Bibendum trains Olympic ticketing staff

Bibendum’s in house training team has taken on a marathon challenge of training over 350 Prestige Ticketing staff at Olympic venues in just 10 days.

Prestige Ticketing is the official corporate hospitality supplier to the Olympic Games, and the training programmes focus on product knowledge and front of house wine service skills.

The courses also include a “train the trainer” element so that attendees can pass their experience on to other catering staff.

Bibendum’s training team will also be present at Olympic venues throughout the Games to support catering staff and help with pre-service wine briefings.

Bibendum is the exclusive wine supplier to Prestige Ticketing and is training catering staff to serve a range of premium wines from top producers including Champagne Bruno Paillard, Hush Heath Estate, Petaluma, Castello Banfi, Alois Lageder and the Royal Tokaji Company.

“Training so many staff in such a short time has been very challenging but is very rewarding too. Our approach to training always emphasises business skills as well as wine knowledge and the response we have had from the trainees has been fantastic. Guests of Prestige Ticketing can look forward to a brilliant experience being looked after by highly motivated staff that will deliver a fantastic food and wine experience,” Bibendum customer training manager, Amanda Willsher, said.