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Graduate Commis Chef Apprentices (scroll down for photo)
Pictured at the National Apprenticeship Awards 2022 for the south-east region hosted by Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) at Lyrath Estate are the first-ever commis chef apprenticeship graduates, following its introduction by KCETB in 2018.
Back row, from left: Stuart Dunne Maher (Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny); Mark Gaffney (Commis Chef Instructor, KCETB); Michael Gaule (Kelly’s Hotel, Rosslare); Kelly’s Hotel Executive Chef Eugene Callaghan who was guest speaker; Garret Brennan (Avalon House Hotel, Co. Kilkenny); Peter Thorpe (Talbot Hotel, Wexford); and Cormac Donal Keane (Woodford Dolmen Hotel, Carlow).
Front row from left: KCETB Training Services Manager Mary Prior Butler: KCETB Chief Executive Eileen Curtis; Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Malcolm Noonan, TD; KCETB Director of Further Education and Training Martha Bolger; Graduate Apprentice Chef Hannah McCann (Ballynahinch Castle, Co. Galway) and Director of the National Apprenticeship Office Dr Mary-Liz Trant.
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