{"id":21316,"date":"2024-07-16T20:33:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21316"},"modified":"2024-07-16T20:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:34:28","slug":"bit-empowers-women-in-coomacka-with-commercial-food-preparation-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/bit-empowers-women-in-coomacka-with-commercial-food-preparation-training\/","title":{"rendered":"BIT Empowers Women in Coomacka with Commercial Food Preparation Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Women from Coomacka and nearby communities are enhancing their culinary skills through a training program offered by the Board of Industrial Training (BIT). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative aims to equip participants with the expertise needed to establish small food businesses upon completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by Venice Thom, a seasoned culinary professional with over 20 years of experience and formal training, the commercial food preparation classes are conducted at Coomacka Primary School&#8217;s kitchen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thom is dedicated to imparting her knowledge in cooking techniques, recipes, measurements, kitchen safety, and supplementary classes in mathematics and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program, running from Monday to Thursday, targets 14 women between the ages of 26 and 54. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thom is confident that by the end of the four-month course, participants will be prepared either to launch their own culinary ventures or to seek employment in established food establishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trainees like Yomona Fraser and Shelisa Codogan express enthusiasm for the program, citing a desire to expand their culinary knowledge and fulfill long-held aspirations in the food industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a recent visit by NCN, trainees were actively engaged in a practical session, mastering the preparation of mince swirls from scratch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The curriculum will soon progress to main course meal preparations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative underscores BIT&#8217;s commitment to enhancing vocational skills and fostering economic empowerment among women in Coomacka and surrounding regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women from Coomacka and nearby communities are enhancing their culinary skills through a training program offered by the Board of Industrial Training (BIT). The initiative aims to equip participants with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21318,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21316\/revisions\/21318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}