Technical studies in catering courses

In the post‐war educational spurt for our industry, catering was dubbed a ‘borderline technology’. Now, technical studies or what is vocational in courses, are perhaps more ‘borderline’ than ever. To those ‘keeping up with the educational Jones's’ technical studies may be no longer borderline but quite beyond the pale. The skills of catering seem to have lost face and lost vogue on all except craft level courses.