George Brown College,
Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts Renovations

Originally completed in 2009, George Brown College’s Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts (CHCA) serves as a premier destination for culinary arts.

In 2014, the College felt it was time to upgrade the facility to support skills training and experiential learning for students in the food and beverage sector. KMAI was approached to assist with the interior renovation over two levels.

The ground floor renovation involved a Showcase Kitchen and lecture space with a 100+ seat auditorium featuring broadcasting AV technology. A cooper metal curtain separates the kitchen and seating area, which provides the opportunity to film chefs as they teach.

A former resource centre was transformed into a Research Bake Lab and Temperature-Controlled Chocolate and Confectionery Lab fitted with various work surfaces, including butcher block, marble and stainless steel. The ground floor also includes a Quantity Research Bake Lab and a Temperature-Controlled Lab.

The second floor features an innovative Research Culinary Lab for the student-run and operated Chef on the Run program that offers takeout fare.

The results are refined and polished, creating spaces for a new generation of students trained in the Culinary Arts program.

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Location

Toronto, ON

Gross Project Area

16,800 sq. ft.

Client

George Brown

Status

Completed 2018

Project Value

$5.5M

Project Team

Peter Ng, Keith Button

Research Culinary Lab

View of Research Bake Lab

View of Auditorium

Media Coverage

Canadian Facility Maintenance and Design

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George Brown’s goal was to modernize learning and research spaces specifically designed to support skills training and experiential learning, as well as build on the idea of ‘chefs as celebrities,’ providing patrons a glimpse into the processes and pressures of the culinary world. This required technically and historically sensitive architectural interventions, with the design program eliminating many of the standard classrooms and lounges in favour of custom spaces for hands-on learning.

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