School of Hospitality & Tourism
Andrea Robichaud
Culinary Management
Class of 2010
Andrea Robichaud is a Regina-based chef who is passionate about helping her community. After losing her job during the pandemic, she put her energies into a new venture that supports local food producers and invests the profits in her community.
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Marie-Cecile (Cezin) Nottaway-Wawatie
Chef Training and Culinary Management
Class of 2004
Marie-Cecile (Cezin) Nottaway-Wawatie, the owner and founder of the award-winning Wawatay Catering, is a passionate chef at the forefront of modern indigenous cuisine. She grew up on the land, and has used these traditions to build her business. Cezin is part of a new generation of Canadian chefs who are reclaiming and popularizing indigenous foods as part of a growing affirmation of identity. By combining traditional ways with a contemporary flair, Cezin is introducing Algonquin recipes to a new generation of Canadians.
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Ben Ing
Culinary Management
Class of 2008
After years of honing his craft in Ottawa’s best restaurants and leading establishments in New York City and Melbourne, Australia, Canadian chef Benjamin Ing is thriving as head chef at Copenhagen’s celebrated Noma, which has been named Best Restaurant in the World five times by Restaurant magazine. Ing takes pride in leading the restaurant’s team of chefs and their award-winning explorations of Scandinavian cuisine, and ensuring that Noma is, in his words, “the best place to work, the best environment, has the best people and pays the best.”
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Resa Solomon-St. Lewis
Culinary Skills – Chef Training
Class of 2014
Entrepreneurial spirit is a mindset. It’s an attitude and approach to thinking that actively seeks out change. Resa Solomon-St. Lewis’ entrepreneurial spirit had been calling her for many years. In the winter of 2013, she decided to answer the call.
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Imrun Texeira
Culinary Apprenticeship
Class of 2014
Not many 17-year-olds can say they’ve cooked breakfast for Oprah Winfrey. For Imrun Texeira, cooking for Oprah when he was a teenager has been the icing on the cake for a short but impressive career in the culinary industry.
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Sutton McKay
Hospitality Management
Class of 2016
Sutton is an entrepreneur through and through and has wanted something more than a regular career from a young age. After experimenting with many businesses such as soft-drink sales, clothing brand, toys and auto services from his driveway, Sutton continued to explore his passions and build valuable businesses along the way.
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