Sir John Fitzgerald Chef School has been developed and is managed by Darren Lawton, Food Development Manager. This initiative ensures the imagination, flair and skills of our chefs continue to grow. The school brings together highly skilled and creative chefs who prepare highly enjoyable, scrumptious and tasty food. The passion and panache of our chefs are ignited and their skills perfected. With years of experience in hospitality, our chefs continue to represent the Sir John Fitzgerald brand and the exceptional quality we deliver. We do all of this because we are passionate about what we do. Goals and expectations The philosophy of our chef school is to continually increase our standards and keep ahead of our customers high expectations. Our highly qualified development team offers training and guidance in cutting edge skills and emerging techniques, continuing to adapt to the fast paced environment of the hospitality industry. Our programme is designed to impart the most current professional skills and to encourage progressive personal development of out teams, this ensures that we adheir to a system that produces consistency, quality and excellence. Eat good, feel good – provenance is important to us. We are proud to claim that we have a trustworthy supply of locally reared and grown produce and therefore through our chef school we are able to embrace seasonal changes to develop our menus, ensuring that they are fresh and up to date. So here’s our challenge, to develop and motivate our teams and young chef trainees through training and commitment. Living North's Mens Editor, Matthew Ketchell, donned his whites to join our team of chefs at January's chef school. The theme of the day was healthy eating and gluten-free dishes and head chefs from all Sir John Fitzgerald establishments came along to perfect their skills and experiment with new menu ideas. Read all about his experiece on the Living North website. A full story and pictures from the day can also be read in this month's issue of Living North, out now! Other SJF Public Houses Bridge Hotel Fitzgeralds Newcastle The Bodega Fitzgeralds Sunderland The Bacchus Fitzgeralds Whitley Bay The Plough Briar Dene Rockcliffe Arms The Chillingham Hugos At The Coast The New Bridge Joiners Arms Crown Posada Other SJF Great Food Pubs The Green Twin Farms The Pavilion Shiremoor House Farm The Ridley Arms The Manor House Cafe Royal Be Social Where we are Sir John Fitzgerald Ltd Cafe Royal Buildings, 8 Nelson Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5AW Head Office Contact Details T: 0191 232 0664 E: info@sjf.co.uk F: 0191 261 4509 © 2013 Sir John Fitzgerald Ltd Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Site Designed & Built by MBLSolutions Ltd.