insideKENT Magazine Issue 40 - July 2015 | Page 43

FOOD+DRINK

RICHARD PHILLIPS PARTNERSHIP – CREATING A BENCHMARK
FOR HOSPITALITY EXCELLENCE
With much talk of an acute skills shortage in the
hospitality industry, celebrity chef and Michelinstar restaurant owner Richard Phillips is proud
to announce the pre-launch of the Richard Phillips
Partnership (RPP). This truly unique partnership
network – which officially launches this July – will
create and encourage excellence in staff training
and service, both front and back of house.
The RPP will provide a unique network of highquality hospitality training placements, with the
aim to work with the very best chefs and
restaurants across the county. Candidates will
not only have the choice of three Richard Phillips
venues for training and placement, but also a
number of other equally high-quality partner
properties across the region. The unique RPP
training and mentoring programmes are aimed
at both existing staff and new, young apprentices.
With its main training delivery partner HIT Training,
,
RPP has developed its own bespoke 1-3 year
onsite training and mentoring programmes. Tutorled education will be given at each of its partner
sites and will be consistently delivered and
assessed with feedback given to the employee,
the partner and RPP.
RPP will offer continuous onsite formal training
and assessments for both chefs and front of
house staff, along with additional on and offline
training modules. It will be working with staff of
varied skill levels from apprentices to existing
longer-term staff, who will be given the opportunity
to upscale their current levels of education and
experience.
It hopes to create an outstanding culture of
excellence for the industry and a unique network
of dedicated RPP partners all with the sam