London Training Centre

10/06/2026

🐷🔪 Charcuterie Week!

Our Culinary Pre-Apprenticeship students had an incredible hands-on experience this week, exploring nose-to-tail butchery and charcuterie!

We started with the butchery of half a pig, locally sourced from Linton Pasture Pork, and were happy to welcome Chef Steve back for a few days to guide the students through breaking it down into primal cuts.

From there, the students put their culinary skills to work! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 They:

🥓 Cured bacon
🍖 Brined the leg
🌭 Made a variety of sausages
🔪 Prepared terrines and rillettes
🐷 And one student even took on the challenge of making coppa di testa using the pig’s head!

A big focus of the week was learning how to respect and make use of the whole animal. Nose-to-tail butchery is an important part of reducing food waste while also teaching students just how versatile each cut can be.

It was definitely an eye-opening experience, and one that sparked some new interests! A few of our students are now considering butchery as a skill they’d like to pursue further as part of their culinary careers. 🙌

What a week of learning, experimenting and gaining a whole new appreciation for the craft behind butchery and charcuterie!

10/02/2026

📣 **WE’RE HIRING! JOB DEVELOPER / JOB COACH**

London Training Centre is looking for a **full-time Job Developer / Job Coach** to join our Employment Services team!

This position is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships with employers while helping individuals overcome barriers, find meaningful employment and succeed in the workplace.

**What you’ll be doing:**
🔹 Building and maintaining relationships with employers across a variety of industries
🔹 Identifying employment opportunities and placements that match clients’ skills and goals
🔹 Providing individualized job search support and job coaching
🔹 Supporting clients as they transition into employment and helping them maintain long-term success
🔹 Working with employers and clients to address challenges that may arise during placements
🔹 Conducting employer and community outreach
🔹 Staying current on London-area labour market trends and employment opportunities
🔹 Maintaining client and employer records, documentation and reports

**We’re looking for someone who brings:**
⭐ Experience in job development, business development, outside sales, marketing or employer relations
⭐ Experience coaching and supporting individuals who may face multiple barriers to employment
⭐ Strong communication, relationship-building, administrative and computer skills
⭐ A social services or related post-secondary education
⭐ Established business contacts within the London and area employer community would be an asset

At London Training Centre, we value **excellence, teamwork, learning, diversity, customer service, empathy and human understanding.**

💼 **Full-Time Position**
💰 **Competitive salary and benefits**

📅 **Apply by October 30, 2026**

https://www.londontraining.on.ca/2026-JOB-DEVELOPER-Job-Post.pdf

Interested candidates are invited to submit a **cover letter and resume** to:

📧 **Grant Whatford / Hiring Committee**
[email protected]

📍 London Training Centre
317 Adelaide St. S., Unit 110
London, Ontario

All expressions of interest will be kept in confidence.

**Know someone who would be a great fit? Please share!**

09/30/2026

🧡

Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, OSSTF/FEESO honours the children and Survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities.

We remember the profound harm caused by the residential school system and acknowledge that its impacts did not end when the schools closed. The ongoing effects of colonialism, racism, discrimination, and injustice continue to be felt by First Nation, Métis, and Inuit peoples, families, and communities.

September 30 is a day to listen to Survivors, confront the history and legacy of residential schools, and reflect on our responsibility to support meaningful action toward reconciliation.

At 12 p.m. ET today, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation will present Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a 90-minute national commemorative gathering.

We encourage members and followers to watch, listen, learn, and reflect.

Watch live: https://trw-svr.nctr.ca/parliament-hill/

09/22/2026

🍕👩‍🍳 **Calling All Future Chefs: It’s Pizza Time!** 👨‍🍳🍕

Our **Future Chefs Pizza Making Course** is coming this October!

Designed for kids **ages 9–12**, this fun, hands-on day will have young chefs rolling up their sleeves and getting creative in the kitchen as they **make their own pizza from fresh ingredients** and choose from a variety of tasty toppings. 🍅🧀🍕

Along the way, they’ll build real kitchen skills, learn about kitchen safety, work as a team, and enjoy games and activities throughout the day.

📅 **October 26, 2026**
⏰ **9:00 AM – 3:30 PM**
📍 **London Training Centre | 317 Adelaide St. S., Unit 110**
💲 **$75**
👧🧑 **Ages 9–12**
👩‍🍳 **Maximum of 12 participants**

Spaces are limited, so register early and let your Future Chef create, cook and enjoy their very own pizza! 🍕🙌

🌐 **Register online at www.londontraining.on.ca

09/19/2026

🍰 From Pre-Apprentice to Guest Chef! 👩‍🍳✨

Earlier this week, we were excited to welcome Chef Eve back to work with our Culinary Pre-Apprenticeship students!

Chef Eve shared some of the finer details that can take a dessert from delicious to restaurant-ready, including the importance of thoughtful plating and presentation. Students learned how to make infused caramel, Italian meringue and creative dessert garnishes before putting those skills to work.

Each student had the opportunity to create and plate their own cheesecake dessert, imagining it was heading out to a guest in a restaurant. 🍰🍽️

But perhaps the most meaningful part of the visit was hearing Chef Eve share their own journey in the culinary industry after completing our Culinary Pre-Apprenticeship Program in 2024. Having a former student return to the kitchen to share their skills, experiences and career journey gives our current students a chance to see where their own training can take them.

Thank you, Chef Eve, for coming back and inspiring the next group of aspiring culinary professionals! ❤️👩‍🍳

09/18/2026

🥔🥩🍳 Culinary Pre-Apprenticeship: Steak, Gnocchi and More!

Our Culinary Pre-Apprenticeship students had an exciting, hands-on day in the kitchen learning how to prepare a complete steakhouse-style meal from scratch!

Students learned how to make potato gnocchi to pair with their steak, developing their skills in preparing, shaping and cooking this classic pasta. 🥔

They also learned how to properly clean and portion a whole beef tenderloin, then practiced searing it and cooking it to a perfect medium rare. 🥩🔥

To complete the dish, students prepared one of the classic mother sauces: a rich and flavourful espagnole sauce. 🍷

The learning continued as students used parts of the tenderloin to make beef tartare, served with crispy potato chips and house-cured egg yolk. This lesson gave students the opportunity to explore whole-animal butchery, knife skills, food preparation and thoughtful presentation. 🍳🥔

It was an impressive day of culinary learning, teamwork and skill-building. We’re proud of the confidence and creativity our students continue to develop in the kitchen!

09/17/2026

🍗🥣🧀 Local Food Skills on Walpole Island: Day 2!

Day two of our offsite Local Food Skills program with Wiijnokiiying Ontario Works participants on Walpole Island was another delicious and hands-on success!

Today, we finally brought everything together and made a completely from-scratch chicken noodle soup using the homemade chicken stock, roasted chicken and fresh pasta noodles prepared during our previous class. 🍗🍝🥣

Participants also made delicious cheddar cheese biscuits using the rendered chicken fat, along with homemade crackers! 🧀🥨

The students continued building their kitchen confidence by practicing more knife skills and learning how to dice vegetables safely and consistently for their soup. 🔪🥕🧅

Everyone left happy, proud of what they created and excited to explore more cooking opportunities with us! It was wonderful to see their enthusiasm, teamwork and growing confidence in the kitchen. ❤️

A big thank you to Wiijnokiiying Ontario Works for welcoming us and supporting hands-on food skills training in the community!

09/16/2026

🍗🍪🍝 Local Food Skills on Walpole Island!

We had a fantastic first day delivering our Local Food Skills program offsite for Wiijnokiiying Ontario Works participants on Walpole Island!

Day one was packed with hands-on learning and plenty of delicious food in the works. 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

Participants learned chicken butchery, putting every part to good use:
🍗 The bones were used to make homemade chicken stock
🥣 The roasted chicken became chicken noodle soup in the following days’ class
🧈 Even the leftover chicken fat was rendered into schmaltz, which we used to make cheddar biscuits in the following days’ class!

We also worked on some basic baking skills and made fresh chocolate chip cookies 🍪, because every good day in the kitchen deserves a little something sweet!

We also prepared fresh homemade pasta noodles that went into our chicken noodle soup. 🍝🥣

It was a busy, productive and delicious first day! We loved seeing everything come together throughout the week.

A big thank you to Wiijnokiiying Ontario Works for welcoming us and giving participants the opportunity to build practical, hands-on food skills right in their community. ❤️

Chen

09/11/2026

🐟🦪 A Week of Seafood! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

Our Culinary Pre-Apprenticeship students dove into all things seafood this week, building some fantastic new skills in the kitchen!

🐟 Trout Butchery & Preparation
Students learned how to properly butcher trout before exploring different cooking techniques. They prepared Trout en Papillote, learning about steaming while pairing it with grilled broccolini and crispy spaetzle.

They also put every part of the fish to good use, creating trout tartare with crispy trout skin. 👌

🦪 All About Oysters!
Next up, oysters! Students learned about the different species and varieties of oysters, how to properly shuck them, and several ways to prepare and serve them, including raw, deep-fried and grilled.

To finish things off, they had some fun experimenting with flavours and creating their own mignonette pairings to complement the oysters.

Weeks like this give our students the opportunity to build confidence, learn new techniques, work with ingredients they may not have used before, and get creative in the kitchen. 🍽️✨

Check out what they created! 📸👇

09/04/2026

The only way to start a long weekend! Thank you to Chef Chandany Chen , Chef Claire and our Culinary PreApprenticeship students for the delicious 🤤 brunch today! 🍳🧇☕️🥐🥯🍣Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday weekend 😊