Gourmet food on campus
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 | 01:19 PM ET
By Andree Lau, CBCnews.ca
A student-made truffle cake on display at the Market Place at SAIT in Calgary. (Andree Lau/CBC)
Gourmet goods, fresh baked pastries, and beautiful cuts of meat — all produced by students — are now for sale at a new food store on the campus of Calgary's SAIT Polytechnic.
The Market Place, which opened on Tuesday, is designed to be both a retail store and a classroom for the institute's students in the baking and pastry arts, professional cooking and meat operations and management programs.
The new food store features a bakery section. (Andree Lau/CBC)
Like other culinary schools in Canada, SAIT already runs a restaurant featuring the cooking students: the Highwood. But the Market Place is a fairly unique venture for a post-secondary institution.
The modern, open retail design gives about 100 students the "ability to effectively interact with customers" and show off their creations, said Tom Bornhorst, dean of SAIT’s School of Hospitality and Tourism.
Bornhorst said some people may be intimidated by how to cook certain foods, especially cuts of meat, so they will be able to chat with students about preparation and food origins.
Stephanie Borgens hopes to open her own butcher shop and restaurant after graduating from the SAIT diploma program in meat operations and management. (Andree Lau/CBC)
Student Stephanie Borgens, who wants to open her own side-by-side butcher shop and restaurant, said the setup gives her "a lot of pride and a great learning opportunity."
Prices for the artisan breads, meats, pastries, and fresh soups and to-go main courses looked on par or lower than local grocery stores. Bornhorst said the Market Place is run on a "cost recovery" basis.
The Market Place at SAIT is located on the main Calgary campus in the John Ware building and is open Monday to Thursday 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and on Friday 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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jon
Calgary
Is this an expansion on the Four Nines in John Ware, or something? When I attended SAIT a couple years ago, I used to buy a lot of delicious and reasonably priced prepared food from there to take home.
I think I need to take a trip back to my alma mater to check this out.
Posted September 22, 2009 03:31 PM
Andree
Calgary
Hi Jon,
The Market Place is located next to the Four Nines, I believe. It's a self-contained store. It expands on the to-go meals and meat counter it used to have, but in a nicer, retail location.
Posted September 22, 2009 03:36 PM
Jon
Calgary
That's excellent. I am definitely going to go take a look. Thanks for the extra info!
Posted September 22, 2009 08:30 PM
Megan
Ottawa
I wish they had something like this at Algonquin College in Ottawa! Their restaurant is pretty good, and as a recent university grad making pittance, it would be nice to have a place where both price and quality are good!!
Posted September 23, 2009 12:30 PM
Jess
Calgary
Sounds cool!
Posted September 25, 2009 10:38 AM
RJC
Calgary
Fantastic find Andree!
Keep up the great work! I love your blog and your articles.
Posted November 16, 2009 01:46 AM