My name is Gary Hunter
I am head of faculty for hospitality and culinary arts
at Westminister Kingsway College
I think the biggest piece of advice that I can offer
any student leaving college
to go into industry right now
is to try and work as many different
places as possible from
for starge
and try and see what the industry is all about
and get an idea about the diverse range
of jobs they could do within the industry
I think industry today is very vibrant
it is very diverse
and an exciting place to work in
and I think young students today certainly 
have a lot more information about the industry
than when I was a student many many years ago
and they seem to enter the industry with their eyes wide open
but they should explore that industry
because it is so diverse
it is unbelievable 
The best bit of advice I have ever been given
is that it doesn't matter what kitchen you work in
you will always learn something
from everybody that you work with
and it is a experiential thing so you gain experience
wherever you work and whatever you do
it's about how you use that experience
I think for candidates when they leave college
the industry are looking for someone who is 
diverse, somebody who has different complexity of skills
so they can do front of house work
they understand about customer service
they know about communication
and they can cook in the kitchen at the same time
so they need to be as valuable to the employer
as they possibly can
and not just be a one trick pony
A young person coming into Westminster Kingsway College
can expect 3 years of very very hard study
study that is going to test them all of the time
everything that we do here is up to date
to the limit because work hand in hand with the industry
so they can expect to be introduced to industry
right from the work go so they are job ready when they finish with us
