David Axtell

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ABOUT DAVID AXTELL

I run Axtell Food Safety, a food safety training and audit business. We are based in Margate, Kent and cover the whole of the UK, Channel Islands and abroad. We provide accredited food safety training for the catering, manufacturing and super yacht industries. After starting in a kitchen at fourteen, de-bearding mussels, silver service waiting and washing up, i worked for a national pub chain as a kitchen manager, area chef coach and new openings chef trainer. In 2005 i set up an accredited training centre - Axtell Food Safety (previously Kent Food Safety). We offer Food Safety up to Level 4, Level 2 & 3 Allergens, Level 2 & 3 HACCP, and Health & Safety training up to Level 3. All training is carried out at your premises at a time to suit you. We now offer our training delivered on Zoom, so you can qualify from home. I have a BSc (Hons) Environmental Health degree (First class honours), MSc Environmental Health Professional Practice (Distinction) and am a qualified Environmental Health Practitioner. With a strong background in Kitchen Management in branded restaurant chains, we make our courses informative, interesting & fun, and interactive whilst incorporating best practice in a food business. We use a variety of methods to make the training interesting and relevant to all candidates. Courses are in-house and can be run across the UK, Channel Islands and abroad. Previous businesses include national & international branded restaurants, pub and hotel chains, Michelin starred restaurants, food manufacturers, contract caterers, care homes, hotels, pubs, bistro’s, hospitals, retail premises, factories, child care settings, church groups, schools, airline catering, event catering, and private super yachts in Dubai. Candidates range from a group of regional chefs, managers or supervisors for Level 3 and 4 courses, with candidates including chefs, waitresses, care assistants, child care assisstants and kitchen porters on Level 2 courses. In-house Level 3 Food Safety course for groups of chefs are particularly popular.I am also an associate Safety Advisor for several international consultancy businesses, carrying out safety audits at national and international businesses such as restaurant and pub brands, hotel chains, coffee shop brands, casinos, schools, care home groups and leisure centres.