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North West Regional College invests £500k in Derry campus food establishments

Mayor of Derry and Strabane District Council Maolíosa McHugh serves the first breakfast at North West Regional College's newly refurbished Flying Clipper Brasserie, with hospitality and catering students Calum Falls and Siobhan Walton. Picture by Martin McKeown
Mayor of Derry and Strabane District Council Maolíosa McHugh serves the first breakfast at North West Regional College's newly refurbished Flying Clipper Brasserie, with hospitality and catering students Calum Falls and Siobhan Walton. Picture Mayor of Derry and Strabane District Council Maolíosa McHugh serves the first breakfast at North West Regional College's newly refurbished Flying Clipper Brasserie, with hospitality and catering students Calum Falls and Siobhan Walton. Picture by Martin McKeown
By Gareth McKeown

NORTH West Regional College has invested over half a million pounds transforming the eating establishments at its Strand Road campus in Derry.

This week the college has unveiled its newly refurbished training restaurant, the Flying Clipper Brasserie. The £170,000 upgrade is in addition to £250,000 spent upgrading the Tower Building Canteen and last year's £100,000 refurbishment of the fine dining Flying Clipper Restaurant.

All three of the eateries are open to staff and students, as well as the public.

Leyonia Davey, curriculum manager of hospitality and catering at North West Regional College said she was delighted to reopen the Flying Clipper Brasserie.

“The Brasserie is an excellent training ground which allows students to demonstrate to future employers their on the job experience in the work place."

“Our students appreciate the value of being able to work in industry standard kitchen and restaurant facilities while studying for professional catering and front of house qualifications. All of the meals in the Brasserie have been prepared by our students under the guidance of their lecturers."