Westech.Culinary-BCIT

10/05/2025

The Chaîne des Rôtisseurs is the world’s oldest international gastronomic society, founded in Paris in 1248. It is devoted to preserving the camaraderie and pleasures of the table and to promoting excellence in all areas of the hospitality arts.
In the United States, the Chaîne is now celebrating its 65th year with about 5,000 members, including gourmands, gourmets, gastronomes, chefs, restaurateurs, hoteliers, winery owners, sommeliers, food and wine educators, and others passionate about the finest dining experiences. Our community thrives on the joy of sharing meals and friendships at various dinners and events.
Chaîne is based on the traditions and practices of the old French royal guild of meat roasters. Revived in 1950, the society has professional and amateur members in more than 90 countries worldwide. In the United States, there are nearly 130 bailliages, each offering a variety of culinary activities to suit the interests of local members.
Chef George Kyrtatas has been a member of this elite group for 10 years. It was a privilege for Chef Kyrtatas sponsor Chef William "Gary" Bowlsbey to join this prestigious society, further enriching our culinary community.

Burlington County Institute of TechnologyGeorge KyrtatasWestech.Culinary-BCIT

12/04/2025

Our sophomore culinary students embarked on an educational field trip last week lead by Chef Kyrtatas and Chef Bowlsbey. We traveled to a near by meat processing plant where the owner and master butcher walked our students through the entire processes of meats. He started with how they care of the animals and the feeds , to the harvesting process, and then demonstrated the butchering from the whole carcass to primal cuts and then to sub-primal cuts. For culinary students this was probably the most educational field trip they will ever go on.

04/04/2025

BCIT West had Emmy award-winning, best-selling cookbook author Chef Christina Pirello in the kitchens today. Chef Pirello took time out of her busy day to give three demonstrations to our culinary students about vegan cooking. To have her in our kitchens was an experience that our students will not forget. Thank you ❤️

03/04/2025

BCIT Westech seniors worked hard on their cake projects. Everything they make is made from scratch! Great job everyone. I think we gained 10 pounds in the kitchens today!

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31/03/2025

28/03/2025

Our freshmen are crushing it when it comes to knife skills! Practice practice practice

20/03/2025

Our culinary students did another amazing job catering today. We are asked to prepare and serve food at the scam jam event hosted by Senator Troy Singleton . We as chef educators could not be prouder of our students and the work they do!

14/03/2025

Celebrating National Pi Day at Students helped raise money by throwing pies at their favorite staff members! Chef Kyrtatas and Chef Bowlsbey represented culinary in true chef fashion!

12/03/2025

Words can’t express how proud we are of our students. All grades from freshman thru seniors worked together for event prep, productions and service for a skills networking event today. The professionalism and work our students put forth is second to none. We as chefs put expressed to our students how we want to be a from scratch kitchen and the students embraced it. All breads , bagels , muffins, spreads and more were all produced from scratch by our students. When we say BCIT WEST has the best students, we mean it. So proud!

06/03/2025

Sophomore Culinary Making Breakfast Family Style. Chef Bowlsbey’s class hitting it out of the park with homemade pork sausage and hot Italian sausage while Chef Kyrtatas’ class came thru with homemade pancakes to round out the meal. We truly do have the best kids! ❤️