The American Express Community Stadium and City College Brighton and Hove partnership has been recognised through the brilliant achievement of catering student Asha Phelps, who was named City College's 'City Achiever' this month.
The 17-year-old is a student at City College and as part of her course has been applying her trade at the East Central Brasserie, located in the East Stand at the Amex, which hosts the new training restaurant known as City College @ East Central Brasserie.
The award - which is the main award of the City College Brighton and Hove 2011 student awards ceremony - recognised Asha's hard-working and highly-committed attitude. All of that whilst caring for her mother and younger sister, who both suffer a chronic condition resulting from disturbances in the body's immune system.
Asha's family also suffered from racial abuse and were temporarily forced to move to Eastbourne which had a detrimental effect on her education. Despite all these difficult circumstances, Asha's catering skills have developed strongly and she's been a much-valued member of the team at both the College's training restaurants.
Asha's tutor Jonathon File said, "I had the pleasure of teaching Asha last year and she was outstanding in every way. Both her theory and practical work was excellent and the unwavering way in which she supported other students when they were getting stressed was a real tribute to her character considering what she was having to deal with outside of College."
Asha added, "When I heard the lovely things that my tutors were saying about me in the clip that was shown before the award was made, I just burst into tears. City College has done so much for me and really helped me mature as a person. Being here has made me feel really confident that I'll find success in the catering industry."
