Catering
Published - 13/07/2025
The Ubuyantashi project is supporting 10 women from the Ndola district to gain the skills, confidence and qualifications to work in Catering & Hospitality.
Whilst our General Agriculture trainees have been busy preparing their plots to grow crops, Catering & Hospitality trainees have been learning key principles of kitchen hygiene, food safety and cooking techniques. They have been practicing everything from “clean-as-you-go” habits to preparing hearty breakfasts and wholesome main meals.
As they learn a wide range of recipes, our Catering trainees will begin to incorporate produce from the General Agriculture programme into their meals, creating nutritious, locally grown meals for local customers.
We can’t wait to follow their progress as they develop their culinary skills and work towards a nationally recognised trade certificate.
Meet Mary
“My name is Mary, I am a student doing Catering & General Hospitality. So far, I have learnt a lot about the hospitality industry. First of all, I have learnt that in the hospitality industry there are so many departments of the hotel. I’ve learnt about the qualities of a waiter, I’ve learnt about the different departments of the kitchen; we’ve got the restaurant, we’ve got the hot sauce corner, we’ve got the bakery, and then we’ve got where we cut our vegetables.
“Then, I’ve also learnt about different dishes. So far I can do a lot of dishes, marinated chicken, samosas. I can do breakfast – English breakfast, continental, Italian breakfast – on my own without supervision. These are things I never used to do before.
“I am really looking forward to our next semester so that I can be able to learn more especially everything that concerns the bakery section. My dream is to set up a cake shop where I can have assorted cakes from cupcakes, muffins, and wedding cakes because that’s the major thing. Wedding cakes are the ideal thing, that’s what I want to do.”
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