Teaching tomorrow's chefs
Meet the culinary school lecturers training the next generation.
Why go to culinary school when you could learn on the job?
Three trained chefs-turned teachers make the case for learning the basics and getting a qualification that could open doors in a competitive world.
In this programme Ruth Alexander hears what it takes to be a great culinary teacher. She speaks to Gary Maclean, Executive Chef at City of Glasgow College in the UK, he’s Scotland’s national chef and won the 91Èȱ¬â€™s Masterchef the Professionals in 2016; Suzanne Storms, Assistant Professor at the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong where she manages the culinary arts and management degree; and Alexandra Didier, Chef Instructor at Le Cordon Bleu Paris.
If you’d like to contact the programme you can email us – thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk
Presented by Ruth Alexander.
Produced by Beatrice Pickup.
(Image: a chef instructs a student in a kitchen classroom. Credit: Getty Images/91Èȱ¬)
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