TREVOR RITCHIE WINS THE WACS
HANS BUESCHKENS JUNIOR CHEFS CHALLENGE

SANTIAGO, CHILE: The Canadian Culinary Federation (CCFCC) is proud and delighted to announce that Junior Chef Trevor Ritchie, of Niagara, Ontario, under the guidance of his Executive Chef and mentor James Olberg of Queens Landing Hotel, finished in first place with a gold medal and the Memorial Trophy at the WACS Hans Bueschkens Junior Culinary Challenge, which took place at the WACS Congress in Santiago, Chile on Wednesday January 27, 2010.
Trevor, winner of the 2009 CCFCC National Junior Culinary Challenge at the CCFCC National Conference in Kelowna last May, represented Canada and competed against Junior Chefs from other WACS member countries. This competition was first held in Japan in 1992 and is named after the late renowned Canadian chef Hans Bueschkens, who served two consecutive terms as WACS President from 1980 to 1988, and who played a key role in the creation of programs that would interest junior chefs.

Each Junior Chef had three and a half hours to prepare and present a well-balanced three-course menu for 8 in this “mystery basket” style competition for a panel of international judges including Christophe Luzeux, Executive Chef of the Trade Centre Limited in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
I was extremely proud and pleased to be a part of this event and of Trevor’s tremendous accomplishment”, said Luzeux. CCFCC National President Judson Simpson also congratulated Trevor for winning this high level competition and for being such an outstanding role model to other Canadian junior chefs.

A competition will take place at St. Clair College on Sunday May 30, 2010, as part of the 47^th CCFCC convention to select the CCFCC Pastry Chef of the Year.  This competition will once again help us determine if there is sufficient interest and ability to form a Pastry Team for future international competitions representing the CCFCC.

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2010 National Chef Challenge outline.  Please note the outline has changed so as to make our competition more in line with WACS Global Chef Challenge

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Canadian Culinary Federation
Youth Team Canada Selection
Purpose
To select a Canadian Culinary Institution that will form a Team of Junior chef competitors to compete in the National Youth Team competitions at the IKA World Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany in October of 2012.
Key Dates
Entry deadline – April 2, 2010
Selection Competition date – Tuesday June 1, 2010
Location - St. Clair College
2000 Talbot Street West
Windsor, ON N9A 6S4
Format
A maximum of five teams will be selected to compete in this National competition. If more than five applications are received, final selection of the five . . .

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