professional (FMP).  Chefs Helping Chefs team are always working to improve their skills to give our customers the best available information.

Fredrick Gayle CEC Executive Chef, Meliá Braco Village Born in a small district called Friendship, Strawberry in the parish of Westmoreland, Fredrick Gayle attended the Strawberry All Age School and was awarded a space at Frome Secondary School now Frome Technical High School. Chef Gayle started working in the hotel industry at the Half Moon Beach Resort and Spa in 1986 at the age of 18 years as a dishwasher. While in that capacity, Fredrick’s zest for knowledge and love for…

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Princess Hotels & Resort – Playa del Carmen Mexico We just finished our first visit to the Grand Riviera Princess & Grand Riviera Princess All Suites & Spa Resort. It was a great visit. Thanks to Chef David Ivey-Soto and Chef Bernd Mueller we were able to complete over 1500 training hours to over 100 food n& beverage staff members. A special thanks go out to Erika Morales, Training Manager; Chef Antonio, Executive Chef; Christian Alfaro, Administrative assistant for their…

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Hello Everyone!  Back again from our travels and with the holiday season added to the mix, this past month has been quite full!! In November we traveled back down to Jumby Bay ,a 300-acre private Caribbean island in Antigua, for some training to their Hospitality staff. 11 Food and Beverage Managers each received 16 hours of ServSafe Training for a total of 176 hours and 81 Food and Beverage Team Members each received 3 hours of Food Handlers Training for…

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