We've spoken before about the pressing need to bring honour and passion back to the hospitality industry-something that needs to be a joint effort by industry bodies and workers. Well, here's some promising news.

Two upcoming industry events that should help the cause are the Chefs of Queensland Cultural Culinary Challenge in April (part of the Queensland Hospitality Industry Conference and Expo) and the recently launched Lexus Young Chef and Young Waiter awards.

Chefs of Queensland Cultural Culinary Challenge