SIT30622 Certificate III in Hospitality

SIT30622 Course Description

Come and join the ICE revolution and launch your hospitality career with this Certificate III Hospitality course which offers practical skills and up-to-date training ‘in front of the swing door’, not ‘behind the swing door’, like us chefs!

Learn All Aspects Hospitality

Prepare yourself with excellent practical training and extensive knowledge of all things ‘front of house’. ICE is not just a culinary school, we teach all aspects of the hospitality industry. Our teachers have worked in some of the best Michelin starred restaurants around the world, and many of them have owned successful, highly rated and award-winning restaurants and cafes in Brisbane, and around the world.

Best Training by Experts

We believe in providing the best training by employing industry experts to teach in specialist areas. For example, Merlo trained barista staff teach the coffee components, as they are fabulous and know coffee better than anyone! Check out our brand new Merlo sponsored Barista Training Centre, it’s amazing.

Learn with Real World Experiences

Learn how to interact with customers and make coffee in real-time for real customers in one of our two cafes on-site at ICE. We also run pop-up restaurants most weekends, so all ICE Hospitality students will get real-world hands-on experience. The best way of learning is by doing. We strongly believe in this in all areas at ICE.

Course Outcomes

This qualification provides a pathway to work in organisations such as restaurants, hotels, motels, clubs, pubs, cafés, and coffee shops. This qualification allows for multiskilling and specialisation in food and beverage service, accommodation services and gaming.

This qualification is suitable for people wanting a job in the following areas:

 Barista
 Food and beverage attendant
 Restaurant host/hostess
 Senior bar attendant
 Hotel receptionist
 Front office assistant
 Function attendant or host
 Gaming attendant
 Guest service agent or housekeeper

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QLD Government Certificate 3 Guarantee

Supporting eligible individuals to complete their first post-school certificate III qualification.

Start the application process by completing the enquiry form or Contact ICE on 1300 843 423 or email your expression of interest to admin@theice.edu.au
Make an appointment for an interview. at ICE
Complete an enrolment form
Pay fees or arrange a payment plan

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Alison Taafe

Director & Training Manager

Alison has been a professional chef for nearly 40 years. She trained in London at the highly prestigious Westminster Hotel School where she received the Westminster School Diploma in Professional Cookery. She then spread her wings and travelled around the globe working in some of the world’s finest kitchens, cooking for movie stars, pop stars, sporting greats and more importantly royalty, namely Queen Elizabeth II and two US presidents both Reagan and Bush Snr. along the way. Alison eventually reached Australia in 1988 where she was appointed as chef for the VIP Lounge of the Australian Pavilion at World Expo 88. She has lived in Australia for 32 years.
She began her professional teaching career in 1996 and gained a Bachelor of Adult and Vocational Teaching from Griffith University in 2000. She also held the role of a tenured Leading Vocational Culinary Teacher at Southbank Institute of Technology (COTAH) for 14 years. During this tenure, she received several awards. In 2004, Alison was the first chef to win a prestigious ‘Churchill Fellowship’ which was a great honour. Alison claimed a further award namely ‘Outstanding Educator’ in 2006 for the degree program she wrote for chefs in Australia.
In 2014, Alison launched ‘The Institute of Culinary Excellence’ (ICE) which is a registered RTO. ICE started with only 8 apprentice chef students. Over the last 6 years, ICE has trained over 2000 apprentice and trainee chefs, from most of the top 10 restaurants in Brisbane. After only 4 years of operation, ICE was awarded ‘Best School in Queensland’ in 2018, runner-up in the national awards, and named ‘Best Culinary School’ in Australia.

Media-wise, Alison was the resident chef on Channel 9 for several years and has made many appearances on TV. Alison has written 5 books: ‘Fun, Fast and Fabulous Food’ (2008) ‘Leftovers Magic’ (2010), ‘Eat For Your Life’ (2013), the proceeds from the sale of this book go directly to her cancer charity ‘Eat For A Cure’ aimed at helping people use food to overturn terminal illness.

She released her 4th book ‘Food for Thought’ (2016) in conjunction with ASCA (Australian Schools Canteen Association) where she hoped to ‘health up’ tuck shops in Australian schools. Finally, she completed her 5th book ‘The Recipe Resource’ (2019), an eBook for QMOW (Queensland Meals on Wheels) assisting in providing healthy and nutritious food for the elderly. Just recently Alison completed an Oxford University Program in Strategic Leadership and was awarded honours for her efforts.
Alison is the CEO and Training Manager for ICE and her students become part of her extended family. All the students at ICE are respected, motivated, inspired, and lead by her and her incredible team of teachers and trainers. Alison leads ICE by example and her work ethic, leadership and professionalism as a teacher and professional chef are second to none.

Her dream for ICE was to ‘transform lives through food’ and she has certainly done that…

SIT30622 Certificate III in Hospitality

SIT30622 Course Description

Learn All Aspects Hospitality

Best Training by Experts

Learn with Real World Experiences

Course Outcomes

QLD Government Certificate 3 Guarantee

Application Process

Enquiry Form

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