Sala Baï Hotel and Restaurant School

Sala Baï Hotel and Restaurant School
Founded2002 (2002)
FounderAgir Pour le Cambodge
Headquarters
Siem Reap
,
Cambodia
Servicesvocational training
Websitesalabai.com/en/

Sala Baï Hotel and Restaurant School (Khmer: សាលា​បណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល​ផ្នែក​សណ្ឋាគារ​​សាលា​បៃ) is a vocational training school established in 2002 by the French non-governmental organization Agir Pour le Cambodge. It is one of the oldest running hospitality training schools in the country.[1] Sala Baï Hotel and Restaurant School has partnerships with 19 of Siem Reap's four and five star hotels.[2]

It provides free one-year training in cooking, front office, restaurant service, housekeeping and beauty treatment to 108 young (17–23 year-old) Cambodians a year from underprivileged families.[1] Sala Baï Hotel and Restaurant School prioritizes training young women, therefore approximately 70% of its students are female. During their training, all students are required to do two two-month internships at two different hotels.[2] All students also receive a US$25 monthly stipend.[1]

By 2011 around 3,500 students had graduated from the Sala Baï Hotel and Restaurant School.[2] 70 percent of them were employed immediately, while the rest managed to find a job within three weeks after graduating.[1] One of the schools most prominent alumni is Kimsan Sok, executive chef of the restaurant Embassy,[3] who graduated Sala Baï Hotel and Restaurant School in 2003.[4] In 2014 a training spa and beauty centre was established in the school with the support from the Chanel Foundation.[5] In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Smart Axiata donated computers, tablets and LCD projectors to Sala Baï Hotel and Restaurant School to help it continue providing distance education to the school's students.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Runcie, Ayanna (27 February 2016). "Off-the-job training in hospitality". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Boulenger, Emilie (28 January 2011). "Hotel partnership enables NGO to supply trained staff". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. ^ Holzmeister, Carolina (30 May 2019). "An insight into Cambodian cuisine: interview with executive chef Kimsan Sok". eHotelier. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ Glasser, Miranda (6 June 2014). "Sala Baï final dinner a winner". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ Walsh, Alistair (4 January 2013). "Sala Bai and Chanel partner for spa school". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  6. ^ Rinith, Taing (12 August 2020). "Smart Axiata supports Sala Bai and Bayon Pastry School to continue distance learning for students". Khmer Times. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

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