{"id":2903,"date":"2023-11-30T16:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thestar.test\/2023\/11\/30\/leongatha-training-cafe-a-dining-experience-to-top-all-others-2\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T18:45:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:45:25","slug":"leongatha-training-cafe-a-dining-experience-to-top-all-others-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/blog\/leongatha-training-cafe-a-dining-experience-to-top-all-others-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leongatha Training Cafe, a dining experience to top all others"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\tFriday, September 20th, 2019<\/span> | Posted by Tayla Kershaw<\/a><\/span> \t\t\t<\/div>\n

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Leongatha Training Cafe, a dining experience to top all others<\/h1>\n
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Fish Creek\u2019s Lola Gilliam serves a quality meal to Leongatha local and Wildflower Training Cafe regular, Honnie Whelan. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

IT\u2019S a unique, fine dining experience that is unparalleled to anything else in Leongatha. \u00a0<\/p>\n

This hidden treasure, Wildflower Training Cafe at TAFE Gippsland Leongatha, becomes a hotspot during lunchtime on Wednesdays, attracting upwards of 50 customers.<\/p>\n

With ultra-modern pendants giving off a warm glow, attentive staff and spectacularly presented dishes to make your mouth water, it\u2019s no wonder it becomes a hub of activity.<\/p>\n

Not only is it an inviting environment for patrons, but it\u2019s the perfect platform for staff \u2013 all students \u2013 to gain practical work experience cooking and serving real patrons while build their confidence and skill set.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile customers enjoy a quality meal at affordable prices \u2013 a win-win situation.<\/p>\n

Trainer of front of house staff Kevin Campbell, who has been working in the Gippsland hospitality industry for nearly 25 years, said he was training 10 students this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe teach them responsible service of alcohol, food hygiene, how to serve, the sequence of service, how to operate a bar and so on, so whether they want to work on a cruise ship, a bar or a restaurant, they have the basics so they can walk in and get a job straight away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe give them some really good foundational steps to move into the hospitality industry by doing this course.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a hospitality degree, you can go anywhere. I was just travelling overseas, and so many restaurants I visited were looking to hire staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Front of house students are currently completing a six month certificate in hospitability, available through free TAFE priority courses, while back of house staff are apprentices from businesses across South Gippsland.<\/p>\n

Customers and friends, Honnie Whelan and Sue Josephs, said they have been attending the restaurant together every Wednesday for the last four years.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t get this quality anywhere else here,\u201d Honnie said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s good to support the young people too, they are all brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Located at the Leongatha TAFE campus, this training restaurant offers a three course quality menu and drinks on Wednesdays, 12 weeks of the year.<\/p>\n

The only catch is you have to book in advance on 5662 6800 to secure a table.<\/p>\n

Short URL<\/strong>: \/?p=30072<\/small><\/p>\n

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Friday, September 20th, 2019 | Posted by Tayla Kershaw Leongatha Training Cafe, a dining experience to top all others Fish Creek\u2019s Lola Gilliam serves a quality meal to Leongatha local and Wildflower Training Cafe regular, Honnie Whelan. IT\u2019S a unique, fine dining experience that is unparalleled to anything else in Leongatha. \u00a0 This hidden treasure, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,12,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15204,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions\/15204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}