Education and training

Nestlé's NQ training (Nutritional Quotient) is a comprehensive nutrition training programme to equip employees with key skills and knowledge on nutrition. Nestlé UK is well on the way to having 600 employees trained.

Nestlé is committed to working with the catering industry to improve the skills and expertise of catering professionals and to nurture the next generation of chefs.

The Nestlé Toque d'Or competition has been running for 22 years and has acted as a springboard for chefs including James Martin and Jamie Oliver. It is the UK’s biggest and most prestigious student catering competition and is recognised as providing one of the toughest challenges in the industry. The competition provides a unique opportunity for students from catering colleges across the UK to create their own restaurant – a challenge which calls for a formidable mixture of creative culinary skill and business acumen.

Nestlé Professional is also an important sponsor of the Springboard Charitable Trust FutureChef competition. FutureChef is a nationwide competition for young people aged 12-16, which gives young people a great insight into the world of professional cookery.

Nestlé Professional also supports the British Hospitality Association's Young Waiter and Young Chef Awards, which recognise the hospitality industry’s stars of the future.