Eli nyathelo lokuqala liphunyezwa yiJamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI), icandelo leNgxowa-mali yokuPhucula uKhenketho (TEF).
Inkqubo yeenyanga ezili-12, eqale nge-5 kaMeyi, idibanisa abapheki abangama-25 abaphuma kwiihotele ezintandathu eziphambili zaseJamaica kumboniso wentsebenziswano ongazange ubonwe ngaphambili. Iyilelwe ukomeleza amandla okutya kwesi siqithi, eli nyathelo lijonge ukunyusa izakhono zabasebenzi bokhenketho ngelixa liphucula isibongozo selizwe njengendawo yokusingwa yegastronomic yehlabathi.
"Ndiyawuthanda kakhulu uphuhliso lwabantu."
Yiyo loo nto bendikukhenketho ixesha elide - abantu, utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett. "Ayikho enye into echaza ubugosa bam kukhenketho kule minyaka ili-13 idlulileyo ngaphezu kobuchwephesha beli candelo - apho abasebenzi bethu baxhotyiswe ngeziqinisekiso ezibambekayo ezibanika ukuhamba kunye nokuphatheka."
Inkqubo ihanjiswa ngentsebenziswano ecwangcisiweyo ebandakanya i-American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, i-American Culinary Federation, kunye ne-HEART/NSTA Trust. Ekugqityweni kwayo, abathathi-nxaxheba baya kufumana iziqinisekiso ezimbini ezivunyiweyo kumazwe ngamazwe: isiqinisekiso soLawulo lokuQala loBuchule kwiNational Restaurant Association kunye neCertified Sous Chef ephuma kwi-American Culinary Federation.
Iihotele ezithatha inxaxheba kweli qela losungulo ziquka iPrincess Senses the Mangrove & Princess Grand Jamaica, Iberostar Resorts, Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa, Jewel Grande Montego Bay, Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa, kunye neHyatt Ziva kunye neZilara Rose Hall.
Yakhelwe kwiimodyuli zekota, inkqubo idibanisa izifundo ezingqongqo zethiyori kunye noqeqesho lwepraktikhali oluntywiliselwayo.
Yasungulwa ngoqeqesho loMphathi oKhuselekileyo we-SERV kunye nesatifikethi, eququzelelwa nguDkt. Shelly-Ann Whitely-Clarke kunye noNjingalwazi uKevin Scott weGo Global Food. Ebudeni bonyaka, abathathi-nxaxheba baya kujikeleza kwiindawo ezikhethekileyo zokupheka ezibandakanya i-pastry, i-garde menger, ikhitshi eshushu, i-specialty cuisine, isuphu zakudala kunye neesosi, kunye ne-butchery.
Kwicala lezemfundo, baya kuphonononga izihloko ezifana nolawulo lweendleko zenkonzo yokutya, ukwamkela iindwendwe kunye nolawulo lwevenkile yokutyela, ulawulo lwabasebenzi, kunye nemigaqo yolawulo lokutya nesiselo.
Ebudeni bentetho yakhe, uGqr. Whitely-Clarke wathi injongo yale nkqubo kukulungiselela abagqatswa ukuba babe ziinkokeli ezingcono kunye nabaphathi kwimisebenzi yokupheka kwicandelo lezokhenketho laseJamaica. “Sifuna ukubaxhobisa ngcono ukuze babe ngabaPheki bethu abaLawulayo – yeyona njongo yenkqubo leyo,” ucacise watsho.
Ukwaphawule ukuba isiqinisekiso soBuchule boLawulo lokuQala siqinisekisa isiseko esiluqilima kwivenkile yokutyela kunye nolwazi lokwamkela iindwendwe, ngelixa ukutyunjwa kwe-Sous Certified Sous Chef iqinisekisa ukuba abagqatswa bafikelele kwinqanaba elaziwayo lobuchule bokupheka kunye namava.
UGqr. Carey Wallace, uMlawuli weSigqeba seNgxowa-mali yokuPhucula uKhenketho, uthethe nabathathi-nxaxheba kwaye wagxininisa ifuthe elibanzi lokuthatha kwabo inxaxheba. "Uxanduva lwakho alukho ekhitshini okanye kwihotele yakho kuphela, kodwa ummandla wonke ujonge kuwe. Xa ukhazimla, uphakamisa iCaribbean yonke nawe."
Lo mqondiso inyathelo lokupheka ibonisa ukuzibophelela okungapheliyo kwe-TEF ekuveliseni izinto ezintsha, kuphuhliso lobuchwephesha, kunye nokugqwesa kushishino lwezokhenketho lwaseJamaica.
BONWA KUMFANEKISO: Iqela lokuqala labathathi-nxaxheba abangama-25 kwiJamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation's Sous Chef Development Programme libhiyozela umsitho wokuphehlelelwa eHilton Rose Hall Resort. AbaseMfanekisweni ngaba (kumqolo ongezantsi, owe-8 ukusuka ekhohlo) uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho; (umqolo ongezantsi, owe-5 ukusuka ekunene) Obekekileyo. UGodfrey Dyer, uSihlalo weNgxowa-mali yokuPhucula uKhenketho; (umgca ophezulu, we-8 ukusuka ekunene) uNjingalwazi uKevin Scott weGo Global Food; (umqolo ophezulu, owe-4 ukusuka ekunene) UGqr. Carey Wallace, uMlawuli weSigqeba seNgxowa-mali yoPhuculo loKhenketho; kunye (umgca ophezulu, we-2 ukusuka ekunene) uRobin Russell, uMongameli weJamaica Hotel kunye noMbutho wabakhenkethi. Inkqubo ephambili yeenyanga ezili-12 ijolise ekuxhobiseni iingcali zokupheka zaseJamaica ngeziqinisekiso ezamkelwa kumazwe ngamazwe kunye nezakhono eziphucukileyo zokuphucula imveliso yokhenketho yelizwe.
