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Plenty will be on the burner
at the What’s Cooking Detroit Food & Cooking Expo, coming April 21st
to The Palace of Auburn Hills.
Dorsey Culinary Academy will
have a big role at the daylong event.
Instrutors will be doing demonstrations, and students will be picking up
valuable experience.
For one thing, students will
be lending a big helping had to Buddy Valastro, star of TLC’s “Cake Boss”.
John Piazza, culinary arts
program director at Dorsey Schools said, “it’s kind of a behind-the-scenes
opportunity for students.”
Valastro will do cupcakes a
veal dish, so Dorsey students will help that along – “preparing the swaps” –
having everything pre-measured to go, baking items in advance, and ultimately
giving the Cake Boss time to focus on his demonstration. Piazza agrees it’s like what you’d view on
any cooking show; you don’t see al the chopping and measuring, but simply see
how they make the dish.
Dorsey students will work
with instructors giving demonstrations, too, as a number of cooking stages are
planned for the show, includeing technique, healthy living/cooking, and “taste
of the neighborhood,” which has some of the best local chefs cooking up their
restaurant specialties.
Piazza said the popularity of
culinary arts is more sizzle than fizzle, adding that Dorsey, with culinary
campuses in Roseville and Waterford, has the only one-year program in Michigan
(via the American Culinary Federation Education Foundations). Programs attract a diverse student body from
those right out of high school to people seeking a second career. Its great hands-on work, Piazza adds,
especially with a 12-week externship course that provides practical work
experience. It’s a chance to be artistic
and creative, too.
Career options are broad:
Sous chef, food preparation, short-order cook, catering, baking and beyond,
with the advantages of a quick education and job placement help, too.
For information on What’s Cooking Detroit Food &
Cooking Expo tickets and access, call 248-377-0100 or visit online at www.whatscookingdetroit.com or www.palacenet.com.
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