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The Future of Food Careers Event: A photo report by

the Network

Richard Wardell from Seafish and Mathew Thompson from the University of Lincoln prepare for the first group of visitors to the Future of Food event. Seafish, the University of Lincoln and the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Seafood Training Network were well represented at the event, as were other

Network Partners. These included Grimsby Institute (the event host), the Grimsby Seafood Village Training School and Seachill . The Fishmonger sector was represented by the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers who teamed up with the Seafood Training Academy to provide a popular online fishmonger quiz for the pupils attending the event.

Nicola Ritchie, with

colleagues from Seachill were on

hand to talk to pupils about jobs and careers in the

seafood industry in general and seafood

manufacturing in particular. Nicola is

the new Chair for the Yorkshire and

Lincolnshire Seafood Training

Network.

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The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers attended this, their first Future of Food event in Grimsby to support careers in the Fishmonger sector. Alison Freeman and Gavin O’Donnell where able to talk to the many visitors their stand received, about the history of fishmongering which goes back to medieval times and the exciting future that fishmongering has in the UK. As well as the newly launched Master Fishmonger Standard which aims to recognise various tiers of excellence in fishmongering, Alison and Gavin encouraged more than 80 individuals and groups to take part in the Fun Fishmonger Online quiz set up by Seafish. Fancy a go? Here it is.

http://onlinetesting.seafoodacademy.org/category.php?id=7

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Also on hand to talk to pupils about fishmongering was Emma Mckeating who is a well-known advocate of all things fish and shellfish. Emma can be seen here with her display of seafood which attracted many visitors who were at first cautious about the look, feel and smell of the product. But, after a short while Emma had informed, educated and persuaded many of the pupils to have a go.

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Mathew Thompson fromUniversity of Lincoln discusses potential business opportunities with more senior students from Grimsby Institute.

In the background is Seafish’s ithe world is your oyster display. Along with a new careers map and online video, the display is part of Seafish’s emerging strategy to promote good jobs and careers in the seafood industry. The video can be viewed here.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=world+is+your+oyster&view=detail&mid=03F6897B9F54DDD976BB03F6897B9F54DDD976BB&FORM=VIRE

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Throughout the event, Ivan Jaines White delivered informative, educational and highly entertaining demonstrations of knife skills to school groups. Ivan’s 45 minute long demonstrations and discussions of fish and shellfish ranged far and wide, covering the amazing ability of octopus to mimic their sorroundings to how to hand process the more common UK fish species. As the manager of the Grimsby Seafood Village Training School, Ivan is well versed in the art of training and education and is one of the six partners that make up the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Seafood Training Network.

At the end of the programme Ivan also met with some of the Young Seafood Leaders Network members (below).