Taste 4 Success Skillnet
The Taste 4 Success Skillnet works with its members to identify and drive training and upskilling in the food, seafood and drink sectors, to meet business, people and performance needs. In particular, we encourage and support the development of new foods, new drinks, new skills and new opportunities to grow and promote Irish Food, Seafood and Drink products, and to support job-seekers in gaining new skills and work opportunities across the sectors.
Our members include multinationals, large, medium, small indigenous Irish companies, and a growing number of micro and artisan producers involved in food, seafood and drink (micro brewing) production.
The Taste4Success Skillnet primarily focusses on supporting those in employment within the food, seafood and drink sectors sector/region. Whilst our key focus is on the needs of member companies, we also offer a small number of fully-funded programmes for jobseekers, subject to eligibility criteria and places being available on the programme.
Promoting Agency
“Our members are committed to continued up-skilling and training of our people. We continue to face many challenges in the sector and in the fortunes of our country and people. Skills and competency development are critical to enable businesses to respond quickly and effectively to the continual challenges and changes that our current and new markets require.
Testimonials
“We are now supporting 9 jobs directly, with additional capital spend locally for ingredients, transport, packaging and
advertising. We support our local community which is so important to rural development. We will continue to be strong supporters of Taste4Success Skillnet, now and in the future”
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Gordon Lucey
Director – 9 White Deer Brewery
“It is through the work of the Taste4Success Skillnet, that we have been able to collaborate and maximize the
combined value of expertise across the sectors, to ensure we support our members, both large and small, indigenous and multinational, to train ourselves, our employees and continue to be drivers in creating employment and business for Ireland Inc.”
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Michael Slevin
HR Director - Rosderra Irish Meats
“Working with Taste 4 Success has enabled us to increase the amount of training and
education we are providing for our retailers and their staff. It has also helped us to reduce the cost – this is crucial as cost in many cases has been a probiting factor in retailers availing of the learning opportunities we are providing for them”
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Anne Rigney
Head of Retailer Learning & Development - Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland Ltd, SuperValu & Centra
