Yearly Archives: 2019

Aspire2 NZ Hospitality Champions! The NZ Hospitality Championships is the premier competition in New Zealand and attracts the most skilled hospitality professionals and students the country has to offer. Swiss Chef, Anton Mosimann OBE, made a guest appearance at the NZ Hospitality Championships and was very impressed by the high standard. Aspire2 International are extremely proud to have students and graduates amongst the top winners at the competition. Student Aleksandr Shchepetkin won three Silver Medals in the Cocktail competitions. Graduate Charanjeet Singh Saini won two Silvers and a Gold and was named NZ Barista of the Year! This national award comes hot on the heels [...]

Why Aspire2 International? Our student from China explains HU Ruoyun, one of our students from China, tells us about her unique and rewarding New Zealand study experience with Aspire2 International. She finds the New Zealand education style effective and enjoyable because the classes are small, the tutors are supportive and students are taught to think for themselves, to collaborate and communicate with other students. HU Ruoyun studied English with Aspire2 International and is now on a study pathway to a Masters in Marketing with the University of Auckland. Study with us! Find out all about studying with Aspire2 International in our [...]

Aspire2 Student Graduates in the UK Congratulations to our graduate Luisa Giraldo Gallón, our student from Colombia, who flew over to the UK in February to attend her University of North Hampton (UoN) Graduation. Aspire2 International’s partnership with the UoN offers our Business and Management students a top up of their two years’ of study to a full BA (Hons) degree. The course lets students choose modules to suit their career path. Luisa says: "The tutors really pushed me to get better results and I owe them so much. I’d certainly recommend studying the UoN course” Luisa qualified as a [...]

Cookery Students Volunteer at Everybody Eats Our cookery students volunteered at the Everybody Eats charity pop-up restaurant at Gemmayze Street Restaurant in Auckland last week. Live cooking for 300+ customers certainly puts our students under pressure and gives them invaluable real-life work experience. In fact they did such a good job they not only walked away feeling great just being a part of this charity event, but two of our students were offered jobs! Everybody Eats serves restaurant-quality, 3-course meals, prepared by volunteer chefs, from perfectly good food that would otherwise go to waste. Everybody is welcome and guests pay whatever [...]

Hilton Hotel Barista Cup Winner Congratulations to our Level 6 Hospitality student, Sofya Lapina, who placed third in the Hilton Hotel Barista Cup competition at the Hilton Australasia Food & Beverage Masters last week. Sofya won the New Zealand Hilton Hotel Barista Competition in Auckland in 2018 and was flown across to Sydney last week to compete in the next stage, the Australasia Hilton Hotel Barista Cup. New Zealanders love great coffee and our students know how to make it! Sofya took the Aspire2 Barista Essentials Short Course (with NZQA Credit) which combines theory and practice, and helped her get [...]

Lunar New Year on Campus Happy New Year to all of our International students and staff. At Aspire2 International our campuses are home to students and staff from all over the world. We welcome, respect and celebrate this diversity. We celebrated New Year was in style on our Hobson campus with delicious traditional food, a Qipao (cheongsam) fashion show, traditional Chinese dancing and a Tai Chi (Kung Fu) demonstration. Find out all about Aspire2 International in this informative overview - our people, our campuses, our courses, our study pathways and more. Download it here. Aspire2 International is also a great [...]