National Waiters Day launches website

Published: 14 January, 2013

The website for National Waiters Day (June 23) has gone live today as the trade gears up to celebrate one of the oldest service industries for the first time.

The website for National Waiters Day ( June 23) has gone live today as the trade gears up to celebrate one of the oldest service industries for the first time.

The site has been set up as an information point for events which will be held throughout the UK.

Current planned events include a Waiters Race where waiters and waitresses will be tasked with running with a fully-laden tray through an outdoor course in London. Other events are likely to include celebrities returning to their roots to work as waiters and waitresses in the restaurants they worked in before they found fame.

National Waiters Day was founded by Fred Sirieix, general manager of Michelin-starred Galvin at Windows and creator of The Art of Service.

It is being organised by The Springboard Charity and supported by many organisations and individuals including The British Hospitality Association, The Prince's Trust, Michel Roux Jr and Chris Galvin.

"Every day, television devotes hours of coverage to the work of professional chefs and yet waiters and waitresses scarcely rate a mention. Even the better cooking programmes only feature glimpses of waiters and waitresses setting tables or taking orders. They never give credit to the huge contribution that front of house staff make to our restaurant dining experience. You could say the 'waiting' is over," said Sirieix.

Michel Roux Jr said: " It's about time front of house got the recognition it deserves."

The hospitality industry the UK's fifth largest employer accounting for 10% of the workforce.

http://nationalwaitersday.com/

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