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Guess who’s my guest
Let’s pretend an inspiring person is coming over for lunch or dinner! What are you going to prepare for them? Guess who’s my guest project offered first-year students attending the Catering and Hospitality school the privilege to host a special guest...
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Have a bite and hit the road
Imagine you are savouring a chocolate while watching the film Chocolate or you are sitting at the Ramen Bistro in Tokyo after watching the film The Ramen Girl. Some second-year students attending the Catering and Hospitality school have organised a Gala stimulating their guests' 5 senses with a sensory dinner or an exciting tour through the same picturesque film locations...
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A class project on Healthy Eating
Food is our first medicine. These words can summarise the engaging and inspiring interviews fifth-year students had with Dieticians Alberto Gastaldi and Daniele Nucci. Maybe in the near future dieticians, farmers and chefs will work together to make food taste better.
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A class project on ugly food and food waste
Are there any criteria concerning fruits and vegetables look? Can Mother Nature tell us the difference between ugly and beautiful? No, She can’t. Everything that grows and blooms is a wonder to Her. There was a natural balance until one day human beings invented the aesthetic standards which are causing food waste all around the world. Too long, too big, too short, too colourful, too pale…. Too much Waste. Let’s imagine that, all of a sudden, human beings went blind!
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Catering and hospitality during the coronavirus outbreak
During this peculiar 2020, I have decided to give my students the opportunity to interview some experienced chefs who had to face first hand a tough time during the corona virus outbreak. The project is "An Interview with a Chef" and what emerged from these interviews is something remarkable! The future chefs have appreciated the answers they received from the restaurant's owners, and the words like "roll up your sleeves", "study hard", and "never give up", will remain an everlasting memory.