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Andy Forbes MRSH MRIPH: health & safety

Andy completes an annual audit of each site to ensure health & safety compliance, as well as being available for emergencies and swift responses to any incidents. This audit process is managed by a percentage achievement of benchmark results to ensure compliance and improvement is in evidence.

Andy started his training as a chef, working in hotels and restaurants in Scotland and moved down south with the Trust Houses Forte, as it was then, and finally into contract catering. He always had an interest in Food Safety and Health & Safety, so has done various courses at university and colleges over the years to learn more. Andy decided to move into Food Safety and Healty & Safety full-time a few years ago, and set up his company, AFCC, Any Fool Can Cook, but can they cook safely?

Andy is now manager and advisor to bartlett mitchell in all aspects of health & safety and food safety. He also provide the necessary food safety strategies and health and safety training accredited to the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

Andy drives and measures bartlett mitchell to achieve a high standard of food safety and health & safety at all of the company locations

likes

  • Good clean safe kitchens
  • A night at the opera/theatre
  • Life

dislikes

  •  Apathy in the kitchen
  • Rudeness

favourite dish

  • Anything so long as it is properly cooked
 

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David's on film

Our fabulous Creative Director, David James, has started a new hobby on YouTube. He's going to be adding a veritable feast of recipes on-line soon. 

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We think he's a budding Delia. Watch this space as the PearAcademy on-line training sessions are going to be growing!

 
WINNER Shine Awards 2010

 Wendy Bartlett, the illustrious Managing Director of bartlett mitchell has been awarded the "Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Entrepreneur of the Year" at The Shine Awards 2010. 

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Wendy Bartlett: a powerful person in Hospitality

It's official, Wendy is one of the Industry's movers and shakers in 2010 - so says The Caterer & Hotelkeeper's Top 100 Most Influential People in Hospitality.

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David's latest blog entry

Dinner for One

I discovered the other day that the sales of kitchen equipment designed for single-people, such as small saucepans, frying pans that can hold no more than one egg and single-cup teapots have soared by 140 per cent compared with a year ago, according to Debenhams.

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