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Ringtons puts the ‘tea’ into training

Hot beverages purveyor Ringtons has been awarded the contract to supply The Victoria Hotel in Manchester, and has been stirring in its training expertise too.

The Victoria Hotel, which has recently undergone a £1.3m refurbishment, was bought by owner of hospitality training business Phil Healey and re-branded in January this year to also allow his company to provide the opportunity for trainees to work alongside the hotel’s employees in a live hospitality environment to further their training.

The refurbishment has seen the hotel completely transformed with a new restaurant and lounge layout and a two-gallon fish tank installed in the restaurant.

A new modern reception café bar that serves teas and coffees by day and cocktails in the evenings has been created alongside the refurbishment of the hotel’s event suites – The MacNeil and the transformation of The Shelly to The Elizabeth which has seen a permanent draped ceiling featuring LED star lights installed.

Ringtons Beverages specialises in supplying restaurants, coffee shops, hotels and department stores located throughout the UK with some of the freshest and highest quality tea and coffee. It provides clients with a comprehensive service ranging from equipment and training through to products and support and is part of Ringtons, one of the oldest family tea and coffee companies that blends and packs here in the UK.

As part of the contract Ringtons Beverages will provide its full range of bedroom service products, espresso beans, bulk brew coffee, cafetiere, teas, syrups and biscuits.

Ringtons has also installed a Casadio espresso machine and an on-demand grinder in the new café-bar, in addition to a Bulk Brewer machine previously installed at the hotel. Its loose tea will also be used for the hotel’s popular afternoon tea, which is served in The Dining Room or on the garden terrace.

The Victoria Hotel owner Phil Healey was the very first visitor to Ringtons’ brand new training room in Newcastle where he tested out the different coffee machines and blends.

John Broad, Ringtons Beverages’ barista training and development manager, has also completed onsite training with the food and beverage team of 17 staff.

Stephen Drysdale, head of department at Ringtons Beverages, said: “The Victoria Hotel has undergone a massive transformation and is now a fantastic venue to visit. We are delighted to supply our high quality range of teas, coffees and machinery, and are especially pleased to share our barista knowledge in the unique hospitality training aspect to this hotel.”

Phil Healey from The Victoria Hotel said: “My family has been doorstep customers of Ringtons for years, and we appreciate the taste and quality of Ringtons hot beverages. We knew when The Victoria Hotel reopened that they’d be the only hot drinks we would want to serve to our customers. I was most impressed with their barista training facility in Newcastle; I drove all the way from Oldham to be the first to see it!”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ringtons Beverages .