The secret star of the Canadian Culinary championships isn91裸聊视频檛 a visiting chef or highly lauded food writer.
It91裸聊视频檚 Okanagan College.
James Chatto, head judge of the Gold Plates competition that was held in Kelowna last weekend, called the college the organizing comitttee91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渁ce in the hole91裸聊视频� and a significant factor in the decision to extend the contract for the competition in Kelowna another five years.
91裸聊视频淲e knew coming in here that the college was going to be a huge resource,91裸聊视频� said Chatto, as the judges and participants rolled into town.
91裸聊视频淲e rely on the students and the instructors for a great many things we do.91裸聊视频�
Assisting Canada91裸聊视频檚 Top 11 chefs in all they do is a significant burden to bear for students who are just embarking on their careers.
But it91裸聊视频檚 one they rise to over and over again.
OC culinary manager, chef Bernard Casavant, has been leading the students to the heart of the competition for the last two years, and he said it91裸聊视频檚 not just competing chefs who are benefiting from the relationship.
91裸聊视频淪ome of the students (heading into the competition) didn91裸聊视频檛 understand why they were being asked to do this, but (Friday) night, they worked until 10:30 p.m. or 11 p.m. and the next day they rushed early in saying, 91裸聊视频楾hat was unbelievable,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� he said.
91裸聊视频淭hey weren91裸聊视频檛 dragging themselves in, they were energized.91裸聊视频�
And why wouldn91裸聊视频檛 you be? he said.
These competing chefs represent the best in Canadian cuisine.
It91裸聊视频檚 not only students who come out of the experience changed. Kelowna, argued OC president Jim Hamilton, benefits greatly.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a great opportunity for the people who are visiting and who live here, to see how important an event this is91裸聊视频nd it91裸聊视频檚 wonderful for the community because it really puts Kelowna even more on the map than it already is as a centre of wine and tourism,91裸聊视频� he said.
It91裸聊视频檚 also creating an impetus to change the existing facilities.
91裸聊视频淎n event of this magnitude adds credibility to the argument some of us are making that this is the new stage and the new phase of what needs to be here in the valley,91裸聊视频� he said.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e run a few new programs and we continue to put a lot of emphasis on (culinary arts). The biggest challenge for us now is one of place.91裸聊视频�
Pointing to the facility being used by the competing chefs for the black box competition, Hamilton said that things are getting a bit crowded and that91裸聊视频檚 an issue he and others are taking seriously.
91裸聊视频淭his morning I was involved in a meeting where we looked at what does that next step look like? and how do we make it happen?91裸聊视频� he said.
They already know it will take money and a physical space, but what, how and when it comes together remains to be seen.
What91裸聊视频檚 clear is that Hamilton envisions something on a far grander scale than what currently exists.
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