Popular international qualification comes to one of the world’s largest foodservice markets
The Foodservice Equipment Association (FEA) is collaborating with the International Hospitality Sales Professionals Forum (IHSPF) to bring the Certified Food Service Professional (CFSP) course to India.
CFSP is the training initiative designed to raise professionalism throughout the foodservice industry. It gives students a holistic understanding of how a commercial kitchen operates. With more than 700 graduates in the UK alone, the CFSP programme has established itself as the benchmark for developing and recognising knowledge within the foodservice sector. No other course delivers the insight and understanding of the systems and processes that make the foodservice industry tick. The breadth of the course makes it equally relevant to foodservice operators, equipment manufacturers, service providers, dealers and consultants.
CFSP is recognised internationally, with programmes running in the USA, Australia, UAE, Sweden and Italy. The first Indian course will have space for up to 25 candidates from the foodservice equipment community. Students will have access to the full CFSP study guide and, in a first for the course, this will be supplemented with a number of webinars and other support features scheduled during the study cycle, which will last between two and three months. The final course revision workshop will be held at the Unox facility based in New Delhi on the 18th and 19th of February 2027. FEA’s expert CFSP trainer Graham Veal CFSP will be hosting the webinars as well as the final workshop and the examination.
“We are extremely pleased to be bringing CFSP to India,” says Niranjan Lakshminarayan CFSP of the IHSPF, who has also already completed the course. “It is an internationally recognised qualification and, with the increasing importance of India’s foodservice equipment industry, will provide an excellent way of ensuring our community is providing top quality expertise to our customers.”
John Cunningham is chief executive of FEA. He says, “India is one of the world’s largest foodservice markets and we are delighted to be working with IHSPF to launch CFSP there. The enthusiasm of Niranjan and his team underlines just how highly valued the qualification is.”
Registration for the course is open now, and candidates can book their place using this link: https://tinyurl.com/CFSPIndia. The course fee is £945 per delegate. To find out more information contact Niranjan Lakshminarayan CFSP by email (niranjan.lakshminarayan@gmail.com) or Vijay Bembey (vijaymohan@easyconsultants.in).