Apprenticeship an entrée to culinary career
June 20, 2012
Harata Neera’s Friday night job washing dishes has springboarded her into a cookery apprenticeship at Pacifica, one of Hawke’s Bay’s most highly-rated restaurants. From Bay View, Harata...
Otatara Trust Scholarships Announced
April 30, 2012
The five students awarded Otatara Trust Scholarships this year will each receive $2500. The scholarship selection panel said the calibre of applicants was once again high, and all were...
New Tutor Teaching the Noble Art of Cuisine
April 26, 2012
A chef who has cooked for the Queen is teaching EIT students how to create cuisine fit for royalty. Newly-appointed chef tutor Korey Field brings a wealth of experience and skills to his...
EIT Celebrates Record Graduate Numbers
March 19, 2012
The Eastern Institute of Technology has plenty to celebrate at Friday’s graduation ceremony (23 March) at which a record number of diploma, degree and post graduate qualifications will be...
Students harness best of the bay
January 9, 2012
EIT adopted red and white,the colours of Hawke’s Bay wines, as the theme for Food Art Wine 2011 – a celebration of student work over the past year. Held annually, the event is an...
Life Is ‘Sweet As’ For Professional Chef Graduate
May 24, 2011
EIT-trained chef Luisa Ocampo is in cooking heaven creating desserts at an internationally regarded winery restaurant in Hawke’s Bay. The Argentine-born 20-year-old started at Te Awa...
New Website for EIT
March 1, 2011
EIT's cleaner, clearer and visually more striking website is up and running after a launch timed for the start of the academic year. Havelock North-based Mogul was selected from a hand-picked...
A Homecoming for EIT Head of School
November 2, 2010
Well-known to many in Hawke's Bay, Jenny Robertson has boomeranged back from Australia to take up her position as EIT's new Head of School, Tourism and Hospitality and English Language...
EIT Hospitality Students Serve up Silver in National Competition
September 15, 2010
Touched by the travel bug, Laura McKay is dreaming of jobs on cruise ships and working in Europe's ritziest restaurants after scoring a silver medal at the recent Nestlé Toque d'Or...
Young Chef Celebrates Second EIT Graduation
May 25, 2009
At just 24, Arneya Fleury is the proud owner of her own café and restaurant in Taradale.Running Trio Café and Restaurant with her mother Sharleen is by no means this young woman's...