On Monday 25th June, Year 9 Food Technology classes visited Revesby Workers Club to attend a Hospitality Careers Expo called ‘The Inspired Series’ initiated by the Australia Chef Luke Mangan.
Luke followed the hospitality career pathway as a teenager and studied for 4 years at TAFE while he completed his apprenticeship as a chef at a well know restaurant in Melbourne. After gaining his credentials, Luke worked in London, the United Stated, Fiji, Hamilton Island, Singapore and on a number of P&O cruise liners. He is now head chef of the 6 restaurants at Revesby Workers club.
This Hospitality Careers Expo exposed year 9 to a number of career opportunities within the Hospitality industry, from managing a restaurant to being involved in front of house (waitressing) or back of house (chef). We learnt that by the year 2020, there will be a shortage of 120,000 chefs and other skilled workers for the hospitality industry. Having a career in this industry is very stable at this time and the employment opportunities are numerous and vast.
Some of the experiences and insights gained by year 9 are mentioned below:
“From my perspective, the excursion was useful because I learned that it’s important to participate in goal setting and doing what you are passionate about. I took away the concept of learning never stops, no matter where you are in your job and always persist.”
I learnt from the excursion that it’s important to start from the bottom and you have to work your way up to where you want to be. I also learnt that you may need to take one step backwards to go many steps forward and you just need to persevere”.
“I was encouraged to create goals to help me achieve something great, in industry or in life”.
“I took away from the Hospitality Careers Expo that no job is going to be easy but if you find a job that you really love and enjoy, you won’t feel like you are working at all”.
“I took away from the Hospitality Careers Expo that no job is going to be easy but if you find a job that you really love and enjoy, you won’t feel like you are working at all”.
“Hard work and perseverance pays off'".
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