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The annual Coffeemania Students Cup professional skills competition has concluded in Moscow. This year, it was held for the first time at the "Professions of the Future" practical training center in Pechatniki. Participants competed in a kitchen with modern equipment, designed to mimic the conditions of a real restaurant, according to the Moscow city's press service. Department of Education and Science.
The "Professions of the Future" practical training center in Pechatniki houses two unique training facilities: the "Zvezdy" Restaurant and the "Khleb" Bakery. They train cooks, pastry chefs, waiters, and baristas in just three months. Students from Moscow's colleges also complete on-the-job training at the facility.
"We are delighted to be hosting this annual competition at our center for the first time. It's especially important that this year, a team of adults competed alongside students. In today's world, lifelong learning is becoming the norm, so we help city residents quickly master a new profession and immediately begin working at the capital's leading companies. When developing our programs, we analyze employers' talent needs, and their specialists participate in developing curricula and delivering classes," noted Elena Durneva, Deputy Head of the Moscow Employment Service and the Professions of the Future center.
Nine teams participated in the culinary competition, including eight student teams and one adult team from the "Professions of the Future" practical training center. Contestants had three hours to prepare a set of three dishes united by a common concept: a cold appetizer, a main course, and a dessert.
The jury included Pavel Vasiliev, Vice President of the Association of Chefs and Pastry Chefs of Russia (Chefs Team Russia); Dmitry Miller, a teacher at the "School of Chefs" academy of the Coffee Mania restaurant chain; and Larisa Antonova, Head of the Hospitality Department at the Moscow Center for the Development of Professional Education. The judges evaluated the entries based on both the technical execution of the dishes and their creative component—the originality of the concept and the aesthetics of the presentation.
Pavel Kokin, Director of the Kitchen Department at the Coffeemania restaurant chain, noted that the Coffeemania Students Cup competition is an opportunity for employers to meet talented young people who could become part of their team tomorrow. He also stated that by holding the competition for the first time at the practical training center in Pechatniki, the organizers are taking it to a new level. According to Pavel Kokin, at this center, future chefs and baristas are fully immersed in a professional environment: they work with equipment similar to that used in the chain's restaurants and hone their skills under the guidance of experienced professionals.
The teams from the First Moscow Educational Complex and the Viktor Talalikhin Moscow Educational Complex shared the victory. The first team presented a set, "A Journey Through the Forgotten Scents of the Russian Forest," consisting of a mushroom appetizer, a pike main course, and kvass ice cream. The second team presented a set, "Gifts of Russian Nature," featuring egg cream with brioche, pike pelmeni with caviar sauce, and cedar mousse with spruce ice cream. The winners received cups, medals, and branded gifts, as well as the opportunity to participate in training under the guidance of the restaurant chain's brand chefs.
"The competition was a real challenge: at the most crucial moment, our sous-vide machine broke down, but we kept our cool and quickly found a solution. It's moments like these that make you realize how important team spirit is. As the leader, I tried to support the guys, and we pulled it off. We were overwhelmed with emotion. Winning first place is incredible," shared Albert Nuriyev, a student at the Viktor Talalikhin Moscow Educational Complex.
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