In a hospitality and catering sector saturated with regulatory requirements employers are burdened with the responsibility of ensuring their key staff are trained in the appropriate areas. As a chef you can make a potential employer’s decision to hire you an easier one by ensuring that when you arrive at your job interview by being able to answer “yes” to any question arising around whether you’re trained in the required areas. As an employer of chefs you’ve a responsibility to ensure they’re trained “commensurate with their role and responsibilities.” Making sure they have the required courses done prior to employment is one way of ensuring this but it’s unlikely you’ll be able to meet all your statutory responsibilities as an employer without having to arrange some training of your own from time to time. Although you perhaps have considered using any catering recruitment agencies for such training, until now.

Catering Recruitment Agencies & Chef Training…

…Aren’t usually two concepts you see side by side. Catering recruitment agencies tend to see any activity which isn’t recruitment orientated as non “core” and hence to be avoided. That’s not the way we look at it. To us any point of contact with the industry we serve, and which pays our bills, is to be welcomed. Furthermore as recruiters we see any and all contact with people within the catering sector as not only to be welcomed but core to what we do. Recruitment is all about industry intelligence and that involves meeting people. And we can think of few better ways of meeting people than hosting them at our own training suite here in Dublin. As a service to both candidates and employers we offer an extensive range of training courses covering the all the “big ticket” statutory obligations required of both employers and chefs. Depending on your requirements these courses can either be delivered “on site” or in one of our training suites at our headquarters in Dawson Street.

Food Safety & HACCP

Food Hygiene Awareness Level 1

This is basic level food hygiene training geared towards those carrying out low risk tasks.

Fundamentals of Food Hygiene Level 2

This is course is geared towards anyone involved in food preparation and is a basic requirement for all chefs.

This course is a requirement for senior staff, chefs and managers.

For more detailed information about TOPCHEFS Food Safety and HACCP courses follow the link…

Chemicals and Hazardous Substances

COSHH (Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health)

This course is designed for anyone working with hazardous substances in the workplace.

For more detailed information about TOPCHEFS COSHH courses follow the link…

Ergonomics

Manual Handling Training

A half day “on site” workshop for people whose job involves manual handling including opportunities to practice the techniques under supervision.

For more detailed information about TOPCHEFS COSHH courses follow the link…

To learn more about TOPCHEFS and to obtain full and up-todate information how we can help you find the chefs you need call us on (01) 531 0046. In the business of managing your chef catering recruitment, it’s the only number you’ll ever need!