Canadian trailblazer: Phoebe Fung, Vin Room

By Sean Moon She calls herself an “accidental restaurateur,” but Phoebe Fung’s business acumen comes from anything but chance. Born in Fort McMurray, Alberta (Fung has lived in Calgary for the better part of 25 years), the graduate of the University of Alberta and Queen’s University spent over a decade successfully carving out a career […]

LUDA Foods gives back to the community

Press Release LUDA Foods is proud to contribute and give back to the community through a variety of actions. Over the year 2017, the company supported Le Chainon and Moisson Montreal through donations of over $10,000. Also, the company believes in the importance of education. For this reason, LUDA Foods gave grants to graduating Food […]

Centennial College adopts It’s Your Shift sexual violence and intervention training

Press release Centennial College’s School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts is integrating the industry’s “It’s Your Shift” Sexual Violence and Intervention Training program into its own curriculum to ensure its hospitality students are equipped to identify and intervene in instances of sexual violence and harassment in the workplace. It’s a timely issue. The hospitality […]

Pasqualino’s restaurant granted franchise for Milton’s Liaison College

Press release Pasqualino’s restaurant in Milton, Ontario has been approved for a franchise location of Liaison College, a private career college focused exclusively on career training in the culinary arts. “We believe that there are great career opportunities for chefs, sous chefs, sommeliers and restaurant managers in Canada, for those who have had professional training,” […]

JOEY Restaurant Group donates $160,000 to George Brown College

Grows partnership between JOEY Restaurant Group and George Brown, enabling more hands-on opportunities for culinary students Press release JOEY Restaurant Group is proud to announce a $160,000 donation to George Brown College’s Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts (CHCA). The donation will go towards program and facility enhancements, supporting the CHCA expansion at 300 Adelaide […]

Centennial College receives Feast On certification from the Culinary Tourism Alliance

Press release Centennial College’s School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts has become the first academic institution to receive Feast On certification for its sourcing of local food and beverage products used in the academic programs, as well as purchased for the school’s experiential-learning foodservice operations. Feast On is a certification program established by the Culinary […]

VIU Cowichan’s farm-to-table teaching restaurant now open year-round

The Farm Table dining room at Providence Farm is a jewel in Cowichan Valley’s culinary crown Press release Marie Seitcher is taking her passion for cooking to the next level with the help of a unique fine dining teaching kitchen run through Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Culinary Arts program. The 34-year-old from Songhese First Nation […]

Culinary Arts program prepares students for exciting careers around the world

Press release VIU Culinary Arts students find rewarding careers at Fairmont Chateau Whistler Vancouver Island University (VIU) Culinary Arts program graduate Perry Assu is living his dream. For fun, he snowboards down some of the finest slopes in the world at the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort and for work, he cooks up fine culinary creations […]