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NIAGARA COLLEGE CULINARY APPRENTICE WINS GOLD
| Submitted: May 25th, 2010
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A Niagara College culinary apprentice captured gold at the Concours International des Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs competition for working apprentices in Ontario, which took place recently in Toronto.
Alex Stott, who is apprenticing at the Royal York Hotel, competed against fellow Niagara College apprentice, Devon Pierce, and four others for a chance to represent Ontario at the National level, on behalf of The Toronto Baillage of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, in Vancouver later this fall.
The competition featured a black box format, equipping all five competitors with identical mystery ingredients to prepare a menu of their choosing, with no pre-determined themes or topics. Certain ingredients were deemed mandatory, as each competitor was required to produce four individual servings of an appetizer, main course and dessert in three-and-a-half hours.
Earlier this year, Niagara College students Devon Pierce and Tanner Murray were also the recipients of a $5,000 Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Scholarship to complete an internship with Chef Anton Mosimann in London, England. The students were chosen based on an essay submission and interview with members of the Conseil of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs in Toronto.
The Chaîne des Rôtisseurs is an international gastronomic society founded in Paris in 1950. It is devoted to promoting fine dining and preserving the camaraderie and pleasures of the table. For more information, visit www.chainetoronto.com.
Niagara College offers a full array of culinary programs, including Culinary Management Co-op (two-year diploma), Culinary Skills-Chef Training (one-year Ontario College Certificate), Baker-Apprenticeship and Cook-Apprenticeship. The programs are offered at Niagara College’s Niagara Culinary Institute at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus. The Niagara Culinary Institute is a state-of-the-art learning environment that includes interactive food and bake labs, food and wine sensory lab, culinary demonstration theatre, and a 100-seat dining room where culinary students gain practical experience working in a fine-dining restaurant.
Culinary students at Niagara College benefit from synergies that exist with the Niagara College Teaching Winery, Niagara College’s premier School of Business, Hospitality and Tourism, and a new Brewmaster - Brewery Operations Management diploma program that will also launch in Fall 2010.
Niagara College is one of Ontario’s 24 publicly-funded Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. With 8,000 full-time students, Niagara College offers more than 90 diploma, baccalaureate degrees and advanced level programs at campuses in Welland, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls and St. Catharines. Areas of specialization include food and wine sciences, advanced technology, applied health and community safety, and the College is home to the globally-recognized Niagara Culinary Institute and Niagara College Teaching Winery. In 2008, Niagara College launched an unprecedented $90 million campus redevelopment project, which is scheduled for completion in 2011. For more information, visit www.NiagaraCollege.ca.
For more information, contact:
Craig Youdale
Chair, School of Culinary and Wine Studies
905-641-2252, ext. 4633
cyoudale@niagaracollege.ca
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