Dionne and other students in the professional program at the Pearson School of Culinary Arts were working on producing more than 3,000 meals for the Native Friendship Centre of Montreal (NFCM).

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The college already offered a six-week cooking camp there, then a culinary arts certificate until 2018. "They weren't leaving here as chefs, but they were leaving here as solid cooks," said Poisson.

Chef/instructor Raphael Thuaux speaks with students Lin Lin Zhu, left, Anastazia Parlea and Norehane Ghorab in the bakery boutique at the Pearson School of Culinary Arts in Pointe-Claire. John ...