24 July 2008
Top 10+1 culinary schools
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It’s different strokes for different folks. Innate interest, adequate preparation, commitment, perseverance and resolve play a big role in ensuring the probability of success. However, it cannot be denied that different people learn in various ways. While some prefer serious, highly academic and lengthy training sessions, others are happier when following a quick approach. The end-goal is the same: to learn valuable competencies. And, as in most fields of study, this holds true in the field of culinary arts.
Culinary programs nowadays vary to suit preferences and schedules, thus attracting an even wider audience than before. Aside from people who are eager to tap the employment opportunities offered by a booming hospitality business, there are those who are driven to learn new cooking skills, mainly to liven up the fare of their families and friends. Whatever their motivation, culinary enthusiasts in the Philippines will be glad to know that a slew of reputable culinary institutions has opened their doors to students who are eager to learn new skills.
Cooking With Sylvia Reynoso-Gala
Believe it or not, there was once a time when a career in the culinary field was not considered as acceptable and glamorous as it is today. During that bygone time when parents scoffed at the idea that their children pursue an interest in culinary arts (forcing them to take up medicine or law, or something like that), Sylvia Reynoso-Gala was an icon to be emulated and held in awe.
Gold Medalist at the Academia de Gastronomos in Madrid Spain, she held reign in her family’s Ipil Road, Forbes Park kitchen and supervised her students as they whipped up delicious concoctions.
Sylvia Reynoso-Gala’s great advantage is that she comes from a family that believes in the importance of food. Her father, architect and builder Jose Reynoso, was an epicure, and so was her mother Africa, of the aristocratic Valdes clan. Not surprisingly, the love for good food has been passed on to the next generation. The Gala offspring — Morella and Ernest — are themselves highly qualified chefs who have opted to enrich the cooking skills of this generation of food aficionados.
Morella was valedictorian of her class at IHMES International Hotel School in the United Kingdom, while Ernest graduated from various cooking institutions in Italy, France and Thailand. He also writes a column for The Philippine STAR.
“Whether you’ve been cooking for 30 years or 30 minutes, our state-of-the-art kosher culinary studio offers cooking classes and demonstrations with your tastes in mind. You’ll meet celebrity chefs, learn new recipes, discover exotic ingredients, and create and enjoy delicious dishes,” states Sylvia Reynoso’s website, tempting me to enroll. It is an affirmation of my belief that food is always a pleasurable and constant adventure.
Sylvia Reynoso Gala Culinary Arts Studio is at 181 Shaw Blvd., Pasig City with tel. nos. 671-4472, 671-4489. Visit her website at Please Login or Register to see the link..
By Joy Angelica Subido
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Philippine Star
One Comment so far...
gregg hora Says:
4 November 2008 at 8:28 am.
may i just know if you have schedules of instructional cooking in Baguio City. Im interested in sending my staff to learn more of the western cooking. We are here in Nueva Vizcaya so Baguio would be the best venue in terms of mobility and cost. Should you have one, kindly provide me with the titles of the courses and the corresponding fee/cost. Thank you and more power.
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