Chefs in the City 2009

Chefs in the City 2009

Today was George Brown College’s Chefs in the City™ 2009, an annual cooking competition for senior high school students. The students have approximately 6 weeks in which to prepare for the competition by doing research and deciding on what they’ll serve, at which point they’ll cook and bake on the day itself and present their entries to some of the top chefs at GBC.

This year, the hopeful students had the opportunity to hone their skills at the newly-renovated Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts. The new kitchens and labs (with an open concept view at street level) were a perfect training ground for these potential chefs and the lobby was well suited for hosting the awards ceremony after the heat of the kitchen.

I took a few minutes out of my day to pop across to the Centre, located on Adelaide Street East, to catch a glimpse of the awards ceremony.

It was refreshing to see the excitement in the faces of the young competitors – they seemed to be having a fantastic time of it all. Here are a few photos I uploaded to Picasa (opens in a separate window) of the buzz at the awards ceremony.