15 Aug 2024
Our Year 12 Hospitality and Entertainment students recently visited West HQ. The venue is known as Sydney’s leading landmark destination for entertainment, fitness, lifestyle & accommodation in the Western Sydney region.
The tour commenced with a presentation by Daniela Challita (Training & Development Administrator). Students were escorted by the Customer Service desk to the HR Training Room (in the depths of the building). Daniela run through a “WHO ARE WE - WEST HQ” Presentation.
Students were then introduced to JP (Head of Operations) and were taken to and entertaining tour of the production kitchen and gained insights into “Back of House” operations. We then made our way to Eat St Bar for a Mocktail tasting and class and then on to Gelatissimo for an ice-cream tasting.
Going via CHU Restaurant (by China Doll serving Pan-Asian cuisine) the students made their way to the breathtakingly beautiful, Sydney Coliseum Theatre where West HQ welcomes a line-up of nationally and internationally renowned acts. The venue recently hosted this year’s Australian Idol performances. We finished our tour with an amble through Novotel Sydney West HQ described as the pinnacle of luxury.
Students finished the day with lunch in the Food Court. Some students treated themselves to this month’s promotion of “affordable luxury” with $1 oysters at Steak & Oyster Co.
It was a fabulous experience with our Hospitality and Entertainment students having their eyes opened to the raft of roles within these respective industries. Thank you very much to West HQ for hosting us.
Tim Lloyd, Principal
