Recent Activities
A visit to the Chinese Culinary Institute ‧ Hotel and Tourism Institute helped CDF participants gain knowledge about the Chinese culinary and hospitality industries
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Arrangements were made for over 150 CDF participants to visit the Chinese Culinary Institute and the Hotel and Tourism Institute under the Vocational Training Council, enabling them to have a vision of the job duties and requirements in the Chinese culinary and hospitality industries.
Chinese Culinary Institute (CCI)
Established in 2000, CCI provides full-time higher diploma, diploma and certificate programmes as well as part-time programmes for young people who wish to pursue a career in the Chinese culinary industry and people intending to further their studies in this field. In order to enable students to learn in an authentic working environment, CCI features a number of purpose-built facilities including training kitchens, a demonstration kitchen and a Chinese culinary training restaurant, etc.
中華廚藝學院的學生在訓練廚房裏，學習中國不同地區菜餚的烹調功夫，當中包括在香港最常見的燒味和點心。
In the training kitchen, CCI students learn the methods of cooking cuisine of various parts of China, including the making of siu mei and dim sum which are the most common food products in Hong Kong.
In the training kitchen, CCI students learn the methods of cooking cuisine of various parts of China, including the making of siu mei and dim sum which are the most common food products in Hong Kong.
Uses of the demonstration kitchen are extensive. Apart from being used as the venue where students have lessons and examinations, the kitchen is a place where local and mainland chefs regularly invited by CCI can share with each other their culinary experience.
Uses of the demonstration kitchen are extensive. Apart from being used as the venue where students have lessons and examinations, the kitchen is a place where local and mainland chefs regularly invited by CCI can share with each other their culinary experience.
Uses of the demonstration kitchen are extensive. Apart from being used as the venue where students have lessons and examinations, the kitchen is a place where local and mainland chefs regularly invited by CCI can share with each other their culinary experience.
CCI’s unique stoves with raise/lower functions make it easy for students of different heights to learn and practise.
A CDF participant imitating the action of a chef by lifting a pig iron wok which is as heavy as 4kg with only one hand
Hotel and Tourism Institute
The Hotel and Tourism Institute (HTI) was established in 1984. It offers full-time certificate and diploma programmes designed for school leavers who have completed S3 to S6 and have an aspiration to enter the hotel, tourism and hospitality industries. HTI also offers supervisory and skills upgrading programmes to in-servcie employees. Students can prepare themselves by gaining valuable and practical experience through serving real guests at the training restaurants and training hotel (the T Hotel) in the Institute prior to entering the hotel and tourism industries.
The Housekeeping Cleaning Studies room is stored with various types of cleaning equipment and products, including vacuum cleaners, wax polishers and cleaning agents for removing different kinds of dirt.
The Housekeeping Cleaning Studies room is stored with various types of cleaning equipment and products, including vacuum cleaners, wax polishers and cleaning agents for removing different kinds of dirt.
The Housekeeping Cleaning Studies room is stored with various types of cleaning equipment and products, including vacuum cleaners, wax polishers and cleaning agents for removing different kinds of dirt.
HTI provides Housekeeping Laundry Workshops and mock-up guest rooms for students to have practices.
HTI provides Housekeeping Laundry Workshops and mock-up guest rooms for students to have practices.
HTI provides Housekeeping Laundry Workshops and mock-up guest rooms for students to have practices.
Students taking the hotel housekeeping course are required to complete the bed-making duty for a double bed within 5 minutes in accordance with trade guidelines in the examination.
HTI provides courses in Food and Beverage Service and students can learn the operation of coffee makers and the technique of coffee brewing in the Food and Beverage Service practice room.
A total of 10 NGO operators and schools participated in this activity. They included the Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service, the Christian Action, the Neighbourhood and Worker’s Education Centre, Sai Kung District Community Centre, the Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong, the Industrial Evangelistic Fellowship, the Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council, the Urban Peacemaker Evangelistic Fellowship, the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School.
What they say…
 KOON Cheuk-lam
Participant of the “CDF-Growing Partners2” project organised by The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong (Kwun Tong) During this activity, I had the opportunity to get in touch with many new things. For instance, when I visited the Hotel and Tourism Institute, I learned about room attendants’ daily duties and job requirements, and came to know that they are required to complete the cleaning work for the whole room within half an hour. Moreover, when I visited the Chinese Culinary Institute, I learned that even if I have become a full-time chef, I still need to add value to my strength by pursuing continuing education. Apart from the skills required in a kitchen, I also need to enhance my knowledge of languages, food categories and hygiene, etc. The students in the Institute are also required to practise in the training restaurant so that they can learn about the operation mode in an authentic restaurant kitchen. This activity has enabled me to understand that the work of a room attendant and a chef is not as easy as what I have imagined and only with much perseverance and efforts can I meet the requirements of these jobs. |
 LAU Mei-sze
Participant of the "Step Up 5 – Life Guiding" project organised by Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service (Hong Kong Island) This visit has made me understand the meaning of “Ten minutes of brilliant performance on-stage comes from ten years of hard work off-stage.” Behind the success are stories of hard work and sweat. In future when I am enjoying a delicious meal or using the facilities in a hotel, I will certainly think of the group of staff who are working so hard behind the scene to serve us. |