Nottingham Team Development

With summer coming to a close (did we really have one?) and Christmas just around the corner, here at Bistro L!VE we have a lovely menu lined up!
 
I’m pleased to say that here at Bistro L!VE Nottingham, we have had an exceptionally busy summer period which has really helped test and push the kitchen team whilst also helping them sharpen their skills. I will talk about the team quite a bit, as it is with their continuous hard work, that we manage to deliver our menus for up to 320 people a night.                     
 
My team are the source of some of my greatest pride & pleasure in my working day! I especially enjoy having trainees, taking great satisfaction from being able to pass on my skills, knowledge and experience to others. To see a young trainees’ face light up when they achieve something successfully for the first time, that you have taught them, is absolutely brilliant and for me, makes it all worth while.

I will be posting regular blogs about my trainees progress, particularly with regards to their exploits at college and how they will bring their training into the Bistro L!VE Kitchen.
I currently have two trainees in the Kitchen, Michael Croft and Rebecca Sawyer.

 
Firstly Michael, he has been with us now for three years and joined us on a work placement NVQ scheme, he sailed through this scheme, so we decided to keep him. I wanted him to go to college to do his NVQ and learn more than the work placement scheme had taught him, so we sent him off to college one day a week and just before last Christmas he became a fully fledged NVQ level 2 chef. Now Bistro Live are sending him back once more to gain a level 3 NVQ. This promises to be a harder and sterner test of the skills he has learnt so far. Watch this space to see how he gets on. Good Luck Michael!

 
Secondly we have Rebecca, who joined us just recently. She enjoys cooking at home especially baking, and wants to become a chef. After a few months of proving her worth as a kitchen assistant, Bistro Live is now sending her off to college this September to gain her NVQ level 2 chef qualification. Again I will let you know how she gets on.

 
But for now its back to the new menu that’s quickly approaching. We have a staff training night to arrange and prepare for. We devote a whole night to training the kitchen team on the new menu and how we will deliver it to our customers. It also gives us the opportunity to let the front of house staff taste the food that they will be serving to our customers and ensure they know all the key information about each dish.
   
John Boothroyd
Head Chef
Bistro L!VE Nottingham
 

Business L!VE Menus

If you didn’t already know our sister company is Business Live. The Bistro Live Chefs also create the menus for the Business Live lunches.

For us in Nottingham the first Thursday in every month we look forward to creating the Business Live Menu.

I like it as I love to be creative with the desserts and I get to be that little bit more adventurous with the food. We get the chance to make dishes that are different to the Bistro Live menus.

Using the finest ingredients available, we create simple, yet sophisticated dishes for our lunchtime service. Each dish is prepared fresh and on site, and each month offers something new! We like to offer dishes with a ‘little touch of class’ with a fun contemporary twist.

Business LIVE is the growing name on the business networking scene where you get a delicious 2 course meal in a relaxed informal atmosphere whilst getting to know many more people within your business world.

Rachel J M Bartlam
Sous Chef Nottingham

Business L!VE is available in Milton Keynes and Leicester as well. For more information go to the website www.businessliveuk.com or contact Sammy 0844 822 31 20

Recent Product Launch at Bistro Live Nottingham!

Have a look at the video taken recently of the Product Launch for Siemens Hearing Ltd...

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Update From the Leicester Head Chef

Hello, I'm Gary - the Head Chef in Leicester. Just thought I'd write a quick blog before I jet away to Thailand for 2 weeks! That's right, I'm abandoning the kitchen in Leicester to go and soak up the sun in Southeast Asia, while Mark runs the kitchen for the next two weekends.

Hopefully when I come back (If I do!) I'll be able to use some Thai influence on the menu that we're currently developing for the new year. Thai cuisine is something that I've always admired and fingers crossed I'll see a dish that will fit perfectly on our Bistro Live menu.

In the meantime, I'll leave you guys in the capable hands of Mark and the rest of our team while I take a well-deserved break and I'll see you all in a few weeks (perhaps!)