Piero Cavagnetto owned and ran the restaurant Casa Cavagnetto on the west coast of Guernsey for 10 years in the 60s - 70s. Piero was an active and highly respected member of the Lions Club of Guernsey, and following his death, his family wished to create an award in his memory, connected to the hospitality industry in which he had worked for much of his life. TGI College was delighted to forge a partnership with the The Lions Club of Guernsey to present this annual award (a trophy and prize) to the culinary apprentice who has made the most progression and shows the most promise.
Grace is currently working at Otto’s Restaurant.
In addition to the Culinary Apprentice prize, The Lions Club of Guernsey sponsors an award for the Hospitality Apprentice of the year, which this year was presented to Ana Da Silva who is working at OGH Hotel. A new award was added this year for the patisserie chef of the year, attending the part-time level 2 programme at TGI College. This was awarded to Sallam Haouassi who works at Red.
The awards were presented by Piero’s sons Mario and Carlo and by Lions Club president John McLoughlin at a reception held at Princess Royal Centre for Performing Arts. Canapés were created by current culinary apprentices under the guidance of Chef Lecturer Rivelino Rodrigues.
TGI College’s Director of Apprenticeships, Chris Torode said:
“We are delighted to be working in partnership with The Lions Club of Guernsey to be able to present this award each year and we’re very grateful to Mario and Carlo Cavagnetto for their ongoing support of our culinary apprentices and hospitality students . This is a great way to mark all of our students’ progression and success. A huge congratulations to Grace, Sallam and Ana. I look forward to seeing how their careers develop in the future.”
