Our funders & supporters

The trustees of the Cornwall Foundation of Promise and the Directors of Fifteen Cornwall would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been so generous in helping to get Fifteen Cornwall off the ground.

Without the following people and companies, Fifteen Cornwall would not have happened:

Watergate Bay Hotel Without the Watergate Bay Hotel, Fifteen Cornwall would never have happened – the project was conceived, supported and financially backed by this forward thinking business.

White Stuff
Fifteen Cornwall is supported by White Stuff. The restaurant staff have been fully kitted out in super-cool White Stuff clothing and they provide all our fabulous girls, and boys, with their uniforms. We are the chosen charity for White Stuff Truro who continue to support us through the White Stuff Foundation by hosting a series of fundraising events in their shop throughout the year.

Google Inc.
Google Inc. support us by providing search
advertising on their search engine via the Google Grants programme.

Cornwall Council
Cornwall Council contributed funding for Fifteen Cornwall and has been a tireless supporter of the project.

 

Cornwall College, Camborne
Cornwall College has provided the students with all the vocational training they need to become qualified chefs while also having been instrumental in making bids for public money.

 

Job Centre Plus, Truro
Job Centre Plus was instrumental in recruiting the students, and also contributed very significant funding through both their Community Action Team budget and co-financing. They have moved heaven and earth to make sure Fifteen Cornwall was possible.

 

Devon and Cornwall Learning Skills Council
The Devon and Cornwall Learning Skills Council has given Fifteen Cornwall tremendous support and has provided invaluable funding through both their Local Initiative Fund and co-financing.

 

St Austell Brewery, St Austell
St Austell Brewery has made a substantial donation, given us top of the range refrigerators for the restaurant and will be providing ongoing training for the restaurant staff.

 

Insights support us by providing a Discovery Personal Profile for each apprentice.

 

We are delighted and very grateful to benefit from the generosity of our friends at COODE'S Solicitors for our legal support and advice. You can find out more about this long established Cornish family firm at www.coodes.co.uk.

 

James Hallam Insurance Brokers
James Hallam is a leading privately owned, independent Insurance Broker and Risk Manager based in several locations across the UK.
We act for a wide range of corporate and 'not for profit' organisations and can provide solutions for all their insurance needs including Risk Management. All of our clients appreciate our pro-active and highly personal service where creativity and quality are critical. They value the fact that we can offer a complete and consistent service.

 

Fifteen Restaurant, London
Fifteen London has shown us the way…

Baker Tom
Baker Tom has played an instrumental role in our ‘Apprentice Training Programme’ by providing off site bakery training, making Foccacia breads, bloomers and various other delicious bakery products. ‘Thank You Tom’ for your support, our budding young Chefs have really enjoyed the experience and regularly gone home laden with goodies to eagerly show off to their family and friends!

 

Bonhams
Bonhams is a privately owned British auction house and one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. They kindly donated an auctioneer to our charity fashion show and auction in October 2012

cornishfoodmarket.co.uk
cornishfoodmarket.co.uk is proud to be sponsoring the Fifteen Cornwall Farmers’ Markets in 2012, like Jamie Oliver and his team we are passionate about linking local farmers and producers with consumers. We have the best quality Cornish produce, great value, superb service and buying from us really makes a difference; it keeps money circulating around the Cornish economy helping to sustain our vital farms and food businesses.

Kin Knives
Kin Knives are top quality Japanese knives and the company has kindly agreed to support the Cornwall Foundation of Promise by donating 4 knives a year. Every three months, a knife will be presented to the top apprentice of that quarter.

Ritter Courivaud
Ritter Courivaud Importers and distributors of the finest foods.

Tinder-Box work with us to provide personal coaching and team development to the apprentices. Supporting them both during their apprenticeship and as they transition into their first professional roles outside of Fifteen.

Local photographer Simon Burt has been working with Fifteen Cornwall since the very beginning and supports us by providing the first shots of the new recruits for free every year. Simon has over 20 years’ experience as a professional photographer and maintains an impressive list of commissions by delivering effective, powerful and iconic images to his clients.

Liberty Wines
In little over a decade Liberty Wines has established itself as one of the UK's foremost wine importers.

Enotria
Enotria is one of the UK's leading wine companies. From its humble beginnings working with a few friendly Italian wineries over 35 years ago, it now supplies a range as strong in the new world wines of Australia and South America as in Italy and France.

La Credenza
La Credenza are suppliers of authentic Italian produce including buffalo mozzarella and burrata and artisan cured meats, salamis and hams

Matthew Stevens and Son
For over 50 years Matthew Stevens & Son of St Ives in Cornwall have been providing their customers the finest fresh fish and seafood.

General Catering Supplies
We are a small new company that simply believes in supplying Cornwall’s finest restaurants with eco-friendly solutions to their catering needs. We supply eco-friendly packaging, tableware, and kitchen equipment.

Active Colour
One of the first printing businesses in Cornwall to be awarded FSC & PEFC accreditation, Active Colour always deliver under pressure, meeting our challenging deadlines and specifications. Active have also been very supportive of The Cornwall Foundation of Promise.

Rumbles 2
Rumbles 2 has been in the printing, embroidering and promoting business for well over fifty years now. We specialise in assisting the small-to-medium sized business, conveying a comprehensive all-round service. This can involve initial design of a logo to a complete promotional campaign. From T-shirts to Fleeces. Flags to banners. Cotton, Plastic, leather, acrylic. You call it…We cover it.

Nibble & Scoff Cakes
We make cakes that wow before and after you cut them!
Beautiful, contemporary and delicious wedding and celebration cakes & cupcake towers, and unique cookie & cupcake favours.
To make your special occasion special call Joella on 01647 273003 or email wow@nibbleandscoff.co.uk. All enquiries welcome.
Wedding cake delivery to Devon & Cornwall.

Pure Blue
Pure Blue have searched Europe to bring you a perfectly balanced natural spring water. This exceptional pure water rises at a protected spring in a lush green valley of outstanding natural beauty in Cornwall where it is bottled at source.

Hunter
Renowned for their fit, comfort and performance, Hunter boots can trace their origins back to wellingtons designed over 150 years ago to conquer Britain’s rugged terrain and unpredictable weather. Now firmly established as a style classic, the Hunter boot range continues to grow and delight new customers internationally with a high quality collection of rubber and leather footwear. Hunter continues to innovate, uniting modern technology allied with traditional technique.

The Lounge, Truro
Marc Sampson and his team dedicate the whole of graduation day to give the trainees makeovers.

First Great Western
First Great Western operates high speed, commuter, regional and branch line train services from London to South Wales, the West of England, Devon and Cornwall, including a sleeper service from London to Penzance. They support our training programme by kindly offering rail travel for our apprentices when it's required for sourcing trips.

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