Programs - Hospitality
Food Technology, with Ms. Jeffree, will take you on a global journey from the classroom to explore the flavours and foods from around the world and our Community Garden. (created and cared for by and with the help from VCAL students and Mr. A. Champion, and the keen amateur gardeners in our maintenance team).
Students will focus on how modern Australian food culture has been shaped and influenced first by the English colonial settlers and then further by global immigration. Students will also learn about traditional indigenous Australian food flavours and food history. Students will look at a range of food cultures from around the globe and look at traditional cooking techniques and flavours.
Teen Chef
Teen Chef is an annual inter school cookery competition where students are given the opportunity to showcase their culinary skills in an exciting competition. Students will compete against other students enrolled in SIS schools. The competition is judged by representatives of the Australian Culinary Federation, with years of knowledge and experience. The competition is open to all students at the college from year 9-11.
St. John’s has a strong history in this competition as a host (and the hard work from our assistants Ms. S. Mulholland and Ms. S. Maira), and St. John’s teams were the gold medal winner in the inaugural 2015 competition and again in the 2019 competition.
VET- Kitchen Operations Unit 3-4,
with Ms. K. Thomas
Well it has been an interesting and challenging year for all of us in so many ways, and VET hospitality students are no different. The practical aspects are why many students decide to study a VET course. Before lockdown #2 we did get to enjoy several practical sessions that students thoroughly enjoy. While learning about farinaceous dishes, students got to learn and relish in the art of pasta making. Hopefully, as soon as we can return to the College, we will be able to again offer our ‘Fab Food Fridays’. The launch of this was very successful, we hope to continue it very soon.
Aiden Cachart on pasta making class:
The class on pasta making was so much fun. We did not only learn how to make pasta but about different types of pastas and dishes. I enjoyed using the pasta machine and making the spinach and ricotta ravioli.
