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Alumni, Blog
Alumni Feature | Cody Wideman, The Mill Stone (Class of 2019)
September 25, 2020
I grew up in rural Ontario, surrounded by farms and beautiful produce. My mom was a firm believer in heading to the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market every weekend to pick up the freshest produce possible. She insisted on eating local seasonal ingredients, and now I like to apply the same concept when designing menu items.
Stratford Admin
September 25, 2020
Alumni, Blog, Open Kitchen, Recipe
Weekly Update | September 18-24, 2020
September 17, 2020
Alumni Feature: Matt Kendrick | Chef Eli’s Tips: Bacon | SCS Dinner News | Open Kitchen @ Home and more, in our Weekly Update!
Stratford Admin
September 17, 2020
Alumni, Blog, Recipe
Weekly Update | September 11-17, 2020
September 11, 2020
Alumni Feature + Recipe: Cory Vitiello | Kitchen Tips from Chef Eli | Open Kitchen @ Home and more, in our weekly update!
Stratford Admin
September 11, 2020
Alumni, Blog, Open Kitchen, Recipe
Chef Eli’s Kitchen Tips | Ricotta
September 10, 2020
In this week’s Quick Kitchen Tips video, Chef Instructor Eli Silverthorne demonstrates in under 5 minutes how easy it is to make homemade Ricotta Cheese.
Stratford Admin
September 10, 2020
Alumni, Blog, Open Kitchen, Recipe
Weekly Update | September 4-10, 2020
September 4, 2020
Eat well this Labour Day Weekend | Kitchen Tips from Chef Eli | Open Kitchen @ Home and more, in our weekly update!
Stratford Admin
September 4, 2020
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…”
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July 22, 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
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.”
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.
Stratford Admin
July 3, 2020
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.
Stratford Admin
July 3, 2020
Alumni, Blog
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
Alumni, Blog
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