An agency created by the UK Government will be offering specialized diploma courses to students aged 14-19 to meet the requirement of qualified workforce in the manufacturing sectors of the food and drink industry. The course scheduled to begin in the year 2009 includes diplomas in bakery, meat and poultry, food and drink manufacturing, and brewing and distilling.
Such diploma courses are sure to update the standards of conventional culinary courses, adding to the insight of the students with the recent trends of functional foods. There is no doubt that an improvement in the quality of input in the manufacturing sector of food and drink industry will improve the overall output of the culinary sector and food chains.
