Hospitality NMTafe

13/08/2021

Meet Ali Ahmad 👋

Ali is our Hospitality Technician at the student-run Pavilion Restaurant located on our Joondalup Campus. 🍽️

Students who have come through our culinary and hospitality courses over the past two decades would be very familiar with the friendly Ali, who supports the lecturers in the restaurant as well as oversees the purchasing, finances and overall management of the restaurant.

Hailing from Singapore 🌏, Ali begun his career in the hospitality industry straight after school at the Oberoi Imperial Hotel in Singapore before progressing to the Hyatt.

“It was great to be in the industry in Singapore which was booming at the time, I started as a room service waiter and worked my way up to the bar manager,” he said.

“I moved to Perth in 1985 where I ran the hotel bar in South Perth and at the Chateau Commodore in Perth, it was strange coming from busy Singapore to Perth which was very quiet at the time.”

Ali started his career with TAFE in 1995 at the now closed Carine TAFE before moving to North Metropolitan TAFE’s Joondalup campus and Pavilion Restaurant 18 years ago.

“It has been great ever since, I love the lifestyle of TAFE, I was working 40-60 hours a week as well as weekends; TAFE allowed me to spend more time with my kids,” he said.

“Every semester we have different students, that’s the joy, meeting new people and being able to pass my knowledge onto them and encourage them through their studies.”

Ali encourages people to visit Pavilion Restaurant and try the food which helps support the students through their studies.

Our students are on their initial steps to a whole new world. You can be part of their journey. From admiring amazing arts to zeroing in on a zesty zabaglione, why not experience any of our many services and facilities? Dismiss your second thoughts; managed by professionally trained staff and operat...

03/08/2021

28/07/2021

🎓 Are you finishing school this year? Interested in working in the hospitality industry and perhaps one day becoming a chef?

🍅🥕 Our SIT20416 Certificate II in Kitchen Operations (Commercial Cookery/Patisserie Pre-Apprenticeship) begins on 25 October at our Joondalup (Kendrew) campus.

As part of this course, Hospitably Group Training will match you with hospitality employers where you will gain practical food preparation and cookery skills through work placements.

On completion, successful and suitable graduates will be guaranteed apprenticeship positions!

To find out more, head to our website 👉 https://bit.ly/3i8rR0p

16/10/2020

Chalk and Cheese Cafe for a real coffee treat

06/10/2020

Such an honour to see a young man in Clive Glauert win the Apprentice Chef of the Year at last nights Restaurant and Catering Awards event for 2020.
Nominated by Director Patrick O'Brien, Clive is a current Apprentice with North Metro TAFE.

25/09/2020

25/09/2020

Begin your commercial cookery career with our pre-apprenticeship SIT20416 Certificate II in Kitchen Operations course, see below:

Course overview
If you’re looking to work in commercial kitchen environments in restaurants, hotels, cafes, care facilities or schools, this pre-apprenticeship course could be just the kick start your career needs. The course is delivered in partnership with Hospitality Group Training (HGT) the largest employer of hospitality apprentices in WA.
You’ll gain practical food preparation and cookery skills through work placements in professional kitchens. Upon completion of this course, you will have the skills required to begin a commercial cookery or chef apprenticeship.
Work experience with hand-picked employers
As part of this course, HGT will match you with hospitality employers where you will gain work experience. On completion of this, successful and suitable graduates will be guaranteed apprenticeship positions.
When: Course begins Term 4, 2020
Where: North Metro TAFE, 35 Kendrew Crescent, Joondalup
Duration: One semester or six months.
Cost: This course is part of the Lower Fees, Local Skills initiative, so course fees (excluding resource fees) are capped at $1,200 or $400 for concession eligible students, per course each year.

For non-concession students, this course costs $895.86*.

For students aged 15-24 years and eligible concession students, the course costs $550.44*.
*Please note the above costs include a resource fee of $405. For more information on Lower Fees, Local Skills and fee cap eligibility please visit: northmetrotafe.wa.edu.au/content/skills-ready
Requirements: You will be required to purchase the following:
Chefs uniform
Knife set
Further information
For further information please contact:
Jason Smith - E: [email protected] T: 9223 1109