Commercial Cookery on Campus

Ourimbah Chefs is designed to showcase the achievements and events of current Commercial Cookery students at Ourimbah TAFE. The site provides access to general information for Commercial Cookery courses, recent events the students have participated in, documents for the use of current students and links to sites with further information about commercial cookery.

Sunday, August 23, 2009




The Ourimbah Campus celebrated it's 20th Anniversary on Friday evening 24th July 2009 in the 'Preview Restaurant'.
The event was attended by 100 guests and a grand occasion which highlighted the success of the Campus, with now more than 7,000 people participating in programs at the Campus, which comprises of University of Newcastle, Hunter TAFE and Central Coast Community College.
The full time, non trade Commercial Cookery students prepared and presented a 4 course menu, under the guidance of teachers Robyn Brewster and Judith Taunton. These students comprise of school leavers seeking a course of study, those following a career in cookery, career changers and those pursuing a passion in later life.
Front of house operations were supervised by Robert Brown & Kathy Clouten, with students of the Diploma of Hospitality Management providing a high standard of service.
Theming, concepts and implementation of this event were by the Diploma of Event Management students, guided by teacher Michelle Palfrey.