NAIT culinary students cook annual Thanksgiving dinner for Boyle Street
Posted October 12, 2025 2:46 pm.
Last Updated October 12, 2025 2:49 pm.
Students in NAIT’s culinary arts program spent Sunday in the kitchen for a good cause, preparing meals for Boyle Street’s annual Thanksgiving dinner.
Food preparation has been underway for the last week. In total, students and staff prepared 60 turkeys, 100 loaves of bread, 100 pounds of baby potatoes, 100 litres of gravy, and 7 cases of frozen vegetables.
Culinary arts student Gideon Triska is happy to use his talents in the kitchen to give back to the community.
“The satisfaction of being able to cook for those, and serve those who aren’t able to, really is very fun and gives a pleasure to us cooks in the industry,” said Triska.
Paul Campbell, the operations manager of NAIT’s culinary arts program, said, “We give back. It’s what we do. It’s part of our culture, it’s part of what we do as cooks. We enjoy feeding other people, that’s what gives us joy. You can see a happy customer, or someone that you can just make their day.”
The team prepared 750 meals, with between 500 and 700 people expected to take part in the annual dinner.
