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Revel in Summer | Weekly Update for June 22-28, 2023
June 22, 2023
In Our Weekly Update: Alumna Sarah Sinasac | Revel in Summer | Open Kitchen Cooking Classes, and more!
Stratford Admin
June 22, 2023
Alumni, Blog, Open Kitchen
Local Market Love | Weekly Update for June 15-21, 2023
June 14, 2023
Sunday Market Love, Strawberry Season, Open Kitchen Cooking Classes, and more in our Weekly Update.
Stratford Admin
June 14, 2023
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, 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…”
Stratford Admin
July 22, 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.
Stratford Admin
June 26, 2020
Alumni, Blog
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
Blog, Recipe
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!
Stratford Admin
June 5, 2020
Alumni, Blog, Open Kitchen, Recipe
Weekly Update | May 22-28, 2020
May 22, 2020
Launching Soon: Open Kitchen @ Home | Alumni Feature: Mike Lurz, The Local | A spring recipe from Chef Eli and more, in our weekly update!
Stratford Admin
May 22, 2020
Alumni, Blog
Alumni Feature | Mike Lurz | Class of 2009
May 20, 2020
Stratford Chefs School Alumnus Mike Lurz (Class of 2009) recently joined The Local Community Food Centre in Stratford as the new Community Chef and Volunteer Coordinator. After more than a decade working in restaurants and running his own food business in Kitchener-Waterloo, Mike now leads the community meals program…
Stratford Admin
May 20, 2020