Much of the content on this show is focused on established restaurants and other food businesses or their proprietors. Ever since I chatted to Chef Pete Ayub way back on Episode 17, I've been thinking about chatting to a young person who's just getting going in the industry. Debs Ayub very kindly talked one of the students at Sense of Taste Chef School into chatting to me on the show. Meet Ferdiane Barabwiriza, a second year chef student who is about to start an internship, or 'stage', at Pot Luck Club with Jason Kosmas. We spoke of her route into the industry, what she's learned so far and what she hopes to do with her qualification. Some of her answers were quite unexpected - I thought I'd be chatting to someone who has always dreamed of being a chef - instead I found a delightful and very practical young woman who saw cheffing as the path to a solid career and came to love cooking as she learned. This might be the start of a sub-series on cooking students, as I'm sure the hopes, dreams and realities of each student will produce fascinating content.
