Trevor delivers shining dining experiences
"Visitors may forget things that have been said and done, but they won’t forget the experience we offered them.”
Delivering a great dining experience, every time, for every guest at the West Rand’s favourite entertainment destination, Silverstar, is what drives Trevor Wolverson, the precinct’s food and beverage manager.
Trevor joined Silverstar in June 2016 and has dedicated himself to ensuring that the food and beverage offering sets new benchmarks for the group, and contributes strongly to an increase in visitor numbers to the precinct. This includes the group’s three restaurants – Billy G buffet restaurant, Vigour & Verve à la carte restaurant and Publicity Pub & Grill, an upmarket and relaxed sports pub and à la carte restaurant, as well as the conference centre which can accommodate up to 700 delegates, the gaming floor, and the Southern Sun Silverstar boutique hotel.
He grew up in Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, and after matriculating from Newcastle High School, he studied Catering and Hospitality Management at Majuba College in Newcastle. He started his working career at a small local hotel and restaurant, then joined the casino industry in 2006 at Century Casino, which went on to be taken over by Tsogo Sun, becoming the Black Rock Casino in 2009. He started as Restaurant Supervisor, and within 18 months was promoted to Conference Co-ordinator, and a year later to Food and Beverage Manager, a position he thrived in and held for seven years before being appointed at Silverstar based on his exceptional culinary and management skills.
His passion for producing exceptional gastronomic experiences at Silverstar plays out in his leadership of a departmental team of 256 – the largest department at Silverstar – which includes about 50 chefs. He believes strongly in empowering people to achieve their potential and has undergone additional training to equip him to upskill staff. In 2014/ 2015 he completed a Management Development Programme through the University of Stellenbosch, and other courses through the Tsogo Sun Academy have included Facilitation for Impact, Coaching and Mentoring, Industrial Relations, and more.
Trevor, who recently became a dad for the first time, concedes that between his young family and his goals at Silverstar, there is little time for other interests and hobbies, but he does consider himself an accomplished braai-master who feels his week is incomplete if he hasn’t done any outdoor cooking and dined al fresco.
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