Have (Hope Action Values Ethics) Culinary Society is an amazing culinary training school providing foodservice job training and job placement to individuals in Vancouver who have had many life issues that have made finding work difficult. There are students with mental and physical disabilities, those facing poverty or addiction issues or homelessness. Over the past 5 years Have has trained 500+ students and placed 75% of those students in the tourism and hospitality industry.
The school also houses 374 Cafe, at 374 Powell Street, which is open for breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and for Guest Chef Night dinners on one special Thursday every month.
HAVE Culinary recently launched Bites on Bikes, a delicious lunch delivery service. Gourmet sandwiches with a homemade cookie and a San Pellegrino Limonata, can be delivered to you all over Downtown Vancouver on electric cargo bikes.
http://www.have-cafe.ca/#!bites-on-bikes
I have a huge respect for what this program is producing. What better way to encourage learning and life changes than through food. The training society hosts monthly Thursday night dinners and the last one was a combined effort brought to us by Amber Anderson and her crew at Have Culinary Training Society and Chef Kayla Dhaliwall, the Executive Chef at the nearby House Guest.
Guests enjoy the Lamb Chop appies
Students of Have Culinary Training Society
I was thoroughly impressed with the service, the flavours and complexity of the dishes and the whole execution of such an inspiring evening. The stories of the students are touching and the pride they have now been blessed with due to this society shines through in their every action.
Wild Spot Prawn Ceviche – Plantain Chip
Duck Confit Doubles – Indian Curried Duck, Spiced Potato Roti, Cucumber and Mint
Arctic Char – Smoked Char Spatzle, Summer Vegetables, Pernod Cream, Burnt Citrus
BBQ Braised Short Ribs – Creamed Corn and Bacon, Dungeness Crab, Potato Salad
Sour Cherry Cheesecake Basil Chocolate Pate, Red Velvet Sorbet, Macadamia Nut Toffee
The next dinner will be announced shortly on the Have website and by me at Good Life Vancouver of course.
