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Faculty/Staff Posts
March Recipe of the Month: Leeks Vinaigrette
March 3, 2018
This recipe is adapted from Paul Bertolli and Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse Cooking, although there are innumerable variations on this French bistro classic. This dish is at its very best with thin baby leeks, but can absolutely made with larger leeks halved lengthwise.
As dreary March gives way to spring, you might even consider adapting this recipe to early asparagus, making sure to blanch the green spears ever so lightly, and dressing them in the vinaigrette rather than marinating them, so that they retain their brilliant green colour.
Stratford Admin
March 3, 2018
Alumni, Faculty/Staff Posts, Guest Chefs
Alumni Feature: Ryan Donovan (Richmond Station, Toronto)
February 28, 2018
Ryan Donovan, Co-owner of Richmond Station in Toronto, graduated from the Stratford Chefs School in 2005. He returns every year with Richmond Station Chef (and fellow SCS Alumnus), Carl Heinrich, to close out our Canadian Guest Chef dinner series.
Stratford Admin
February 28, 2018
Guest Chefs
Alumni Feature: Carl Heinrich (Richmond Station, Toronto) | Canadian Guest Chef 2018
February 7, 2018
Carl Heinrich, Executive Chef and Co-owner of Richmond Station in Toronto (and Top Chef Canada Season 2 Winner), graduated from the Stratford Chefs School in 2005. We welcome him back every year to close out the season, and this year is no different as he joins us on March 1st and 2nd for our Canadian Guest Chef series. Find out how you can make a reservation at the bottom of this page.
Stratford Admin
February 7, 2018
Faculty/Staff Posts, Food History
Creating a Menu from a Book
October 4, 2017
It is not particularly easy to tease a dinner menu out of a work of fiction, even when cooking and sharing food figures prominently in the story itself. Five Roses, by Alice Zorn is an engrossing story of the complicated relationships and histories between four women living, loving and working in St. Henri, a working-class neighbourhood in Montreal.
Stratford Admin
October 4, 2017
SCS Mannequin Challenge
September 21, 2017
Video credit to Terry Manzo
Stratford Admin
September 21, 2017
Student Posts
Student Blog Post: Stepfanie Spencer
November 23, 2016
As new cooks, we are constantly learning: techniques, flavours, equipment we’ve never seen or used before. Everything is fresh and exciting and we want to excel with them all. Skill, knowledge and experience are all required to be a good chef, but knowing how to use them with refinement is what makes a great one.
Stratford Admin
November 23, 2016