Month: July 2020

Weekly Update | July 24-31, 2020
Alumni, Blog
Weekly Update | July 24-31, 2020
July 23, 2020

IN OUR WEEKLY UPDATE:
Alumni Feature: Sirkel’s Kelly Ballantyne (Class of 2000) | Open Kitchen @ Home extended into August, a Farm To Table Recipe, and more!

July 23, 2020
Alumni Feature | Kelly Ballantyne, Class of 2000
Alumni, Blog, Recipe
Alumni Feature | Kelly Ballantyne, Class of 2000
July 22, 2020

The arc of her restaurant’s growth has been based on a theory of simplicity that she studied at the school. “I learned some amazing things from Neil and Bryan [veteran SCS instructors and former Rundles and The Old Prune chefs Baxter and Steele, respectively], and I always start with those fundamentals and building blocks…”

July 22, 2020
Weekly Update | July 17-23, 2020
Alumni, Blog
Weekly Update | July 17-23, 2020
July 17, 2020

Alumni Feature: Chef Team Randi Rudner & Mike Booth | New Open Kitchen @Home Dates Announced, and more!

July 17, 2020
Alumni Feature | Randi Rudner & Mike Booth
Alumni, Blog
Alumni Feature | Randi Rudner & Mike Booth
July 17, 2020

Both Alumni and SCS Faculty, Randi and Mike are also the Chef Team creating delicious and gigantic from scratch submarine sandwiches this summer at Somewhere A Restaurant’s innovative new pop up sub shoppe in downtown Stratford, where they make just about everything themselves.

July 17, 2020
Alumni Feature | Erin Negus, Class of 2014
Alumni, Blog
Alumni Feature | Erin Negus, Class of 2014
July 10, 2020

“I approach and see my work as art and not just food. I want guests to really like it, but I also make food that I really like and that conveys a message that I want to deliver.”

July 10, 2020
Weekly Update | July 3-9, 2020
Alumni, Blog
Weekly Update | July 3-9, 2020
July 3, 2020

In our weekly update: Alumni Feature: Tom Giannakopoulos, Class of 2017 | Rave Reviews for Open Kitchen @Home | Program Updates, and more.

July 3, 2020
Alumni Feature | Tom Giannakopoulos, Class of 2017
Alumni, Blog
Alumni Feature | Tom Giannakopoulos, Class of 2017
July 3, 2020

After his first year at the Stratford Chefs School, Tom Giannakopoulos (Class of 2017) said “I now know what I don’t know.”
Tom had cooking experience gained through his family’s restaurants in Stratford, the city in which he grew up. “From the time I was 13 years old, I’ve been working in restaurants,” Giannakopoulos says, adding that attending the School was a natural progression from what he’d already been doing.

July 3, 2020

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