{"id":10338,"date":"2011-06-02T13:40:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T18:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=10338"},"modified":"2011-06-02T15:26:50","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T20:26:50","slug":"brock-awarded-for-its-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2011\/06\/brock-awarded-for-its-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock awarded for its food"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Chef

Chef Jim Harper dishes out some local cuisine at the Guernsey Market.<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s been a spring of accolades for Brock Dining Services<\/a>. One of its chefs has received a prestigious culinary scholarship, and the University scored two gold medals in a North American food service competition.<\/p>\n

Chef Jim Harper, a 26-year employee of Brock, is the only chef in Canada to receive a Canadian College and University Food Service Association<\/a> Development Grant. With the award, he\u2019ll attend a five-day culinary conference at the University of Massachusetts from June 12 to 17.<\/p>\n

Brock also won a double gold in the National Association of College and University Food Services<\/a> awards, described as \u201cthe ultimate professional tribute\u201d in collegiate food service. The awards \u2013 one for the new Guernsey Market, the other for hospitality at the annual General Brock\u2019s October Soiree<\/a> \u2013 pitted Brock against universities in the U.S. and Canada. Until now, the most Brock has ever won was a silver.<\/p>\n

It all signifies turning a new leaf when it comes to food service at Brock, said Tom Arkell, director of Community and Ancillary Services. It\u2019s an era that started with the opening of the Guernsey Market<\/a> last year, when Brock\u2019s focus shifted to healthy, locally available food.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re extremely happy,\u201d he said. \u201cThe investments we\u2019ve put into food service, both in dollars and efforts, are starting to show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strong food service, he said, \u201cis the foundation in the way we care for our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scholarship is a boon for Harper, a St. Catharines resident who started at Brock as a bus boy in September 1985. Over the years, his ease in the kitchen took him through the ranks. He is now one of six chefs who craft daily meals using local food.<\/p>\n

Some of his creations: a roasted barley risotto with asiago cheese and maple, and a Louisiana chicken corn chowder. He makes Ritz cracker and pecan-crusted chicken breast with Creole honey mustard sauce. A fan of New Orleans-style cooking, he also enjoys making jambalaya and gumbo.<\/p>\n

Since the Guernsey Market opened, Harper has traveled to local farms to gauge the availability and menu options using Niagara\u2019s bounty. One of his goals in attending the conference is to learn new ways to incorporate local food, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe market brought an explosion of new ideas and new things happening,\u201d said Harper, who would like to see even more ways to incorporate local farmers. \u201cWe can use fresh local meat and local produce, and if we want to mix it up, we can. With the market, we can make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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