COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS
Go Purple!
We supported the Ayrshire Hospice’s Go Purple Day
with an interesting Ready, Steady, Ayrshire College
Cook off challenge!
Professional Cookery students Tommy Walker and Scott
Duncan were the sous chefs for the day as two teams,
comprising of Ayrshire Chamber’s Chief Executive Val
Russell and Chief Executive from Ayrshire Hospice,
Mandy Yule, supported by hospitality lecturers Robert
Lee and Euan Currie, stepped up to the hot plate to
compete against each other.
The two teams were each provided with a selection of
raw ingredients and given thirty minutes to come up
with the most innovative and tasty menu. The audience
enjoyed canapés made by our hospitality students and
an Ayrshire College Go Purple mocktail, created by
Hospitality & Bartending student Gemma McIntosh.
Also, a Routes to Careers class at the Kilmarnock campus
raised money for Ayrshire Hospice as part of their
problem solving and personal development unit by selling
cupcakes and wristbands. The group raised an impressive
£316.30!
Core Skills lecturer Chris Boyce said “The students
worked hard to raise a lot of money for a really worthy
charity. In doing so they also managed to build valuable
customer service skills working on the different stalls.
They did themselves and the college proud with their
efforts.”
Well done guys!
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THE STUDENT VOICE: AUTUMN 2015