New kitchen tool thrills culinary arts students
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Culinary arts students at Crocus Plains high school will be using a new oven while they learn how to cook a tender roast, courtesy the provincial government.
The school’s culinary arts program received more than $57,000 Thursday to purchase the top-of-the-line Rational gas combination oven.
“We want to be able to provide students across the province with state-of-the-art equipment,” Drew Caldwell, municipal government minister and NDP MLA for Brandon East, said during Thursday’s funding announcement.
“It’s going to make a huge difference in the quality of education for students in the Brandon School Division.”
Roughly 200 students between Grades 9 and 12 are registered in the culinary arts program at Crocus Plains this year, including students from Neelin and Vincent Massey high schools.
The program’s instructors are excited to use the oven, which can be programmed to cook several dishes at the same time, to teach new cooking techniques.
“It allows for more health-conscious cooking,” said Derek May, a Crocus Plains culinary arts instructor. “By removing the deep fryer, we can cook french fries, for example, in this oven without using trans fats.”
The new equipment also brings the school’s kitchen closer to industry standards, he said.
Grade 11 student Kerri Nerbas is happy to be working with more reliable equipment.
“I’m excited about it because our other oven always broke,” she said. “That oven was probably one of the older pieces of equipment in (the kitchen).”
Nerbas currently works in the kitchen at Browns Socialhouse and hopes to continue moving up in the restaurant industry when she graduates.
Crocus Plains’ culinary arts program is accredited by Apprenticeship Manitoba, meaning students graduate with work experience and credits toward post-secondary culinary schools.
“Brandon and (western Manitoba) is getting a national reputation as a centre for post-secondary excellence in the culinary arts,” said Caldwell, referring to the cooking programs offered at Assiniboine Community College.
“This investment today means that the Brandon School Division will be at that same level.”
Money for the new oven came out of a provincial capital fund dedicated to supporting trades programs in Manitoba public schools.
Previously, Crocus Plains received $90,000 from the government for shop equipment upgrades in its automotive technology, carpentry and welding programs.
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