Will you be sitting at our next Chef's Table?

Our Chef's Table quiz closed at midnight on April 23. Here are the answers to the questions that we posted.  We will announce the name of the winning entry on the afternoon of April 24, 2014. Check your email to find out if you will be dining at our next Chef's Table on May 8. 

WEBSITE QUIZ ANSWERS

1. According to Executive Director Murline Mallette, what does a culinary school give you?

(a grounding, the basics)

2. How many hours does a person have to work in the industry before they can acquire their chef’s papers (Red Seal)?

(6,000 hours)

3. Who is our newest chef-instructor for Cook Basic classes?

(Chef Steve Djerfi)

4. What is the name of our Liaison Hamilton graduate that worked in a tree-planting camp in British Columbia?

(Chef John Paul (JP) Mooney)

The toughest job of all.....

Cook Basic students sit down with Chef Bill to sample a
10-course meal, and learn how to talk about food. 

It's not easy being a culinary student: weeks of studying theory, humbling test marks and the ego-busting reality of cuts, burns and burnt offerings when you finally get into the kitchen. The toughest job  of all, though, is actually learning to talk about food.

Cook Basic students are encouraged to taste everything that our Chefs turn out while demonstrating the fundamental techniques, so they will know how their own dish should taste. It's not often, though, that they are asked to give feedback on other students' cooking.

Last Thursday the afternoon Basic class sat down to a ten-course lunch, thanks to the PM Advanced class. The meal gave the cooks the chance to work as a team, turn out creative new dishes on a deadline and practice their plating skills. The lessons for the diners? Try every dish (fence-sitting is frowned upon), listen to the chefs at the table, and learn how to express their opinions on seasoning, presentation and flavour with confidence.

Sweet endings 

To view photos on the Advanced students in the kitchen, and the meal they served to fellow students, visit our Facebook page.  www.facebook.com/LiaisonCollegeHamilton

Join us at our next Chef’s Table!

Answers the following questions correctly, and we will enter your name in a draw for a pair of tickets for a gourmet, eight-course meal at Liaison College Hamilton.

 

These dinners are a private affair, and are not open to the general public. Our chefs share the table (and their stories and insight) with eight to ten carefully chosen guests. You could be amongst them.

 Our Advanced students plan the menu to highlight the cooking and presentation skills they have learned, then prepare and serve the courses one by one, from amuse bouche through entrée to luscious dessert.

How to enter:

1. Contest deadline is August 19, 2013
2. You will find the answer to each of the quiz questions somewhere on our website www.liaisonhamilton.ca.
3. Email your correct answers to us at katrina@liaisonhamilton.ca, along with your name and a phone number where we can reach you during business hours.
4. We will draw the winning entry on August 20.

(Sorry, students and graduates of Liaison College are not eligible. You must be 19 years of age or older to enter.)

Get to know us at Liaison College Hamilton. Answer these questions correctly for a chance to win a pair of tickets to our next Chef’s Table.

1. What is the name of our program that helps students with resumes and career planning? 

2. How many hours is our longest program?

3. Our Cook Basic students study eight major topics. Name three of these.

4. What kind of catering do we do?

5. Name one hotel at which Chef Bill Sharpe has worked.