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The Lakes College Culinary Club Proves A Hit
With Students
The Lakes College Culinary Club (TLCCC) was created This is what the Club is about. That real life experience of hospitality.
to provide an extracurricular activity that not only gave A vocational experience. Guided only, by an industry chef they
students, with a passion for cooking, somewhere to are expected to accomplish each term’s task on their own as a
hone their skills, but some genuine real life experience functioning workforce. And they’re smashing it. It’s eye opening. As
of the hospitality industry. This is the second year of TLCCC, and Food other students see what TLCCC are accomplishing, they add their
Van Day was our first project for 2020. After the success in 2019 and names to the waiting list for the Club. Each student is also evolving
in particular our Degustation Dinner, where they served 45 Guests, and growing, developing on the job skills and professional attitudes
a Five course meal, we wanted an activity where the entire College that can’t be earned through any other means than honest hard
had the chance to enjoy the fruits of TLCCC’s labour. work.

“Personally, as an industry chef, as they accomplish and excel at
every task I throw at them, I can’t help but feel an intense amount of
pride at their development.” Wunya Café Chef - Joel.

With the current and constantly evolving climate, they were thrown
some curve balls, the students had to maintain a commercial and
professional level of hygiene, but their efforts were obviously
well received. They had over 320 orders to fulfil, just over a third
of the entire college. The current 25 members of TLCCC had
approximately 5 hours to prepare, cook and package these orders
ready for everyone in the College to enjoy. A task they completed
with excitement and pride.

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