RENOVATION ON A BUILDING IN
DOWNTOWN
SAVANNAH WILL TURN A DANCEFLOOR
INTO A RESTAURANT.
NEWS 3'S KELLY ANTONACCI SAYS
THE COOKS IN THIS KITCHEN...
ARE NOT
WHO YOU WOULD EXPECT.
NATS: "SO NOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND
WHY FOLLOWING RECIPES ARE VERY
CRUCIAL."
AT SAVANNAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE,
FOLLOWING RECIPES ISN'T
ENOUGH...
IT TAKES TRIAL, ERROR....
NATS: "YOU CAN GET RID OF
THOSE..."
AND REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE.
ALEX LEWIS, CULINARY INSTRUCTOR:
"WITH SEEING IT IN CLASS AND
THEN SEEING IT IN A RESTAURANT,
IT'S NIGHT AND DAY." TO GIVE
THAT TO STUDENTS, THE CULINARY
ARTS PROGRAM IS EXPANDING TO
WEST BAY STREET.
THIS CELEBRATION MARKS THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT --
KITCHENS
FOR SECOND YEAR STUDENTS...AND
RESTAURANTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S SEVEN YEARS IN THE MAKING
-- CHEF JEAN VENDEVILLE WILL
TEACH THERE
ONCE IT OPENS.
CHEF JEAN VENDEVILLE / DIRECTOR
BAKING, CULINARY, PASTRY
PROGRAM: "IT'S A WIN-WIN
SITUATION BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING
TO HAVE THE TRAINING IN
REAL-LIFE SETTING. SO WHEN THEY
GO TO THEIR EMPLOYER,
THEY WILL HAVE THAT REAL-LIFE
EXPERIENCE ALREADY WITH US."
THE NEW BUILDING MORE THAN
DOUBLES TEACHING SPACE FOR
STUDENTS... AND
SOON THE COMMUNITY.
CLASSES WILL BE OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC.
QUARTEZ JERIDO / BAKING AND
PASTRY ARTS STUDENT: "THEY DO
PREPARE YOU FOR WHERE THEY'RE
MAKING US SAUCE THE PROPER WAY,
OR TECHNIQUE
THINGS YOU NEED TO SURVIVE IN
THIS BUSINESS."
THE GOAL IS TO FINISH
RENOVATIONS NEXT YEAR. IN THE
MEANTIME... THE INSTRUCTORS HAVE
A PLAN. CHEF JEAN VENDEVILLE:
"KEEP ON DOING THE BEST WE
DO...KEEP ON COOKING AND
BAKING."
REPORTING IN SAVANNAH, KELLY
ANTONACCI WSAV NEWS 3.
