{"id":2739,"date":"2017-08-08T10:22:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T09:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.ift.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2017-08-08T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T09:23:48","slug":"masterchefs-graham-elliot-inspires-ift-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/masterchefs-graham-elliot-inspires-ift-students\/","title":{"rendered":"MasterChef\u2019s Graham Elliot inspires IFT students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2739 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-herald-lay-c1'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180029eS8E.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180029eS8E-470x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180029eS8E-470x313.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180029eS8E-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180029eS8E-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180029eS8E-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180029eS8E-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180029eS8E-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180029eS8E-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180029eS8E.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2737'>\n\t\t\t\tAmerican celebrity chef Graham Elliot in action\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180206o82z.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180206o82z-470x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180206o82z-470x313.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180206o82z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180206o82z-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180206o82z-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180206o82z-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180206o82z-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180206o82z-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180206o82z.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2736'>\n\t\t\t\tChef Graham Elliot (left) and Ms. Betty Fung (right), owner of Caf\u00e9 Bonbon\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180339JnXd.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180339JnXd-470x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180339JnXd-470x313.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180339JnXd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180339JnXd-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180339JnXd-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180339JnXd-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180339JnXd-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180339JnXd-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_20170704180339JnXd.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2738'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup photo\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<span class='pum-trigger  popmake-2742  text-center font-blue' data-do-default=''>\u4e2d\u6587\u6458\u8981 \/ Summary in Chinese<\/span>\n<p>IFT organised on 4 July a culinary skills workshop featuring American celebrity chef Graham Elliot. The event \u2013 hosted in partnership with integrated resort operator MGM China Holdings Ltd \u2013 allowed participants to learn directly from one of the world\u2019s most famous chefs.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Betty Fung, owner of Caf\u00e9 Bonbon, also joined the workshop as a guest speaker. Ms. Fung \u2013 an alumna of the IFT Tourism and Hotel School \u2013 shared some of her experiences as a food and beverage entrepreneur in Macao.<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 people joined the workshop. Participants included local food and beverage professionals, and students of the IFT Culinary Arts Management Bachelor Degree Programme.<\/p>\n<p>It is the third time Chef Elliot has visited the Institute. He praises the energy and excitement of the students. \u201cI love it!\u201d says the celebrity chef, made famous worldwide thanks to television programmes such as \u201cMasterChef\u201d and \u201cMasterChef Junior\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me to come here and share my experience and my journey, to share why and how I do things, it\u2019s great to have students that are very excited. It\u2019s just like playing music: you want to play to an audience that appreciates it. And the students at IFT really do,\u201d Chef Elliot adds.<\/p>\n<p>A restaurant he ran in Chicago, Illinois in the United States, was awarded 2 Michelin stars. Chef Elliot has won other awards, and also writes cookbooks.<\/p>\n<p>He was visiting in Macao in his role as Consulting Chef for Coast, a restaurant due to open at the upcoming MGM Cotai integrated resort.<\/p>\n<p>During the IFT workshop, Chef Elliot discussed the philosophy behind his approach to cooking: preparing food should be \u201ca beautiful, romantic craft,\u201d and chefs should respect and treasure all parts of the ingredients used, he said. He also shared details of his career as a chef.<\/p>\n<p>The famed chef prepared 2 dishes for the participants to learn from: his signature Deconstructed Caesar Salad; and a personal version of one of the best-loved dishes of Macanese cuisine, African Chicken. Both dishes will be featured at Coast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IFT students praised<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accompanying Chef Elliot to IFT was Mr. Oliver Weber, Director of Culinary of MGM. He highlights the close partnership between the Institute and MGM China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time we have an opportunity to work with IFT, it is very positive for us, because it helps us grow the local understanding of food,\u201d he says. \u201cIFT puts a great focus on Western cuisine as well, which is up-and-coming but does not have as much a tradition in Macao as Cantonese cuisine does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Weber says Macao\u2019s restaurant and hospitality sectors are expanding rapidly and talented chefs are in demand. He praises IFT for providing culinary students with professional training and industry internships.<\/p>\n<p>Also as part of the demonstration workshop, Caf\u00e9 Bonbon\u2019s Ms. Fung talked about her journey toward opening a food and beverage business, and about the Macao catering scene.<\/p>\n<p>She is arguably one of the most prolific attendees of student courses at IFT\u2019s Tourism and Hotel School: she has taken at least 17 vocational courses there, according to her own calculations. Most of these were related to food and beverage topics, assisting her in her dream of opening a coffee shop. She took that step in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Fung says that joining demonstration workshops and sharing sessions with renowned chefs is vital for culinary students. She adds attending such initiatives inspired her to master her craft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSharing sessions can give students confidence and inspiration. It also helps students who are at a crossroads in life to decide whether to continue with their culinary journey,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Samantha Ho, a Year 4 student in the IFT Culinary Arts Management Bachelor Degree Programme, was one of the participants in the workshop. She says it helped her better to realise the importance of understanding ingredients when cooking. She was also inspired by what she heard from the guests: \u201cOne thing the speakers mentioned \u2013 and that influenced me the most \u2013 was their suggestion for us to come up first with a [career] direction and then to advance step by step,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Culinary Arts Management student Alan Vong was also in attendance. The Year 2 student says what impressed him the most was Chef Elliot\u2019s suggestion that cooks should not be limited to following established recipes, but should seek to inject unique ideas into each dish.<\/p>\n<p>Alan points out that demonstration workshops are of great help to students, since participants can get advice and personal guidance from the guest chefs. \u201cIt is a rare chance to have the possibility to get in touch with celebrity chefs and ask them questions,\u201d the IFT student says.<\/p>\n<p>He adds: \u201cThe demonstration workshops lead us to think about what direction we should be heading toward and about our future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IFT organised on 4 July a culinary skills workshop featuring American celebrity chef Graham Elliot. 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