Wicklow People

TRAINING CENTRE TO OPEN IN MARINE HOUSE

STATE-OF-THE-ART CULINARY AND HOSPITALIT­Y UNIT AT MARINE HOUSE

- BY NICOLA DONNELLY

A NEW STATE- OF-THE-ART training centre for culinary, hospitalit­y and associated skills is to open next month in Marine House at the Murrough.

Marine House has undergone an extreme and extensive makeover over the past 12 months transformi­ng it into a hotel-standard training centre.

The training centre will be run by the Kildare and Wicklow Education Training Board.

MARINE House in Murrough is to become a Centre of Excellence for hospitalit­y industry training as Kildare and Wicklow Education Training Board (KWETB) plan on opening its new cutting edge training facility in hospitalit­y next month.

Marine House, which used to be home to Wicklow Bay Hostel and then Wicklow Educate Together National School, has received an extreme and extensive makeover to transform it into a hotel-standard training centre, complete with two hotel standard kitchens, a bar area, barista area, reception area, accommodat­ion suite and customer service training area.

Marine House will specialise in the education and training of those wishing to develop skills in culinary, hospitalit­y and associated studies such as tour guiding.

Eileen Cullen, Training Services Manager with the KWETB said: ‘Marine House has undergone an extreme and extensive makeover and is now a customised centre of excellence, which will fulfil the requiremen­ts of future clients who wish to engage in training to enter employment in the hospitalit­y sector.’

Bars, restaurant and especially tourist hot-spots have experience­d huge growth in 2015 and 2016, which has created confidence for continued growth in 2017 and as the sector grows, so does the demand for their relevant skills, which include anything from bartending to the culinary arts.

Marine House is offering clients a nine-week Introducti­on to Hospitalit­y intensive training course which covers everything from food safety to customer service, giving clients an ideal way to start their journey into hospitalit­y.

It also offers eight comprehens­ive courses in the fields of bar service, culinary skills, national tour guiding, food science, barista and cafe skills, a traineeshi­p in hospitalit­y and accommodat­ion operations as well as housekeepi­ng services. Virtually every corner of the industry is represente­d at Marine House, and their associated skills are on offer.

For further informatio­n on the courses go to www.Marinehous­e.ie or email trainingco­urses@kwetb.ie

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The hospitalit­y industry training centre at Marine House on the Murrough is due to open next month.

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