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[Pear Excellence Culinary Student Competition]
It's your time to shine! Create a fresh pear recipe, show
us your flair with the pear.
Click for complete information.
[Prairie Lights Restaurant]
The Prairie Lights spring evening program begins again on
Thursday, March 4. Reservations for the first menu will be accepted starting at
1:00pm on Monday, February 8. Complete reservation information, menus and
calendars are available on our website
www.prairielights.ca.
[Volunteer Opportunity]
This is a great opportunity for experience serving a grand
event at Fort Whyte on Wed June 2. They are looking for approx 12 – 15
servers/bartenders for the event. Besides enjoying the beautiful setting of
their BBQ on their back deck, this is an opportunity for a reference letter for
handling a large outdoor function, which they will provide to all students that
successfully fulfill the needs of the event. Note this is during your co-op
work term, please speak to John Thornton or Amy Losics in co-op office for more
info on applying. Deadline to apply is Feb 26, 2010.
Click here for
all the details.
[Culinary Arts Turkey Cook
Off Video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB9u8froCjs
[Hospitality Career Fair]
Mark your calendar!
We are very excited to announce
that many of our Manitoba employers are coming to YOU!
On Wednesday, February 10, from 1:00pm to 3:30pm in the South Gym, we’ll have
over 20 of our Co-op employers right here exclusively for the
Hospitality Department at Red River College. They will be available for you to
meet (make a contact!) and gain more information about their companies. This is
“tradeshow” style, so you’ll walk around and introduce yourself to them at their
individual booths. We ask that all students attend - first and second year from
Hospitality/TM/HRM, Culinary, Baking, and Apprentices - and show our
appreciation for the effort these employers are making to bring information and
opportunities to you.
Who will be there?
-Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar &
Grill
-Assiniboia
Downs
-Bel Acres Golf & Country Club
-Boston Pizza
-Buffalo Point Resort
-CAA Manitoba
-Center Plate
-Cherry Hill Estate
-Delta
Winnipeg
-Dessert Sinsations Café
-Elmhurst Golf & Country Club
-Enterprise Holdings Inc.
-Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg
Inc.
-Fort Whyte Alive
-Radisson Hecla Oasis Resort
-Hilton Suites Winnipeg
-Manitoba Lotteries Corp
-Moxie’s Classic Grill
-Niakwa Country Club
-Partners in the Park/Leo Mol
Sculpture Garden
-Sandman Hotel & Suites
-Sodexo-Greenwood Inn & Suites
-Southwood Golf & Country
Club
-Rembrandt's Bistro
Attire:
Culinary/Professional Baking –
Whites or business attire
Apprentice Cooks – Whites or
business attire
Hospitality/HRM/TM – Business
attire
Attendance Time Slots:
Please refer to the
accompanying schedule or bulletin boards version.
[Hospitality Leadership Awards]
The Hospitality Department
faculty would like to congratulate Tiffany Carels, Kailey Markham, Maddy
Matheson, and Melissa Post as the recipients
of the 2010 Hospitality Leadership Awards. These students were recognized by faculty based
on leadership abilities shown in completing group projects and demonstrated
professional behaviour. The Committee also considered personal commitment to the
hospitality industry as evident in volunteerism, industry involvement and
mentorship abilities. They have all the makings of a successful career.
Congratulations!
[Make some extra cash during Reading Week]
Red
River’s Open House is the chance for the college to showcase the various
programs and courses to Manitoba High School Students. The Open House
committee is looking for Student Ambassadors to give tours to prospective
students. The job pays $11 an hour and you must be available for training
before the event and on the day of Open House (Wednesday, February 17, 2010).
If you are interested in this opportunity, please e-mail
blindberg@rrc.mb.ca or the committee directly:
jlpowell@rrc.mb.ca and mention you are a Culinary / Baking / or Hospitality
student.
[2010 Skills Manitoba]
13th ANNUAL SKILLS MANITOBA COMPETITION
CONTEST SCOPE
CONTEST NAME: Cooking
LEVEL: Post Secondary
NOTE: The kitchen can only accommodate 9 competitors, on a first come first
serve basis.
The first 9 students to contact me will be put on the competitor list, with
full intent and dedication.
Students must be in good standing, passed all courses with no academic
violations!
CONTEST LOCATION: Red River College - Notre Dame Campus
CONTEST is on April 08, 2010, START TIME AND DURATION: 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.,
3 hours
Arrive 6:00 a.m.
Set up station until 6:20
Present Menu and schedule
Final Instructions
6:30 Start competition
9:30 Serve Appetizer
9:45 Serve Main Course
10:00 Serve Dessert
Clean kitchen
Note: Marks will be deducted if courses are served late.
There is a 5-minutes window to present your product.
One point will be removed for each minute late up to five points.
After 10 minutes, the contest will be closed and the plates will not be
judged.
Both plates of each course must be presented together at the same time.
Food criteria will be announced when national committee releases the
information, by end of January.
PURPOSE OF CHALLENGE:
To evaluate each contestant’s preparation for employment and to recognize
outstanding students for excellence and professionalism in culinary arts.
Information can be found on the 2010 Skills Canada Website:
http://www.skillscanada.com/
The winner will travel to Waterloo, Ontario for the National Skills
competition in May 2010.
Cash prize for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
Chef Cameron Tait will accompany the recipient as a Coach.
Any questions, please contact Chef Tait in person or by email.
ctait@rrc.mb.ca
Students can e-mail Chef Cameron Tait with full name, e-mail and class term.
[Laptop Return]
Students graduating from the Hospitality program could return their laptop to Hospitality Help Desk(AB13B) or the Computer Lab in the Library(GM32). Students are required to return their computer immediately upon completion date of their program. Anyone needing more time shall have 4 business days to retrieve all their personal data off the computer, a late return fee in the amount of $10 per day shall begin to apply on the 5th business day. Graduating students interested in purchasing their own laptop need to advise the person handling the return otherwise you will NOT be able to purchase a computer as supply is limited. Buyout information is available below.
[Winter 2010 Schedule]
CULAF Semester 1 Mar 15 - April 30, 2010 S1.pdf
CULAF Semester 1 Mar 15 - April 30, 2010 S2.pdf
CULAF Semester 2 April 6 - 30, 2010 S1.pdf
CULAF Semester 2 April 6 - 30, 2010 S2.pdf
CULAF Semester 2 Feb 22 - April 2, 2010 S1.pdf
CULAF Semester 2 Feb 22 - April 2, 2010 S2.pdf
CULAF Semester 4 Mar 8 - April 30, 2010 S1.pdf
CULAF Semester 4 Mar 8 - April 30, 2010 S2.pdf
CULAF Semester 5 Mar 1 - April 30, 2010 S1& 2.pdf
HOSTF Grp B Semester 2 Mar 8 - April 30, 2010 S4.pdf
HOSTF Grp B Semester 2 Mar 8 - April 30, 2010 S5.pdf
HOTRF Semester 5 April 12 - April 30, 2010 S3.pdf
HOTRF Semester 5 Mar 1 - April 9, 2010 S3.pdf
HOTRF Semester 5 Mar 1 - Mar 19 & April 12 - 30, 2010 S2.pdf
HOTRF Semester 5 Mar 1 - Mar 19, 2010 S1.pdf
HOTRF Semester 5 Mar 22 - April 30, 2010 S1.pdf
HOTRF Semester 5 Mar 22 - April 9, 2010 S2.pdf
[Where is wireless service currently available?]
Wireless is available in the followinglocations :
• Library and Library Hallway
• Buffalo Cafeteria
• Voyageur Cafeteria
• Hard Drive Café and study area
• A Building 4th floor study area
• Otto’s / Tim Horton’s in J Building
• Student Quiet Study Area, Gaming Lounge and The Cave
• Orange, Black, Yellow and White Lecture Theatre’s
• North Gym
• M Building shop area
• Mall level building’s D, E, F
• C 7th floor boardroom and offices
Due to the nature of wireless technology you may find that areas adjacent to the ones listed above are also covered, but, the signal will degrade the further away you move from these areas.
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