Henderson Foodservice have offered their continued support for Springboard, and our Springboard FutureChef programme. Their support at local and regional finals in Northern Ireland has been crucial. Alongside supporting Springboard FutureChef, they have also been strong advocates for our Springboard Ambassador initiative, encouraging those in their business to sign up.

As of recent, Henderson Foodservice have been supportive of our Tourism Northern Ireland Roadshows and Hospitality Takeover Days, where they have delivered culinary skills workshops and spoke to trainees about their career journeys, sharing opportunities within their organisation.

Their support doesn’t stop there. On various occasions, Henderson Foodservice have invited trainees on our Springboard courses to view their premises and offered tours around their departments. They have also assisted in CV and interview skills workshops, conducting mock interviews simultaneously.

Here’s what Roy Dempster of Henderson Foodservice had to say “Henderson Foodservice were delighted in 2021 to be approached by the Springboard Northern Ireland team requesting our local support for their flagship UK National Educational competition FutureChef.

As a business we were happy to support such a worthwhile charity which solely focuses on promoting the Hospitality Industry, inspiring and attracting people into it thereby helping create that all important future talent industry pipeline.

We were fully engaged and attended regional heats with several of our foodservice team involved. It gave Henderson Foodservice the opportunity to engage with our current clients and customer contacts, involving them in the judging process, confirming the interest and impact that we as an organisation have on the success of the Springboard FutureChef programme.

Our involvement also placed us in a pivotal position to meet ‘new customers’ and we grew some of this new customer base as a direct result. As a business we have pledged to continue our support for this competition and look forward to seeing new talent emerging into the industry.”

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