Jul 21, 2011
NSIA’s Connect team have been working hard on building a strong relationship with Eden Park Catering for the past 2 years. Connect is committed to finding NSIA students career building opportunities in the hospitality industry, and the Event Star Programme is a very good example of this. Earlier this year NSIA started with Rugby world cup fever, inviting the Auckland Blues Rugby Team for lunch at the NSIA restaurant. All Black Luke McAlister was there and lucky NSIA students were invited to have lunch with the team.
The World cup is only a few months away, so 45 of NSIA’s talented students have successfully completed the Event Star Certificate Training which will allow them to work at the Rugby world cup stadium in September and October this year.
After doing the Event star course, students were invited to do a tour of Eden Park to see the facilities and sign contracts with Eden park Catering. The students were all very excited and are really looking forward to this event.
Eden Park requires 1800 staff for this year’s event which is the third biggest sporting event in the world. 85 000 visitors are expected to travel to New Zealand over September and October for the world cup, and 60 00 of which will be watching each of the 11 games and the opening ceremony at Eden Park LIVE!
This is a fantastic opportunity for NSIA’s Students to be involved in New Zealand culture and the hospitality industry at the same time!
HR manager Maria Syme and her team from Eden Park Catering were on hand to talk the students through where they would be working, and what was required of them over this year’s Rugby World Cup at Eden Park in September 2011. Maria said “NSIA students will have the opportunity to work with experienced chefs in kitchen and retail areas around the stadium”.
NSIA’s Connect team will work hard to ensure that Students will still work at Eden Park Stadium after the world cup, for sporting events such as rugby, cricket, league and Soccer matches in the future.
