Life as a Hotel Student in the 1950's - John Wileman
He learned everything from a hotel
catering
housekeeping
bookkeeping
bar work
day-to-day administration
Westminster Hotel School
full hotel management course
today Westminster Kingsway College
since 1956
Retired GM of Hotel L'Horizon
He had excellent teachers
Don Panett
French
Mr. George Vaughan és Mr. Bill Owen
restaurant work
Mr. Burfield
Wines and aperitifs
Mr. Spicer
English
John's son
learned hotel and business management
absolutely not similar
40 years later
"studied on different planets"
rather became a cop
Warwick Arms Hotel
Front Office
Kitchen
After work he had overtimes
He sent out to buy London's best chocholate for the guests
Grosvenor House
in the Park Lane
at age 20
work in the restaurant and the Grill Room
later he worked in the House control office
Hotel Plaza-Athenée
in Paris
for 6 years
worked in the House control office
Excelsior Hotel
exchange student
in Rome