BC Skills Competition: April 22, 2009

On Wednesday, April 22, 2009, Skills Canada held its provincial qualifier competition at Abbotsford’s Tradex.

More than 5,000 students, instructors and spectators attended the event. go2 participated as an exhibitor at the Pathways to Careers Showcase and our Program Manager, Dennis Green, was one of the judges for the competition.

Above: go2’s Dennis Green, John Carlo Felicella of Vancouver Community College, and Ben Weber of Hatzic Senior Secondary School judging the Culinary Arts category.

Competition highlights and winners of each category are as follow:

In the Baking (Secondary) category, students were tested in five key areas, including puff pastry tart, small production of bread making as well as choux paste.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kathy Chan Heritage Woods Secondary	Hailey Mannynvali Nanaimo District Secondary	Christine Tran Tamanawis Secondary

In the Baking (Post Secondary) category, students were tested in three areas, including an 8-inch butter cream occasion cake with inscription that read “Skills Canada".

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cassandra Crocco Vancouver Community College	Sara Hanlon Vancouver Community College	Tracy Wong Vancouver Community College

In the Culinary Arts (Secondary) category, students were asked to prepare a three-course meal, including lacto-ovo vegetarian appetizers, a rack of lamb as a main course and desserts using semi-sweet chocolate.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Daniel Burdekin Hatzic Secondary School	Dustin Bender Matthew McNair Secondary	John Tong Templeton Secondary

In the Culinary Arts (Post Secondary) category, students were asked to cook 12 pieces each of 4 different hors d’oeuvre using scallops, duck breast and goat cheese, as well as 2 dessert trios.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sophiey Fenlon Vancouver Community College	Michelle Botelho Vancouver Island University	Catherine Blackmore Vancouver Island University

The gold medalist of each level and category will represent BC in the upcoming Skills Canada Competition.

For more information, visit the Skills Canada and BC Skills Competition website.