SIT20421 Certificate II In Cookery Schools Program

SIT20421 Course Description

Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETis)

This program is suitable for secondary school students in Years 10, 11 and 12. Running for 30 weeks (one day per week) during term time, the program will provide theory and practical kitchen and culinary skills and knowledge.

This program may lead to a possible apprenticeship in Commercial Cookery either as a school-based apprentice or after completion of secondary school. The program is funded by the Queensland Government and no fees are required by the student.

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QLD Government VET in Schools (VETiS)

VET courses can be undertaken in Years 10, 11 and 12, and can count towards the Queensland Certificate of Education.

 Must be 15 years and over
 A Queensland resident

Application Process

Start the application process by completing the enquiry form.
Write a short paragraph about yourself and why you wish to do this course
Interview at ICE

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Alison Taafe

Director & Training Manager

Alison has been a professional chef for nearly 40 years. She trained in London at the highly prestigious Westminster Hotel School where she received the Westminster School Diploma in Professional Cookery. She then spread her wings and travelled around the globe working in some of the world’s finest kitchens, cooking for movie stars, pop stars, sporting greats and more importantly royalty, namely Queen Elizabeth II and two US presidents both Reagan and Bush Snr. along the way. Alison eventually reached Australia in 1988 where she was appointed as chef for the VIP Lounge of the Australian Pavilion at World Expo 88. She has lived in Australia for 32 years.
She began her professional teaching career in 1996 and gained a Bachelor of Adult and Vocational Teaching from Griffith University in 2000. She also held the role of a tenured Leading Vocational Culinary Teacher at Southbank Institute of Technology (COTAH) for 14 years. During this tenure, she received several awards. In 2004, Alison was the first chef to win a prestigious ‘Churchill Fellowship’ which was a great honour. Alison claimed a further award namely ‘Outstanding Educator’ in 2006 for the degree program she wrote for chefs in Australia.
In 2014, Alison launched ‘The Institute of Culinary Excellence’ (ICE) which is a registered RTO. ICE started with only 8 apprentice chef students. Over the last 6 years, ICE has trained over 2000 apprentice and trainee chefs, from most of the top 10 restaurants in Brisbane. After only 4 years of operation, ICE was awarded ‘Best School in Queensland’ in 2018, runner-up in the national awards, and named ‘Best Culinary School’ in Australia.

Media-wise, Alison was the resident chef on Channel 9 for several years and has made many appearances on TV. Alison has written 5 books: ‘Fun, Fast and Fabulous Food’ (2008) ‘Leftovers Magic’ (2010), ‘Eat For Your Life’ (2013), the proceeds from the sale of this book go directly to her cancer charity ‘Eat For A Cure’ aimed at helping people use food to overturn terminal illness.

She released her 4th book ‘Food for Thought’ (2016) in conjunction with ASCA (Australian Schools Canteen Association) where she hoped to ‘health up’ tuck shops in Australian schools. Finally, she completed her 5th book ‘The Recipe Resource’ (2019), an eBook for QMOW (Queensland Meals on Wheels) assisting in providing healthy and nutritious food for the elderly. Just recently Alison completed an Oxford University Program in Strategic Leadership and was awarded honours for her efforts.
Alison is the CEO and Training Manager for ICE and her students become part of her extended family. All the students at ICE are respected, motivated, inspired, and lead by her and her incredible team of teachers and trainers. Alison leads ICE by example and her work ethic, leadership and professionalism as a teacher and professional chef are second to none.

Her dream for ICE was to ‘transform lives through food’ and she has certainly done that…

SIT20421 Certificate II In Cookery Schools Program

SIT20421 Course Description

Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETis)

QLD Government VET in Schools (VETiS)

Eligibility

Application Process

Enquiry Form

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