YUTE Annual Report 2014
A round up of our activities during the years 2013 - 2014. Take a look at our organisational growth and the impact it has had on the communities we serve. #YUTE
A round up of our activities during the years 2013 - 2014. Take a look at our organisational growth and the impact it has had on the communities we serve. #YUTE
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PARTNERSHIP WITH<br />
RESTAURANT WEEK<br />
<strong>2014</strong><br />
For the fourth consecutive year,<br />
<strong>YUTE</strong> renewed its partnership<br />
with Restaurant Week for its<br />
10th annual staging held<br />
between November 14 and 22,<br />
<strong>2014</strong>. Seventeen of our graduates<br />
enjoyed internships at 11 restaurants<br />
during the popular event, with<br />
eight of them gaining full time<br />
employment.<br />
The internships were offered by<br />
Alhambra Inn, Asia’s Café , Bars<br />
to Go, Brian Lumley, Brick Oven,<br />
Café What’s On, Cuddyz, Fromage<br />
Restaurant, Jo Jo’s Jerk Pit,<br />
Red Bones, and Sea Deck.<br />
In preparation, <strong>YUTE</strong>, in partnership<br />
with Restaurant Week Jamaica<br />
and the HEART Trust NTA<br />
provided a one-day refresher<br />
course for participants from<br />
Phase I who had trained in food<br />
preparation, bartending & mixology.<br />
<strong>YUTE</strong> partners with Restaurant Week for the fourth year: Stephanie Scott (centre) Managing Director of<br />
SSCO Event Management and Sharlene Brooks (right) <strong>YUTE</strong> Community Engagement Officer are seen<br />
with two graduates of <strong>YUTE</strong>’s Phase I. Occasion was a one day refresher course for the young<br />
professionals, in preparation for Restaurant Week <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
Some 30 young men and women<br />
attended the November 7 training<br />
session.<br />
Over 75 of Jamaica’s best<br />
restaurants in Kingston, Montego<br />
Bay and Ocho Rios participated<br />
in Restaurant Week, offering<br />
specially selected three-course,<br />
fixed price dinner menus and<br />
lunch time specials at discounted<br />
prices.<br />
Stephanie Scott (right), Managing Director of SSCO Event Management and Conceptualiser of Restaurant<br />
Week in Jamaica, briefs graduates of <strong>YUTE</strong> first Phase I courses in food preparation, bartending & mixology.<br />
The graduates were attending a one day refresher course, in preparation for Restaurant Week <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
<strong>YUTE</strong> ANNUAL REPORT | JANUARY <strong>2014</strong> - DECEMBER <strong>2014</strong> 39
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