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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!
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July 23, 2020
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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…”
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July 22, 2020
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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!
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July 17, 2020
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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.
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July 17, 2020
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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.”
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July 10, 2020
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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.
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July 3, 2020
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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.
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July 3, 2020
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Weekly Update | June 26-July 2, 2020
June 26, 2020
#BlackLivesMatter | Alumni Feature: Adam Brenner, Class of 2006 | Learn with Open Kitchen @Home Meal Kits | Program Updates, and more.
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June 26, 2020
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Alumni Feature | Adam Brenner, Class of 2006
June 25, 2020
When The Waterlot closed in 2016, I began renting the kitchen and building my catering business. Within a year, I began selling prepared foods out of the kitchen, and had the grand opening of The Garden Stand in 2018 in downtown New Hamburg, where I continue to work alongside my customized catering business…
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June 25, 2020
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Weekly Update June 19-25, 2020
June 19, 2020
In Our Weekly Update: Alumni Feature | Trent Loewen, Class of 2004 | Learn with Open Kitchen @Home | Program Updates, and more.
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June 19, 2020
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Alumni Feature | Trent Loewen | Class of 2004
June 18, 2020
Trent grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. As a kid, he was always interested in food, and thought he’d be a great chef one day (this was well before the food network inspired young chefs). He remembers a family road trip across the country when he was 12, and a stay in Montreal, where he was determined to find a ‘nice’ restaurant with white table cloths. He insisted on ordering each family member’s meal, in French. He was always so classy…
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June 18, 2020
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Weekly Update | June 12-18, 2020
June 11, 2020
Savour Open Kitchen @Home | Alumni Feature: Tim Otsuki (Class of 2002) | Remembering Dr. Robert Close | Program Updates, and more.
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June 11, 2020