'First Dates' maître d's charity unveils new restaurant in Staffordshire women's prison
What was announced
The West Midlands hospitality sector could gain access to a new supply of trained staff thanks to the opening of a new training restaurant inside a women's prison.
Key points, in the publisher's words
- $CTA *The Right Course, a charity founded by Channel 4 ‘First Dates’ maître d’ Fred Sirieix, opens its first restaurant in a UK women’s prison. *Backed by Hilton and the Government’s Hospitality Support Fund, it will train prisoners in hospitality skills to build genuine pathways to employment. *Programme will also provide a new supply of trained staff for the hospitality sector, helping cut long running shortages and reducing reoffending by giving prisoners skills and employment opportunities.
- Restaurants, pubs and hotels across the West Midlands could gain access to a new supply of hospitality trained staff thanks to the opening of a new training restaurant inside a women’s prison at HMP Drake Hall by charity The Right Course.
- Founded by maître d’ Fred Sirieix, the new restaurant ‘Flavours Unlocked’ will provide industry-standard training, recognised qualifications and direct links with employment, giving participants a pathway into secure work once they leave prison, reducing reoffending and making our streets safer.
Figures in this announcement
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- “The programme is also backed by funding from the Government’s £1.5m Hospitality Fund operating over 2026-27, with additional funding to support training from the Government’s new Hospitality Grant Scheme.”
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Who and where
People
- Kate Dearden (MP for Halifax (Labour (Co-op))) · more news
- Catherine McKinnell (MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Labour)) · more news
UK bodies of power
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (UK government department) · more news
Constituencies of the MPs named: Halifax, Newcastle Upon Tyne North.
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Charities and social enterprises.
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- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-dates-maitre-ds-charity-unveils-new-restaurant-in-staffordshire-womens-prison
- Published 2026-11-04 17:28:30 UTC
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