TV celebrity works with Yukon College students

Yukon College has invited TV celebrity, Chef Lynn Crawford to work with the Culinary Arts students on Thursday, January 27. The Food Network star will be instructing and assisting the students with making over 800 appetizers for the Gourmet Food Festival that takes place later that evening.

“We are pleased to partner with Skills Canada to bring this Canadian celebrity to our students” says Yukon College President, Terry Weninger. “Yukon College is committed to creating the most rewarding and valuable learning experiences for our students”.

The students will spend the entire day with Chef Crawford creating food for the Gourmet Food Festival Fundraiser for the Yukon Hospital Foundation MRI campaign. Media are encouraged to join Chef Crawford and the culinary students between 11am and 12pm in the Yukon College Culinary kitchen.

“It’s exciting to spend a day working with someone so established in her career – and we can be with her in person instead of just watching her on T.V.”, says Culinary Arts student, Julie Tone.

Chef Crawford is a Canadian Chef that trained at the George Brown College in Toronto. She has appeared on the Food Network shows, Restaurant Makeover and Iron Chef America. She has been the executive chef of the Four Seasons in both Toronto and New York and currently owns her own restaurant in Toronto. In 2010 she was nominated for a Gemini award for her Food Network Canada episode, Pitchin’ In.