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Stratford Chef School (Stratford Ontario, Canada)

post #1 of 8
9/18/12 at 8:36pm
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Anyone heard of this school and/or have any opinions of it? I welcome any discussion about it. 

 

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post #2 of 8
11/19/12 at 5:46pm
Very good school. I know most of the teachers and jamie kennedy is one of the schools executives. The curiculum is very good but its a condenced program. What I mean what you would do at college for 10 months this school does in 5. Also ones finished the course I do believe you can write your test right away the school signs off your book.
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post #3 of 8
11/19/12 at 8:24pm

Are you sure it's called a "Chef's school?

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post #4 of 8
11/20/12 at 6:00am
A Chef School. Yes.
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post #5 of 8
11/20/12 at 7:58am

Uh-oh...........

 

About once a year there's a huge debate on this site (and many ohters too) on what exactly a "Chef" is.  The only thing everyone can agree on is that everyone has a different idea.

 

"Culinary" school, yes, because you learn how to cook.

 

But "Chef's" school?  Do they teach food costing, budgeting, HR tactics, management, property and equipment maintainence, making and getting a business plan apporoved, compliance with labour board and worker's comp codes, compliance with City Hall codes, etc.????????

 

See, in Cnanada the only qualification there is for a cook is the "Red Seal".  It's not a "Chef"'s qualification, and ITA makes this very clear.  The knowledge needed for getting this qualification deals mostly with cooking.  

 

Check to see if this school's curriculum meshes with Ontario's "Red Seal" prograrm.

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post #6 of 8
11/21/12 at 7:14pm
The Red Seal makes you a journy man. After 15 years there is another test you can take I believe and its your master chef. Don't quote me but that is what I have heard.
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post #7 of 8
11/21/12 at 8:37pm

Don't need to quote.

 

Check out the ITA (Industry training authority) yourself.

 

Red Seal is a cook's qualification
 

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post #8 of 8
11/21/12 at 9:32pm
I couldn't agree more with you. Not everyone believes that, at first. (The red seal being a basic cooking certificate)

Back to talk about the chef school because I really don't want to run a thread into the ditch.

Stratford covers 95 percent of the things listed above with the exception of city codes.
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