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Ark Global News
The Mighty Quinn
12/03/2008 Former head chef at the Ritz and founder of the ARK Foundation, Michael Quinn MBE, captured the attention of the Hospitality and Catering students on Wednesday 12 March, with his open and honest drugs and alcohol awareness seminar.
Michael was keen to highlight the intentions of the seminar:
“It’s not an anti drinking workshop,” states Michael, “it’s about highlighting the warning signs and planting the seeds.”
The students heard first hand how alcohol addiction saw Michael go from a successful career into homelessness and eventually hospital where he was even given his last rights.
Through the seminar, Michael was able to illustrate how he ‘paid a heavy price’ and hopes the students picked up the key messages:
“There are lots of messages in the talk, some hidden and some obvious – I hope they picked them up and leave here with something.”