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Alumni Feature: Jaylen Wickert
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Alumni Feature: Jaylen Wickert
June 17, 2025

Meet Alumnus Jaylen Wickert from our Class of 2017. He started working in kitchens when he was 15, and now runs Provisions Cafe in Whistler, B.C., as Head Baker.

June 17, 2025
Alumni Feature: Simon Briggs & Anna Marano
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Alumni Feature: Simon Briggs & Anna Marano
October 8, 2024

“Food is an artistic expression.” Alumni Feature: Meet The Panetteria’s dynamic baking duo – and Stratford Chefs School Alumni – Anna Marano and Simon Briggs.
Plus, a favourite School recipe!

October 8, 2024
Alumni Feature: Matthew ‘Sourdough’ Duffy
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Alumni Feature: Matthew ‘Sourdough’ Duffy
September 11, 2024

This week, our Alumni spotlight is on Matthew James Duffy (Class of 2008), Chef and Baking Professor, sourdough micro-bakery owner, online educator, pizza fanatic and family man.

September 11, 2024
Weekly Update | September 11-17, 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!

September 11, 2020
Chef Eli’s Kitchen Tips | Ricotta
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.

September 10, 2020
Alumni Feature | Kelly Ballantyne, Class of 2000
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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…”

July 22, 2020
Alumni Feature | Randi Rudner & Mike Booth
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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.

July 17, 2020
Alumni Feature | Erin Negus, Class of 2014
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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.”

July 10, 2020
Weekly Update | July 3-9, 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.

July 3, 2020
Alumni Feature | Tom Giannakopoulos, Class of 2017
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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.

July 3, 2020
Open Kitchen @Home Launch
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Open Kitchen @Home Launch
June 5, 2020

Launching Today! Open Kitchen @Home | Chef-prepped meal kits with Video Instruction to finish and savour at home! | Updates on our Programs, and more!

June 5, 2020
Alumni Feature | Alan Mailloux | Class of 1992
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Alumni Feature | Alan Mailloux | Class of 1992
May 14, 2020

After a decade in the offices at General Motors, Windsor native Alan Mailloux wanted to create something. “I found my way here because of the Stratford Chefs School. I wanted to be able to use my hands,” Mailloux says. Cooking was the answer…

May 14, 2020
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