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George Brown Chef School
Culinary Studio

George Brown Chef School is proud to present The Culinary Studio - a private function room with an in-house professional chef and the famous Chefs Table approach to dining. The Culinary Studio also offers Nutrition Label Creation, Ingredient Declarations Labeling, Consumer Recipe Creation and Testing, Food Product Concept and Development and Sensory Evaluation with our Food Scientist.

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Our Services:

Private Function Room

  • Private function room at The Culinary Studio Chef's Table for up to 17 people
  • World-class culinary experience with customized menus
  • Wine and food pairing in a fine private dining facility
  • Interactive cooking demonstration - Chef Ian Dowsett creates 'culinary theatre' while preparing your menu and showing you some of the tricks of the trade
  • Plasma screens for multi-media presentations
  • Service excellence - our students will help make your experience memorable
  • Try The Culinary Studio experience for corporate meetings, media events, product launches, team building and those special recognition occasions


The Marriage of Culinary Arts and Food Science

In-house professional chef working with experienced food scientist to deliver expert services:

  • Nutritional Analysis
    • Using Genesis R&D SQL software
    • Extensive nutritional database with 26,000 food ingredients
    • Automatic nutrient analysis
    • In Canadian format (bilingual format)
    • In US format
    • Full labelling capabilities - Standard, Tabular, Aggregate
    • Trans fat data & label display

  • Creation of accurate Ingredient Declarations & Labeling (Canadian & US format)
    • CFIA compliance
    • FDA compliance

  • Recipe Creation and Testing
    • Expert culinary consultation with client collaboration
    • Professional chef to create value added consumer recipes
    • Professional chef to test customized recipes
    • Recipes to enhance your product versatility
    • Cooking demonstrations

  • Food Product Concept and Development
    • Trend based culinary concept ideation
    • Commercial adaptation & scale up know-how
    • Innovative product development
    • Competitive analysis
    • Ingredient selection and recommendation

  • Sensory Evaluation
    • Venue for consumer focus groups
    • Qualitative Expert Chef Panel
    • Quantitative central location test
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About Us

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Winnie Chiu

Winnie Chiu is a food scientist and brings with over 18 years of research and development experience in both consumer packaged foods and the flavour ingredient business. She is the Director for the Compliments Culinary Centre at George Brown College, a partnership with Sobeys Inc.

Winnie received a B. Sc. (Hon) from the University Of Westminster, U. K. and subsequently gained her M. Sc. in Food and Management Science from King's College, the University Of London, U. K.

Winnie can be reached at

Chef Ian Dowsett

Ian Dowsett is an alumnus of George Brown Chef School. Prior to joining the Compliments Culinary Centre, Ian was Corporate Product Development Chef for a growing food brokerage firm. His extensive work experiences include:

  • Personal Chef to the Basilian Fathers of Metropolitan Toronto and
  • Executive Sous Chef at The Albany Club in Toronto.

Chef Ian works closely with Sobeys Inc. in product and recipe development for the Compliments brand and is a regular contributor to the Sobeys website, www.countertopbuzz.ca

Ian can be reached at

 

 

 


 

 

Testimonials

"A hidden gem of Toronto can be found at our very own George Brown Chef School - it's called the "Culinary Studio" where Culinary and Hospitality students work closely with professional chefs in an exquisitely designed Chefs Table and open kitchen. This private dining experience is a showcase and a terrific addition to Toronto's fine reputation for unique dining – a dinner at the "Culinary Studio" will only enhance your experience of Toronto!"

Mayor David Miller

 

 

 


"Our teambuilding experience at George Brown was top notch. The detailed planning and site visit offered by Winnie allowed us to customize the program for our newly amalgamated group.  It was a fun and effective way of working with our colleagues, both new and old, in a non-work environment. The Chef and his team of student volunteers expertly guided us as we worked together to achieve gastronomic success!"

Ken Lindsay
Corporate Correspondence Manager
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure


"Our team came for a day of learning, fun and flavour and we had all in abundance with the nicest possible people and experience in the Culinary Studio... bravo!"

Lorna Marsden,
President,
York University


"The Culinary Studio was a wonderful venue for our team to learn, cook and EAT! Kudos to The Culinary Team for a terrific time. Cheers!"

Howie Wong,
General Counsel-Corporate,
Toronto Community Housing


"During the planning stage of our Vintage Champagne Tasting event, the Culinary Studio team offered levels of expertise that resonate a World Class Experience.

The food and service were marvellous for the quality & presentation. Thank you for such a memorable time. We will definitely consider your services in the future."

Doris Miculan Bradley,
360 Restaurant at the CN Tower,
General Manager / Maitre'd / Sommelier


"We recently had the great pleasure of discovering a hidden gem in Toronto and in our industry. The Culinary Team showcased on a wonderful culinary experience that allowed us to provide our guests with a creative menu, exciting wine pairings and a venue that encouraged great conversation and interaction with the culinary team. John Walker, Chef John Higgins and the leadership team at George Brown are to be commended for creating and operating this showcase for excellence in culinary education in Toronto."

Scott Allison
Vice President Sales and Marketing
Marriott Canada


"The food was amazing, and there was a very good balance of time spent being 'entertained' by the chef - who demonstrated how to cook the food - and time talking business. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this venue for similar events for the City."

Hamish Goodwin
Urban Designer, City of Toronto

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Contact

For more information contact:

The Culinary Studio,
George Brown Chef School
300 Adelaide Street E
Toronto, M5A 1N1
Tel: 416.415.5000 x 6400
Email:


Revised: April 13, 2009




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