News from 2008

DECEMBER - 2008

• Steam Whistle Breweries announces its upcoming recipe contest
• December 3. We participated in the Skills Focus show (part of Skills Canada) at Bingeman Park
• Women in Food Management awarded a scholarship to Oakville Student, Lynn Wright – congratulations!
• A Mercer Tool Scholarship was awarded to Liz Foote from Oakville – congratulations!

NOVEMBER - 2008

• November 27.Liaison College director helps others share her love. Read the article in the Hamilton Spectator about Murline Mallette, Executive Director of the Hamilton campus.
• November 14. Liaison College Barrie wins a Bell Business award for the best new business.
• November 7, 2008 - (GUELPH, ON) Some of Canada’s top food professionals spent their summer at their stoves testing recipes and evaluating culinary books from more than 50 entrants and now Cuisine Canada and the University of Guelph are proud to announce the winners of the 11th annual Canadian Culinary Book Awards. Winners
• Our TWO student recipes were winners at the Eggstraordinary Egg Farmers of Ontario Contest. Congratulations to Susan Dimma for "Green Eggs and Naan" and to Sarah Hess for "Gratin of Fresh Berries". The Cook-Off took place on Nov. 19 at George Brown College, Toronto!

OCTOBER - 2008

• 16 chefs from across Canada will compete in the kitchen on The Pressure Cooker. The first episode of this new show airs on Sun TV, Nov 2: 10-11pm. One of the 16 contenders is our own Chef Mick from the Toronto Downtown campus.

  

• Our Eggstraordinary recipes are in for the Egg Farmers of Ontario contest. You can try out our entries yourself by clicking this link to view the recipes.
• Team Canada is a winner at the World Culinary Olympics 2008 in Erfurt, Germany. They won 3 Golds in the Cold Table and Silver in the Hot Kitchen Category. Read the latest news flashes. We will post more when Shawn Whalen of Lakeshore Campus, leader of the team, returns to Toronto.
• International Home Show: Culinary Stage at the International Centre in Mississauga. The Directors of Liaison College would like to take this opportunity to thank our Chef Demonstrators: Jeff Kenny (chef instructor) from Barrie who presented two dishes at two demonstration sessions; Angela Hauler Polla (Personal Chef grad from Kitchener) who showed us Hallowe'en Tricks and Treats; Lindsay VandeKamp (Award Winning grad from Hamilton) who presented autumn squash soup served three ways. A special thanks to Gary Gingras from Barrie who assisted in the coordination of the demos and the TV appearances: A Channel in Barrie and BT in Toronto. We would also like to thank the following for helping out at our booth: Jeff Hoekman - Kitchener Campus, Angela Polla - Kitchener Campus, Christine Demko - Oakville Campus, Liz Erskine - Toronto Downtown, and Rudy Florio.
• Our chefs are really on the move these days and the cameras are rolling!
  • Oct 6, Liaison Hamilton was on the CH Morning Live Show featuring Thanksgiving recipes!
  • Friday Oct. 10, tune in to Toronto's BT where Felix Sano will prepare holiday fare in promotion of the International Home Show.
  • Then on Oct 11, watch Chef Jeffrey from Barrie campus, on the A Channel!
• Join Culinary Team Ontario, headed by our chef-instructors from Lakeshore Campus, as they prepare a fund-raising dinner to assist the team in their journey to Olympic Gold at the World Culinary Olympics in October 2008. The Quest for Gold dinner is October 6 at the Westin Prince Hotel. More details are availale in their flyer.
• Liaison College Barrie Campus, has been selected as a finalist in the New Business Award category for the 2008 Bell Canada Business Awards in Barrie.

SEPTEMBER - 2008

• Egg-spress Yourself 2008 Student Recipe Contest begins. The Egg Farmers of Ontario are in search of egg recipes from students and Liaison College is pleased to participate.
• Our Toronto West franchise chef-instructors receive a write up in the September issue of Lodging News.
• The University of Guelph and Cuisine Canada announce the 2008 Canadian Culinary Book Awards, English and French finalists.
• Liaison College Volunteers at the International Home Show
  Chef Mick Elliott of Toronto Downtown campus is managing the celebrity cooking stage at the International Home Show, Sunday October 12, Thanksgiving weekend. Our students will be helping out as volunteers. Please join us on stage. Read more about our involvement and the students who will be volunteering. And check out webpage for the International Home Show.
• Liaison College Oakville is hosting a fundraiser for Cuisine Canada, October 1. Meet renowned Chef Emily Richards, Co-host of Canadian Living Cooks.

AUGUST - 2008

• New Chef Owners at Lakeshore Campus Entertain
  Let the new Chef owners of Toronto West campus tantalize your palette, September 11, 2008 at 6 p.m.
• Cuisine Canada Book Awards are Coming
  The call is out for volunteers for the Cuisine Canada/University of Guelph Book Awards. Liaison College will be there to help out.
• Oakville Campus feeds 500 Rotarians at Burlington's Lakeside a la Carte festival.
  Liaison College featured "Pulled BBQ Beef on Crustini with Horseradish Aioli, Crispy Onion and Cilantro Sprouts". We went through 500 pieces in the first 1 1/2 hours. We were told throughout the day that we were the favourites!

JULY - 2008

• Top chefs join Liaison College’s Toronto West campus
  Liaison College is pleased to announce that 3 of the top chefs in the country have become culinary directors of the college’s Toronto West Campus.
• Our Oakville and Kitchener campuses offered cooking classes for kids ages 11-18 years.

JUNE - 2008

• Liaison College Victory
  Ontario Technological Skills Competition
• Summer 2008, Culinary Program with Sizzle
  Liaison College appears in WOW, a supplement to the Globe and Mail.
• High tea fit for Kings!
  Liaison College co-hosted a culinary event at Historic Woodside National Park with guest speaker Dorothy Duncan. See the article from the Guelph Mercury.

MAY - 2008

• Liaison College Student Wins Bronze at Skills Canada
  Lindsay Vandekamp won Bronze at Skills Canada, competing against chefs from across Canada.
• Annual Cuisine Canada Culinary Book Awards
  We are proud to participate in the annual Cuisine Canada Culinary Book Awards. In an effort to fund the awards, the Oakville Campus is hosting a special evening of dining and learning with Award Winning Chef Author and Canadian Living Cooks personality, Emily Richards. You are invited to join fellow foodies for this delicious and worthy event.
• Another Liaison College Win
  Liaison College Durham Campus student, Kathleen Guthrie, wins the US Pear recipe contest!
• Liaison College Student Wins Gold at Skills Ontario
  Lindsay Vandekamp wins Gold at Skills Ontario. Read the Hamilton Spectator article.

APRIL - 2008

• Chef's Gala Dinner to Celebrate Earth Day
  The Waterloo Region Chef Assoc and others, celebrated Earth Day with local chefs who prepared a gala dinner.
• Chef Mick meets Gordon Ramsey, host of Hell's Kitchen
  Chef Mick has done it again, folks! He won a competition to meet the Host of 'Hell's Kitchen'.
• Liaison College Oakville Campus Hands Out Samples at Halton Skills competition
  The Halton District School Board annual competition was held at M.M. Robinson High School, Burlington. 2000 - 3000 students came from schools all around the area to obtain information about their future. Oakville campus representatives served a Black Olive Tapenade with Citrus Infused Cream Cheese and Roasted Red Pepper on Crustini. A draw was done as well, for a free Recreational Class and the lucky winner was Deshinie Alwis.
• Liaison College Hamilton - Grand Opening
  The Directors and staff put on a spectacular Grand Opening at their new digs at Jackson Square, Hamilton.
• An event for CUMIS
  CUMIS employees visited Liaison College's Oakville campus to celebrate in the kitchen!
• Students at Barrie Campus Recommend Chef Jeff for TV Fame
  Students nominated their own Chef Jeffrey Kenny to appear on TV reality, The Pressure Cooker. Go for it Chef!

MARCH - 2008

• Attention Chocolate Lovers
  Chef Ana Paula Elliott (Liaison College, Toronto) recently took her talents as a "chocolatier" on the road and shared her amazing knowledge and skills with a "Fun with Food" class in Kitchener. There were twenty eager learners on hand to watch and taste everything chocolate!
• Steel Chef Hamilton Challenge '08, Hamilton Convention Centre
  Lindsay Vandecamp of Hamilton Campus, competed with David Collins of Greensville Gourmet at Steel Chef.
• Liaison College Inter-Campus Competition
  Monday March 24th, we concluded our inter campus competition, at Liaison College Durham campus. We had 8 participants that included two students from Durham campus, two students from Barrie campus and one from each Hamilton, Kingston, Oakville and Downtown Toronto campuses. Students were cooking an already set menu by the judges. Winners from this competition will be competing in the Ontario Technological Skills Competition held in Waterloo on May 5-7, 2008.
• Liaison College on Discovery Channel
  March 8, the Discovery Channel visited at the Oakville Campus for "Food and Kids".
• Lakeshore Campus was selected by the Pear Bureau Northwest to host the CTV noon show. Visit the Pear Bureau website for more information about the competition where you will also see that Kathleen Guthrie of Liaison College was a regional semi-finalist with her Potato and Squash Soup with Red Anjou Pear Wonton
• The CRFA Show 2008 Toronto
  Liaison College held a booth at the CRFA Show this March in Toronto. CRFA brings together two major trade shows: HostEx and The Canadian Food and Beverage show. HostEx is Canada's largest hospitality trade show with nearly 10,000 food service professionals attending every year. The Canadian Food and Beverage show is dedicated to food suppliers for the hospitality industry. The trade show took place March 2-4, 2008 at the Direct Energy Center in Toronto.
• The Inter-Campus Cook Off
  The inter-campus cook-off begins. Resulting winners will represent Liaison College at the Ontario Skills competition.

FEBRUARY - 2008

• Liaison College Toronto West joined CTV News at noon on February 27th
• Liaison College Kitchener at Total Woman Show
  Liaison College Kitchener was centre stage at the Total Woman Show held recently in Kitchener at Bingeman Park!
• Liaison College Hamilton Campus new Location
  We are excited to announce that Hamilton Campus has moved to a fabulous new location.

JANUARY - 2008

• Kitchener Campus Graduation
  Another wonderful graduation at Liaison College Kitchener Campus on January 29, 2008.
• Liaison College voted Toronto's best in Culinary Arts
  Liaison College of Culinary Arts wins in the 14th Annual Readers' Choice award (Silver).
• Rudy Florio and Susanne Mikler join The Wine Ladies
  Liaison College directors Rudy Florio and Susanne Mikler joined The Wine Ladies on air at 1050CHUM radio.
• Oakville Campus Graduation
  Students graduate from Oakville campus January 3, 2008.

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