Toronto, ON – June 27, 2011 – As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Princess Catherine, visit Canada, their first banquet meal will come from a kitchen where Humber College students will be cooking.
Humber was invited to have students participate for the June 30 meal. The five students, who all just graduated, will be part of the culinary crew for the banquet welcoming the newly-married royal couple to Canada at Rideau Hall, under the direction of Chef Louis Charest, executive chef of the Governor-General’s residence.
The Humber graduates were selected by Humber Culinary Management program coordinator Rudi Fischbacher.
“This will be the biggest and most exciting event that I have ever cooked for,” said Brooke De Angelis, one of the graduates participating. “I am proud and thankful that I have the opportunity to represent Humber and to help make this event a success. I am nervous and excited; I cannot wait to start cooking.”
Interviews and photographs can be obtained after the students return from Ottawa. Should you wish to arrange an interview with a student or the program coordinator, please contact us.
About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions. Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber serves more than 22,000 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their educational path. Our 150 full-time programs include four-year bachelor’s degrees, two and three-year diplomas, one and two-year certificates, and apprenticeship training.~ As a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber offers students the opportunity to participate in applied research projects that find solutions for issues confronting small and medium-sized enterprises. Humber is one of 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges as identified by the League for Innovation, and the League’s only Canadian board member. Humber finished first in its class in the highly regarded Community College Survey of Student Engagement in 2009 in each of four categories, including Active and Collaborative Learning, Student Effort, Academic Challenge and Student-Faculty Interaction. More than 85 per cent of Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies.
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For more information:
Andrew Leopold/ Kevin Gonsalves
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Marketing and Communications
416.675.6622 ext. 4296/5778
Andrew cell: 416.518.8989
andrew.leopold@humber.ca / kevin.gonsalves@humber.ca
