The Vincent Rooms - Westminster Kingsway College

Croydon-born Rick Owens has studied at Westminster Kingsway College since he was a boy – literally. He’s graduated from our 6-week Young Chef’s Academy course for school children (held on Saturdays) and our three-year full-time Professional Chef’s Diploma course. And, thanks to his hard work, dedication and Westminster Kingsway College’s expert tuition and guidance, Rick has landed a job as commis chef at the world-famous Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxfordshire. https://hubs.ly/H0dbRCZ0

Are you a professional #chef looking for a new challenge? The BBC will soon be filming an exciting new documentary with a high-profile chef in a number of European locations, and are looking for UK chefs to represent their country in a series of cook-offs. Find out more at chefs@expectationfactual.com

We are sorry, but the phone lines into our buildings are not working at the moment. Please bear with us while we get them fixed. Email is working though, as are staff members' mobile numbers.

We're delighted to announce another great speaker for our "A profession for all" event on Thursday 28 June.
Judy Joo https://hubs.ly/H0cgV9W0 is a Korean-American executive chef, restaurateur, and TV chef. Judy runs Jinjuu restaurants in London & Hong Kong and appears on the Cooking Channel with her show “Korean Food Made Simple”.
Venue: Westminster Kingsway College, 76 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PD... Date: Thursday 28 June 2018 Time: 9.30am to 3.30pm The cost? Just £85 for the day, including refreshments, lunch and afternoon tea… plus a goody bag.
Meet and network with your peers in the industry – from chefs and bloggers to restaurateurs and equipment suppliers… as well as our award-winning lecturers and students. Other speakers include: • Ruth Hansom (Chef, Westminster Kingsway alumnus, the first female winner of the Young National Chef of the Year title and star of BBC2's #MillionPoundMenu ) • Andi Oliver (Restaurateur, food broadcaster and Great British menu judge) • Sophie Michell (Executive Chef Home House and caterer to the stars)
Places are limited. To book your seat, please email: restaurant@westking.ac.uk or call The Vincent Rooms on tel: 020 7802 8391.
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Do you work in #hospitality #catering #hotel or maybe you're a foodie? On Thursday 28 June, we are holding "A profession for all" - a celebration of our great industry.
Meet and network with your peers in the industry – from chefs and bloggers to restaurateurs and equipment suppliers… as well as our award-winning lecturers and students. We also have interesting and relevant workshops, including: cookery, social media, photography, and managing and implementing change. The eve...nt will also raise vitally-needed money for Women’s Aid.
Venue: Westminster Kingsway College, 76 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PD Date: Thursday 28 June 2018 Time: 9.30am to 3.30pm The cost? Just £85 for the day, including refreshments, lunch and afternoon tea… plus a goody bag.
Confirmed speakers include: • Ruth Hansom (Chef, Westminster Kingsway alumnus, the first female winner of the Young National Chef of the Year title and star of BBC2's #MillionPoundMenu ) • Andi Oliver (Restaurateur, food broadcaster and Great British menu judge) • Sophie Michell (Executive Chef Home House and caterer to the stars)
Places are limited. To book your seat, please email: restaurant@westking.ac.uk or call The Vincent Rooms on tel: 020 7802 8391.
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Do you work in #hospitality #catering #hotel or maybe you're a foodie? On Thursday 28 June, we are holding "A profession for all" a celebration of our great industry.
Meet and network with your peers in the industry – from chefs and bloggers to restaurateurs and equipment suppliers… as well as our award-winning lecturers and students. We also have interesting and relevant workshops, including: cookery, social media, photography, and managing and implementing change. The event... will also raise vitally-needed money for Women’s Aid.
Venue: Westminster Kingsway College, 76 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PD Date: Thursday 28 June 2018 Time: 9.30am to 3.30pm The cost? Just £85 for the day, including refreshments, lunch and afternoon tea… plus a goody bag.
Confirmed speakers include: • Ruth Hansom (Chef, Westminster Kingsway alumnus, the first female winner of the Young National Chef of the Year title and star of BBC2's #MillionPoundMenu ) • Andi Oliver (Restaurateur, food broadcaster and Great British menu judge) • Sophie Michell (Executive Chef Home House and caterer to the stars)
Places are limited. To book your seat, please email: restaurant@westking.ac.uk or call The Vincent Rooms on tel: 020 7802 8391.
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‪You could watch the #RoyalWedding (have a great day Harry and Meghan!), or maybe the #FACupFinal , but we think you could watch our former student, the brilliant Ruth Hansom, on BBC #MillionPoundMenu on iPlayer instead. We cried at the end... and not a wedding dress in sight! 👑💍⚽️‬ https://hubs.ly/H0c8WwD0‬

Westking alumnus and “Saturday Kitchen favourite” Freddie Forster made a surprise teaching announcement on the show last week! 👀 https://hubs.ly/H0c2CRM0

Don't forget Westking friend and former student Freddy Forster will be showing his fantastic culinary skills on Saturday Kitchen today! We'll be watching! #TeamWestking

Be sure to check out Saturday Kitchen tomorrow because Westking friend and former student Freddy Forster will be on showing his fantastic culinary skills! Good luck, everyone at WKC will be watching and supporting! #TeamWestking

Don't forget to read this interview from our Vice Principal, Gary Hunter, on sustaining talent in the culinary industry https://hubs.ly/H0bYJB40

Thank you for your kind words, Susan! 😊

Thanks again to Mandy Mazliah for the mention in the Metro: "Try The Vincent Rooms at Westminster Kingsway College, where the chefs of the future serve up top quality tasting menus. The five course vegetarian menu in The Escoffier Room can be made vegan." https://hubs.ly/H0bPt550

Our brand new The Vincent Rooms website is looking pretty delicious, if we do say so ourselves. Book yourself a table at one of London's hidden gems now. With food like this👇 we won't be hidden for long! https://hubs.ly/H0bG2v10

Don't forget to book a table at "London's hidden gem." 💎 https://hubs.ly/H0bBdjN0

If you do nothing else today, please read this amazing and inspirational story from chef John Lawson. John trained as a chef here at Westminster Kingsway and travelled around the world to work for Gordon Ramsay before brain cancer changed his life forever. https://hubs.ly/H0bqKJ40

Love to cook? Enjoying MasterChef UK and looking for a career in the hospitality or culinary industries? Come to our Victoria Centre Open Day, Monday 26th March 4pm-7pm.
Westminster Kingsway is the UK's leading school of hospitality and culinary arts. Hundreds of people have learned their trade with us (including Jamie Oliver, Ainsley Harriott, Sophie Wright and Ben Murphy) and have gone on to be: Restaurant Managers, Artisan Bakers, Sous-Chefs, Chocolatiers, Sommeliers, Head Chefs, Mixologists, Baristas, Butchers, Hotel Managers, Executive Housekeepers, even Food Manufacturers! Learn with us and the culinary world will be your oyster!
Find out more at our Victoria Centre Open Day, Monday 26th March from 4pm-7pm.

Well cooked. Well served. Lovely ambiance. We throughly enjoyed ourselves

We had the most amazing meal for a fraction of the price.

What a find !!

We came from down under to expect a wonder ......we got so much more than that ......you impressed us so much .....you made our taste buds explode with joy. We thank you and wish you all well in your future !

Remarkable knowledge, competence, & enthusiasm for the craft. Exceptional food. Great pleasure to be there! Thank you.

In the brasserie this time, great food and service, well done to all the staff and students. Excellent wines at the prices offered:-)

I'm vegetarian, my husband isn't. We were both able to have a tasting menu. Both of us tried things we wouldn't usually and really enjoyed everything. Seriously impressed

I love this place. Escoffier Room is superior to the Brasserie and in my opinion worth the extra. It will be interesting to see if it changes following the recent departure of the ever vigilant Madame Veronique.

I had a wonderful lunch in the Escoffier rooms yesterday to celebrate my birthday. The tasting menu was sublime and the whole experience was fantastic. We had a vegetarian in our group and it was lovely to see the same care and attention taken with the vegetarian offerings and the ability to mix from both menus. The petit fours and coffee at the end were also a lovely surprise. The skill shown was outstanding and the front of house staff were a credit to the college. I can't wait to come back.

Great place for food and the service was excellent. Definitely a must when you in London

Great menu with good options for vegetarians. Lovely to be served by students and staff who are clearly so passionate about what they do. Our lunch was delicious - cooked perfectly and looked amazing! A hidden gem in Westminster!

First time to the Escoffier Room today and we loved our lunch! What a treat to have the day off and enough time to enjoy a three hour, 7 course lunch prepared by the chef students. The front of house and servers were all very friendly as well. The food was well-presented, creative and above all tasty! We will all go back again and recommend this place to all of our friends. Thank you!

Brilliant place

I loved it as always, would recommend it to all

Beautiful food today and excellent service, really well done! We eat out a lot and have friends who own a Michelin starred restaurant; today's meal was up there and we particularly loved the home smoked pork loin and vanilla and chocolate gateau �

Awesome! If you want to experience fine dining at a brilliant price and help hospitality students ready themselves for industry, go eat in the College's Escoffier restaurant. These young people are dedicated and this is how they learn their craft. Can't recommend it enough, more people need to know about it! Seven amazing courses for £27.50? Can't be beaten...

Another fab visit . Taster menu was excellent as were the staff and students , a really lovely evening .

Amazing food,well presented and a lovely relaxed atmosphere. Its hard to believe the chefs are students.

Absolutely perfect lunch yesterday, prepared for us by my son and other students (aged 12-16yrs) at their graduation of Young Chefs Academy.

A most enjoyable lunch... great service and a good atmosphere would love to visit again.

A great meal tonight in a great atmosphere. Superb food delivered in a professional and friendly service. The sommelier and the girl who served the cheese were especially good. Great value as well. A lot of expensive restaurants could learn a lot from these students. I wish them good luck for their future

Well cooked. Well served. Lovely ambiance. We throughly enjoyed ourselves

We had the most amazing meal for a fraction of the price.

What a find !!

We came from down under to expect a wonder ......we got so much more than that ......you impressed us so much .....you made our taste buds explode with joy. We thank you and wish you all well in your future !

Remarkable knowledge, competence, & enthusiasm for the craft. Exceptional food. Great pleasure to be there! Thank you.

In the brasserie this time, great food and service, well done to all the staff and students. Excellent wines at the prices offered:-)

I'm vegetarian, my husband isn't. We were both able to have a tasting menu. Both of us tried things we wouldn't usually and really enjoyed everything. Seriously impressed

I love this place. Escoffier Room is superior to the Brasserie and in my opinion worth the extra. It will be interesting to see if it changes following the recent departure of the ever vigilant Madame Veronique.

I had a wonderful lunch in the Escoffier rooms yesterday to celebrate my birthday. The tasting menu was sublime and the whole experience was fantastic. We had a vegetarian in our group and it was lovely to see the same care and attention taken with the vegetarian offerings and the ability to mix from both menus. The petit fours and coffee at the end were also a lovely surprise. The skill shown was outstanding and the front of house staff were a credit to the college. I can't wait to come back.

Great place for food and the service was excellent. Definitely a must when you in London

Great menu with good options for vegetarians. Lovely to be served by students and staff who are clearly so passionate about what they do. Our lunch was delicious - cooked perfectly and looked amazing! A hidden gem in Westminster!

First time to the Escoffier Room today and we loved our lunch! What a treat to have the day off and enough time to enjoy a three hour, 7 course lunch prepared by the chef students. The front of house and servers were all very friendly as well. The food was well-presented, creative and above all tasty! We will all go back again and recommend this place to all of our friends. Thank you!

Brilliant place

I loved it as always, would recommend it to all

Beautiful food today and excellent service, really well done! We eat out a lot and have friends who own a Michelin starred restaurant; today's meal was up there and we particularly loved the home smoked pork loin and vanilla and chocolate gateau �

Awesome! If you want to experience fine dining at a brilliant price and help hospitality students ready themselves for industry, go eat in the College's Escoffier restaurant. These young people are dedicated and this is how they learn their craft. Can't recommend it enough, more people need to know about it! Seven amazing courses for £27.50? Can't be beaten...

Another fab visit . Taster menu was excellent as were the staff and students , a really lovely evening .

Amazing food,well presented and a lovely relaxed atmosphere. Its hard to believe the chefs are students.

Absolutely perfect lunch yesterday, prepared for us by my son and other students (aged 12-16yrs) at their graduation of Young Chefs Academy.

A most enjoyable lunch... great service and a good atmosphere would love to visit again.

A great meal tonight in a great atmosphere. Superb food delivered in a professional and friendly service. The sommelier and the girl who served the cheese were especially good. Great value as well. A lot of expensive restaurants could learn a lot from these students. I wish them good luck for their future

Well cooked. Well served. Lovely ambiance. We throughly enjoyed ourselves

We had the most amazing meal for a fraction of the price.

What a find !!

We came from down under to expect a wonder ......we got so much more than that ......you impressed us so much .....you made our taste buds explode with joy. We thank you and wish you all well in your future !

Remarkable knowledge, competence, & enthusiasm for the craft. Exceptional food. Great pleasure to be there! Thank you.

In the brasserie this time, great food and service, well done to all the staff and students. Excellent wines at the prices offered:-)

I'm vegetarian, my husband isn't. We were both able to have a tasting menu. Both of us tried things we wouldn't usually and really enjoyed everything. Seriously impressed

I love this place. Escoffier Room is superior to the Brasserie and in my opinion worth the extra. It will be interesting to see if it changes following the recent departure of the ever vigilant Madame Veronique.

I had a wonderful lunch in the Escoffier rooms yesterday to celebrate my birthday. The tasting menu was sublime and the whole experience was fantastic. We had a vegetarian in our group and it was lovely to see the same care and attention taken with the vegetarian offerings and the ability to mix from both menus. The petit fours and coffee at the end were also a lovely surprise. The skill shown was outstanding and the front of house staff were a credit to the college. I can't wait to come back.

Great place for food and the service was excellent. Definitely a must when you in London

Great menu with good options for vegetarians. Lovely to be served by students and staff who are clearly so passionate about what they do. Our lunch was delicious - cooked perfectly and looked amazing! A hidden gem in Westminster!

First time to the Escoffier Room today and we loved our lunch! What a treat to have the day off and enough time to enjoy a three hour, 7 course lunch prepared by the chef students. The front of house and servers were all very friendly as well. The food was well-presented, creative and above all tasty! We will all go back again and recommend this place to all of our friends. Thank you!

Brilliant place

I loved it as always, would recommend it to all

Beautiful food today and excellent service, really well done! We eat out a lot and have friends who own a Michelin starred restaurant; today's meal was up there and we particularly loved the home smoked pork loin and vanilla and chocolate gateau �

Awesome! If you want to experience fine dining at a brilliant price and help hospitality students ready themselves for industry, go eat in the College's Escoffier restaurant. These young people are dedicated and this is how they learn their craft. Can't recommend it enough, more people need to know about it! Seven amazing courses for £27.50? Can't be beaten...

Another fab visit . Taster menu was excellent as were the staff and students , a really lovely evening .

Amazing food,well presented and a lovely relaxed atmosphere. Its hard to believe the chefs are students.

Absolutely perfect lunch yesterday, prepared for us by my son and other students (aged 12-16yrs) at their graduation of Young Chefs Academy.

A most enjoyable lunch... great service and a good atmosphere would love to visit again.

A great meal tonight in a great atmosphere. Superb food delivered in a professional and friendly service. The sommelier and the girl who served the cheese were especially good. Great value as well. A lot of expensive restaurants could learn a lot from these students. I wish them good luck for their future