THE GOURMET GUARDIAN PTY LTD
As a food manufacturer , food distributor , chef , or a food business owner , ensuring that your food product is of the highest level of quality has always been important , however making sure that it is to highest food safety standard is also the key .
In Australia , The Gourmet Guardian does exactly that . The Gourmet Guardian has a growing portfolio of hotels , restaurant groups , catering companies and food manufacturers across the entire Australian continent ( as well as in Fiji ), providing cost effective and practical food safety solutions including Food Safety Programs , Food Safety Audits and a comprehensive range of accredited and non- accredited food safety training courses .
Heading up the company is Mr Gavin Buckett , the Founder and Managing Director of The Gourmet Guardian . A man who , as a chef by trade , soon discovered that his passion for food took him beyond simple cooking and preparation .
“ In my last role as a sous chef at the Melbourne Exhibition and
Convention Centre , I was heavily involved in the internal food safety auditing and HACCP side of the business and I actually ended up enjoying that side of the work more than the cooking itself ,” he says .
While still cooking , it was quite literally back to school for Buckett , earning a Diploma in Food Technology and a further Diploma in Confectionary Manufacture . After another six months , gaining the necessary approvals and qualifications , Buckett re-entered the food industry in 2004 as an approved Food Safety Auditor .
“ When I finished my Diplomas I really envisioned working for an auditing company , doing regulatory audits and going into business and assessing against certain global standards ,” says Buckett . “ But The Gourmet Guardian has become much more than that . While we do conduct regulatory audits when needed , but now spend most of our time working side by side with a food business to look at what they are currently doing , then we help them make their product and processes safer , helping them achieve global
74 November 2017