First international cohort graduates from culinary program

A cohort of seventeen students from China graduated earlier today from a ten-month Culinary Foundations certificate program delivered by ACC.

The program provided students with hands-on training and skills necessary to begin a career within the culinary industry. Ziyuan Tang, who moved to Manitoba from Shanghai for the program, said he “gained valuable experience and got a taste of real world situations.”

This is the first cohort of students the college has welcomed, signalling a shift in the approach ACC is taking with contract training and international students. While ACC has long welcomed students from around the world, admission is currently limited to just under a quarter of the college’s certificate and diploma programs. This is largely because there are too many students from Manitoba who apply to study in many of the college’s base programs — more than ACC can accept.

ACC facilitated the program out of Red River College’s Notre Dame Campus in Winnipeg. The two colleges have a long history of providing high quality culinary education and training.

Graduates of ACC’s culinary and hospitality programs are employed across the country and are sought after for their skill and knowledge.