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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
Alumni, Blog, Recipe
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, 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
Blog, Recipe
April Recipe of the Month: Young Jackfruit Salad (Goi mit Chay)
April 3, 2019
Chef Cameron Stauch (SCS Class of 1999) recommends this recipe as an intro to his book “Vegetarian Viet Nam”. It’s bursting with fresh herbal flavours, crunchy textures and a sweet chili dressing. Most of the ingredients can be found at major grocers (Vietnamese coriander may require a trip to Chinatown)…
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April 3, 2019
Alumni, Blog
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
Blog, JHGWIR, Student Posts
Chefs Wear White: Stain Removal 101
February 26, 2019
Somewhere between mankind’s harnessing of fire and Escoffier, it was decided that people who work with food should wear white… Consequently, we culinary students spend a surprising amount of time discussing stain removal!
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February 26, 2019
Blog, Student Posts
‘Squimps*’: Exceptional Alternatives
February 15, 2019
It’s difficult to talk about your teachers without sounding like a colossal seat-smoocher, but I’m going to risk it. One of the things I really love about working with our chef instructors is the amount of effort all of them put into making each dinner exceptional for every guest. ..
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February 15, 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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Middleton Wines: A Taste of History
January 15, 2019
Our class had the extraordinary opportunity to try some very old wines from Bordeaux that Chef Ian Middleton generously shared from his father George’s collection. As interesting as the wine was in flavours and complexity, for me, the most fascinating part of the afternoon came with the stories and the history they illustrated…
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January 15, 2019
Blog, Recipe
January Recipe of the Month: Vegetable Bayaldi
January 10, 2019
Our 2019 International Chef in Residence Ryan Brown (Class of 2006) still uses this recipe from his SCS days!
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January 10, 2019
Alumni, Blog, Chef in Residence
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