Business lunch was a joint project of IAB students and Ritz Carlton, with all the dishes including the Caesar salad, the onion soup, stuffed chicken and Tiramisu having been cooked in the restaurant by Malaysian recipes. Guided by Francois Cantin the students split into two subgroups, with each of them responsible for cuisine and for the service.
Many of the teams involved in making the dinner had been at Taylor’s University last summer to learn culinary service. Visits by Pro-Vice Chancellor for Global Engagement Perry Hobson and Associate Dean of International Relations from the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts Frederic Bouchon enabled the students to show the skills they had amassed in Malaysia.
Almagul Kanagatova, Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development at IAB said that her dream had come true.
“IAB students of Hospitality and Hotel Business have made a demonstration dinner at IAB’s café. The students have been out for 2 years on a visiting module at Taylor’s University, learning culinary service. They cooked an excellent dinner. The supervisor and chef of this project was Francois Cantin, I’d like to say many thanks to him! The students have been able to cook nicely under his guidance. My favourite onion soup was unforgettable, and the dessert Tiramisu was just delightful. Our students showed true mastery and we are proud of them!”