Simon, Richard and Veronica have teamed up from their respective areas of expertise to create a thoroughly professional training course. Unlike some other people who run chalet courses, we actually run current businesses in ski resorts.  So, we know exactly what is expected of our students in today's market.

Simon Sutcliffe has over 10 years experience in the winter tourism industry.  Starting as a chalet boy himself he rose to the position of Catering Manager for a 500 bed chalet company, where part of his job was to design and undertake the training for up to 60 trainees. He also headed recruitment and designed the menus, perfectly placing him to give the advice, experience and the all elusive contacts to help our students get on track for a successful season or career within the industry. He now owns and runs Sublime Dining, a high end catering company operating in the Alps and across Europe. Simon is enthusiastic and well qualified to train and find work for our students on successful completion of the course we offer.

Richard and Veronica Barker own and run Mountain Retreats, a luxury catered chalet company operating in Chamonix. Mountain Retreats has been running since 2001 and has given us the experience, knowledge and more importantly the contacts to give our students a real edge and confidence when it comes to their turn to work in a chalet.