Students Master Fine Dining Skills
November 11, 2015
EIT’s hospitality students and tutors have evolved a class exercise into a très grand 10-course dinner that goes down a treat with gourmet diners and is a highlight on the F.A.W.C. menu of...
EIT Celebrating Māori Language Week 2015
July 22, 2015
EIT is to be a showcase for the Māori language next week, with daily activities celebrating and promoting te reo.EIT’s Māori and Pasifika liaison advisor Lee Kershaw-Karaitiana says the school...
Red Hot Jobs For Graduate Chefs
May 11, 2015
Two EIT graduate chefs have a superb entrée to their careers working at The Farm – the Cape Kidnappers’ lodge where guests are served up only the very best in culinary fare. John...
Trainee Chef Awarded Scholarship
March 4, 2015
Winning the inaugural Noel Crawford Memorial Chef Scholarship is the icing on the cake for student chef John Bland. Formerly in a desk job, the 32-year-old says he’s the happiest he’s...
Hospitality Students Share The Learning
October 30, 2014
EIT is offering a suite of new hospitality programmes covering everything from café service and restaurant skills through to a two-year diploma in cookery or patisserie. Students...
Marae cookery programme an EIT first
September 29, 2014
Iwi are collaborating with EIT in offering a marae cookery programme as a national qualification. EIT is being supported by kuia, kaumātua and kaitakatu in teaching its Level 3 National...
Marae Cookery An Entrée to More Courses
September 8, 2014
Learning cookery skills on their home marae is the icing on the cake for a group of students from Omahu. Just weeks into the four-month marae cookery programme, EIT tutor chef Kat Sheridan...
EIT Team Scores Medals in Top Culinary Competition
August 19, 2014
A team of EIT hospitality students has won a cache of medals in the Nestlé Toque d’Or competition in Auckland. Front of house student Ashleigh Butler scored a silver medal and culinary...
Chef relishes new career
June 11, 2014
A summer working at Terroir, one of the world’s most highly ranked vineyard restaurants, was a great stepping stone to a career in hospitality, says recently graduated chef Grant...
Marae Cookery Programme Piloted in Hawke’s Bay
June 10, 2014
In a first for Hawke’s Bay, EIT is to offer a marae cookery programme as a national qualification.EIT will be supported by kuia, kaumātua and kaitakatū in offering the Level 3 National...