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Alumni in the news: Miles Pundsack – Poe (Class of 2009)
August 23, 2019
Our Alumni are doing exciting things in Canada and around the world!
Alumnus Miles Pundsack-Poe’s passion for food began during secondary school programs that specialized in organic farming, sustainability and localized community. Originally from Guelph, Ontario…
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August 23, 2019
Alumni, Blog, Recipe
July Recipe of the Month: Chilled Cucumber Gazpacho
July 10, 2019
Enjoy this Chilled Cucumber Gazpacho with Crème Fraiche on a hot summer day!
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July 10, 2019
Alumni, Blog, Recipe, School History
Alumni Feature: Summer JL Baird | Owner, The Hintonburg Public House , Ottawa | SCS Class of 1998
July 9, 2019
I always knew I wanted to own my own business. One of my early jobs was working in a small café in Stratford, where I grew up. I worked there before and after school throughout high school and fell in love with cooking and decided this was the direction I would go. After working in numerous restaurants in Stratford and attending Stratford Chefs School, I traveled to the west coast to work at the Sooke Harbour House where my passion for creating menus and thinking outside of the box flourished…
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July 9, 2019
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June Recipe of the Month: Melanzane Parmigiana
June 12, 2019
The first vegetarian entrée that Chef Yva Santini put on a menu that was not a pasta! Using Pam Rogers’ organic produce (Kawthoolei Farm Organics) to make this dish was exciting and yielded a result most delicious…
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June 12, 2019
Alumni, Blog, Recipe
Alumni Feature: Yva Santini | Pazzo Taverna, Stratford | SCS Class of 2009
June 12, 2019
I began working in kitchens as a young teenager, my first job being a dishwasher in Bryan Steele’s kitchen at The Old Prune. It was my experience at The Old Prune that opened my mind to what exceptionally prepared food tastes like, and the power great cuisine can have on evoking emotion. Steele is a chef that inspires beyond precise culinary skill. He encourages awareness of the big picture…
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June 12, 2019
Alumni, Blog, Food History, School History
Alumni Success Story: Rich Francis (Class of 2008)
May 31, 2019
Chef Rich Francis’ Gwich’in community is the foundation for his cooking, and he’s exploring the path to reconciliation through modern Aboriginal cuisine.
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May 31, 2019
Alumni, Blog, Recipe
May Recipe of the Month: Black Bean BBQ Sauce
May 2, 2019
Perfect for Barbecue Season, try this recipe from SCS Alumni, Chef Sean Collins (Chef/Co-Owner of Stratford’s The Red Rabbit, Old Man & Son, Okazu 85 Downie)!
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May 2, 2019
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Alumni Feature: Sean Collins | The Red Rabbit, Old Man & Son, Okazu | SCS Class of 2008
May 2, 2019
I remember cooking alongside my grandmother as a child and feeling very at home in the kitchen. She would cook soups from scratch and hand-make pierogies all afternoon. I apprenticed at The Old Prune with Chef Bryan Steele and over the past decade I have been the Head Chef at Pazzo Stratford, Mercer Hall and The Red Rabbit. In 2018 we opened Old Man & Son, a new place to eat breakfast in Stratford.
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May 2, 2019
Alumni, Blog, Faculty/Staff Posts
Alumni Feature: Cameron Stauch, Author of Vegetarian Vietnam
April 3, 2019
As the husband of a Canadian diplomat, Cameron Stauch has travelled the world and had the opportunity to explore, in depth, the local cuisines of Hong Kong, India, Vietnam, and Thailand (where he is currently based). It was during a three year posting in Hanoi, Vietnam that he was inspired to write his first cookbook, “Vegetarian Vietnam”.
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April 3, 2019
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Alumni Feature: Mike Booth, SCS Instructor, The Prune (Class of 2006)
March 7, 2019
I was born in the Okanagan, and moved to Ontario at a fairly young age. I have great memories of my grandpa standing behind the grill on a hot summer day, surrounded by orchards and mountains. His favourite meal was a mixed grill…
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March 7, 2019
Alumni, Blog, Guest Chefs
Alumni Feature: Eric Robertson, 2019 Canadian Guest Chef (SCS Class of 2011)
February 1, 2019
Originally from Brantford, Eric Robertson has always had an agrarian passion. After graduating from SCS in 2011, he spent time cooking in France and then in Belgium, where he met fellow chef Daniel Hadida, who had a similar culinary background and passions….
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February 1, 2019
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Alumni Feature: Ryan Brown, 2019 International Chef in Residence (Class of 2006)
January 9, 2019
I was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec in a family that celebrated food on a daily basis. I was always fortunate enough to have one of my parents at home with me growing up, so I made impromptu lunches and dinners from scratch with Dad or baked cheesecakes or cupcakes with Mom. Cooking was always a job, but never entered my mind as a career opportunity until I discovered the Stratford Chefs School, where I graduated before my 20th birthday…
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January 9, 2019