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November 8,1991

VCC students big winners at
international culinary arts competition
quired for the medal awarded.

and Baking and Pastry Arts

throughout B.C.. Other entries came
from Alberta and the U.S.. The stun¬

Sudents
in the Culinary
Arts
programs
at Vancouver

ning exhibits featured the best work

The Student category was dominated

Community College - City Centre
( :ed away with 26 awards and 15

of some of the world's finest profes¬
sional chefs.

gold medals at a culinary arts compe¬

tition held recently in Richmond.
The students were competing in the
1991 British Columbia Chefs' As¬
sociation Salon Culinaire, held at
the Delta Pacific Conference Centre
in Richmond on October 27.

All samples were judged against strin¬
gent criteria used for world-class com¬
petitions. Points were awarded for
workmanship, originality, composi¬
tion, presentation and degree of diffi¬

culty, with specific point totals re-

The competition featured over 150
entries from some of the finest kitch¬
ens in Vancouver, Victoria, and

"They worked day and night, some

going 24 hours straight through on the
last night," says George Rudolph,

Department Head of the Baking and

New President
"It was a tremendous showing on
behalf of the students and the col¬
lege," says Ulrich Falter, Depart¬
ment Head of the Culinary Arts Pro¬
gram. "We expected they would do
well, but to do this well is truly out¬
standing."

by the Tourism and Hospitality Cen¬
tre at City Centre. Working with in¬
structors and on their own, contest¬
ants put in long hours and extra effort
to prepare for the competition.

tours campuses
VCC's new President, John Cruickshank,

has arrived at the college. He is spending his
first three weeks on the job in meetings with
college employees. Cruickshank is at City
Centre Nov. 4th to 8th, followed by a week at

Pastry Arts Program. "The instruc¬
tors were pleased to put in the extra
time just to see what the students
could do. We have very talented peo¬
ple, and it shows in the level of work
they are producing."

Langara (12th-15th) and KEC (18th-22th).
You can make arrangements to meet
Cruickshank by contacting the on-campus repre¬
sentative of your union or association. He will be
in his office at central administration as of Novem¬
ber 25.

Andrea Lee, a student in the A La
Carte portion of her program, was
both surprised and ecstatic over her
gold medal for Buffet Platters. "I
don't know what to say," said Lee. "I
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was hoping for a bronze maybe, but
gold? It's an honour just to partici¬

very difficult; an exhausting process.
The final touches were the most ex¬

pate."

hausting. I felt very tired and a little
bit jittery, but I feel better now."

According to the students, much of i
the credit for their success goes to the

"A serious competition like this really
helps the students in the long run,"
says Bakery Instructor Hans Leber.

quality of instruction and the moral
support provided by instructors in both
the Baking and Culinary Arts pro¬

"It builds their pride and motivation.

grams.

"Ican't believe it," said Jaime Datuin,

a recipient of a gold medal for his
spectacular lard carving entitled "Deep
Sea Maiden", awinnerinthe Culinary
Art Show Piece category. "It was

Quite often these students go on to
greater things."

Other student winners include:
Warren L* Battaglla

Silver

Bnffet Platters

Harold Baiik&wski
Seott Charles
Sarah Cheung

Bronze

Bmtm

Mividuai Plates
Calinary Art Show PJeces

Gold

Decorated Cakes*

Wedding Cakes
Lucille Oeggett

Sliver

DecomtedCake$t

LilsaCoimeliy

Gold
Gold

itKgvidual Plates

Wedding Cakes
RobenDeeley
Jo Ann Omen

Restauiant Platters

GM

PecoratedCaice^

Oold
Silver

Cuiinafy An Show Pieces

Wedding Cakes
Chau Hgo
Howard Hoa

Decorated Cakes^.

Wedding Cakes
Bstet Platters

Dave Keiry

Gold *
OoM
Silver
Silver

Su&feLee

Gold

PetitFours PraEine^
French Pastries

Rob Momson
arid Thomas McNamara

Gold

Reistaurant Platters

Erailm Moser

Gold

Restaurant Plsuters

Simon Ng
CiaudiaPalM

Bronze

Gold

Buffet Platters
indtvidnai Plates

Ca^ierine Savage

Silver

Desserts

Daniel Scmfio
Trevor Thomas

Btonm
Gold *

Hors d%uvres

DeanTooIsie

Participation Men» GastronotMqtie

MaiiaVirkitis
Jenmfef Yap

Gold

Mors d'onvres

Silver

Individual Plates

Debojm Karr

* with distinction

Ctilinary Art Show Pieces

Culinary Ati Show Pieces
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Cullnaiy Art Show Pieces