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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…”
Stratford Admin
July 22, 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!
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July 17, 2020
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.
Stratford Admin
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.”
Stratford Admin
July 10, 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.
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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.
Stratford Admin
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…
Stratford Admin
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…
Stratford Admin
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
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Alumni Feature | Tim Otsuki | Class of 2002
June 11, 2020
From the Stratford Chefs School, Tim Otsuki’s culinary career has taken him around the world, evolving with each dish and each cuisine, from Hong Kong, to the Caribbean to Toronto, and back to Stratford; Chef Otsuki is eager to share the cross cultural fusion of freely adapted recipes from his own experiences at his restaurant The Common, where the motto is: Eat Without Borders.
Stratford Admin
June 11, 2020