Thistletown Collegiate’s Ormea Chea brought home gold from the 20th annual Skills Canada National Competition last month.
The competition features students from high schools and colleges across the country competing in more than 60 skilled trade competitions from auto collision repair to culinary arts and robotics to web-design.
A culinary student at Thistletown, Chea won the gold in the Job Skill Demonstration competition by exhibiting mastery of the Culinary Arts, while also demonstrating various techniques of the trade and teaching the audience an entertaining, well thought-out lesson.
"The competition really highlighted Ormea’s great ability to share her incredible skills and talent in a 30-minute cooking-show style," said Thistletown instructor Keith Hoare.
"To be crowned the best in the country is a big honour for Ormea; she was very proud to represent Ontario and her school."