Dr. De Santi shows the class their new cooking attire.
Intern Andrew in action!
The class was able to take a trip to the campus garden to pick some fresh ingredients.
A few students chopping vegetables to make a delicious couscous.
The whole class was given reusable shopping bags by Dr. De Santi! Perfect for holding our Italian ingredients and being eco-friendly.
Melissa picking some fresh basil for homemade pesto sauce.
Clean hands and good hygiene are stressed in every class.
International Guest: a friend of Dr. De Santi, Guia Nardini from Florence, Italy, joined our class on September 7th, after having visited Toronto and Niagara Falls.
The students watching Dr. De Santi demonstrate a new cooking technique.
Everyone loved the samples that the Big Dipper owners brought us!
Mortadella di Bologna, courtesy of local Tuscany Deli.
The class uses special cut resistant gloves for better safety.
Dean Messina demonstrating how the pasta maker works.
Kneading dough for homemade pasta is much harder than you would think!
Carmen Olver and Terri Stoesseh of local ice cream shop Big Dipper stopped by the class to talk about their business. They were insightful and very kind. Plus, they brought us some of their delicious desserts to try!
The course showcase was presented to the campus on Tuesday, November 15th.
RJ worked hard to make the Spring Paradox look perfect.
This group made the beautiful Spring Paradox, a futuristic item.
Leah prepared some of the homemade meatballs for one of our dishes.
The group that made the futuristic Risotto Trinacria.
Dr. De Santi presenting at the course showcase.
Our class enjoying the Thanksgiving feast they prepared for one another!
There were so many good dishes for Thanksgiving!
Chelsea May was also on a FredChef team, against ours!
Our FredChef team!
Chelsea preparing a ciambellone.
All the students were hard at work preparing the final dinner!
Joe and Briana helping make a cake for the event.
The class made so much food!
Danielle rolling silverware for the dinner.
Dr. De Santi designed a beautiful set up for each table.
A small portion of the delicious spread.
A small portion of the delicious spread.
Dr. De Santi gave a speech to thank the students for their work this semester.
The students couldn’t wait to eat after all of their hard work!
Dr. De Santi’s daughters joined the dinner and everyone loved them!
RJ and Leah presented Dr. De Santi with flowers and a card from the class thanking her for putting together such a wonderful experience.
Our guests loved the dinner.
Katie got to make 10 pounds of pasta for the dinner!