"Our experience with GBC externship students has been very successful, and we are pleased that we have been able to contribute to
their career success. Thank you for sending us such well-prepared, enthusiastic students; we look forward to continuing to work with you and
your students."
Winnie Chiu
Director, Sobey's Compliments Culinary Centre
"We are pleased to work with students from the Food & Beverage programs at George Brown College and are committed to providing
their talented students with practical learning experiences under the direct supervision of qualified and experienced restaurateurs."
Antoinette Steede,
Human Resources Manager,
Donalda Club (Toronto)
Our Students Say:
Rachel Folk
Special Events Planning - Destination Tourism - H111
Graduated 2008
 Rachel began her career with
Yellow House Events through her externship program and knew she had made the right career decision! The
opportunity to complete her placement with Yellow House Events solidified her love for the events industry. She was then hired on
by Yellow House Events after graduating from her program as an account executive. Rachel credits Yellow House Events for
being so great in supporting her as a new event planner in the Industry and also credits the faculty from the Special Events
Planning - Destination Tourism Program.
"I love the Events Industry" says Rachel, "and even though sometimes I am stuck
in a storage unit arguing with FedEx about a shipment I still love my job!"
She feels that receiving first hand knowledge from industry
experts prepared her to be workplace ready!
"I'm grateful for my Externship experience with you and for all of the sensory experience you gave me as it has really helped me
in my position as Kitchen Manager with Contract Testing Inc. Thanks so much again for the Externship experience. I don't
think I'd being doing as well without my Externship experience."
Karen Simpson
Culinary Management Graduate
"My externship experiences have been fantastic. I have participated in many events for sports, charities and fashion shows
and most recently I ran my very first event to help raise money towards Casey House, an AIDS hospice in downtown Toronto and
raised over $2000.00. "
Taylor Jardine
Special Events Planning Program
"I am a Culinary Management student in my second and final year. I have had outstanding externship, held a few industry jobs and
participated in volunteer events. My immediate goals after my 7-week externship at the Donalda Club are to complete my apprenticeship
and eventually achieve my red seal designation."
Sonia Turkewitsch
“By sitting in class and listening to the Instructor you can not grasp a full understanding of how every department within a hotel works, however, by participating in this externship, working and experiencing different things I have developed a better understanding of the industry. In my last week I did not want to leave the hotel. I had made friends and had begun to find my place within the team at the hotel.”
Sandra Niemiec
Hotel Management
“Overall, my externship experience with was extremely beneficial. I feel more confident in the kitchen and can say this has made me a better chef. My program and my externship have provided me with a large amount of knowledge and skill, I can’t wait to enter the kitchen and start cooking.”
Saxon Lam
Culinary Management
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