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Denis Broderick
 Denis
Broderick is the Wine & Food Development Consultant with Woodford Bourne NI
(formerly Direct Wine Shipments Wholesale).
Denis
is a former President of the Hotel and Catering International Management
Association. The HCIMA (now the Institute of Hospitality), with 24,000 members
in over 100 countries, is the worldwide professional body for managers in the
food and accommodation services industry.
With
over forty years experience in the hospitality industry, Denis has held craft
and management positions in many sectors of the industry, including education
and training. His experience ranges from working with millionaires in private
service, to teaching prisoners how to cook; working for the biggest hotel chain
in the world and the world’s biggest oil company, to the smallest single-handed
business; this experience gained not only in the UK but also overseas, in
countries that include Canada, Southern Africa and the Middle East.
As one
of the first Wine and Spirit Education Trust Diploma holders in Northern
Ireland, Denis has been at the forefront of wine education in the province for
almost thirty years. As Myra Greer, wine writer for the ‘Belfast Telegraph’
said: “Denis Broderick ... was my first wine tutor. His presentations are
informative, unstuffy, witty and entertaining.”
Denis
was the first local inspector for the Taste of Ulster initiative set up to
encourage higher standards in the catering industry in Northern Ireland. You
might say he ate for his country.
He is
accredited with setting up the Northern Ireland Tourist Board’s Welcome Host
Award training scheme, designed to boost Northern Ireland’s hospitality and
tourism image.
To stop
his waistline expanding from the effects of all that food and wine consumption
he has cycled for charity across America (yes, all 3,000 miles), the Canadian
Rockies, South Africa, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Jordan, Brazil and, just recently,
over the Andes from Chile to Argentina: stopping off, where possible, to visit
many vineyards for a quick sample and a bit of business.
Denis
also regularly publishes articles on wine and food issues in local consumer
magazines and newsletters. |
