How it began
The Culinary Arts Development Trust (CADT) is a non-profit charitable trust formed in January 2015 by Cherie Freeman, Glenn Fulcher and Pip Duncan, industry professionals who wanted to help expand the hospitality industry through competitions, events and community activities.
The CADT promotes the culinary arts in New Zealand as a career option for anyone interested in developing their professional experience through culinary competitions. Working with local councils, government bodies and communities, the CADT encourages, fosters and oversees New Zealand culinary talent and the creation of relationships within the industry, with an overall awareness on healthy eating.
People:
Executive Trustees:
Glenn Fulcher - Previous Head of School -Tourism, Retail & Hospitality and English Language Centre at Te Pūkenga - Eastern Institute of Technology. Now General Manager Peck Retail Group.
Mark Wylie - Chief Executive Officer - Montana Group
Glenn Fulcher has been involved in the industry for 25 plus years, as a Chef, Tertiary tutor and Head of School - Tourism, Retail and Hospitality at EIT. He said creating the Trust was a way of enabling different businesses to support the growth of the hospitality industry by engaging the next generation of superstars in competitions.
Although not working directly in the industry any longer, Glenn continues to act as one of the CADT Trustees
Mark Wylie is an NZ Army-trained chef who completed his training at AUT after his various army postings. He has worked in kitchens both in NZ and internationally. He is a level 5 qualified judge and has extensive competition experience, so is an asset to the competition.
Mark has a passion for the development of the culinary arts within New Zealand and became involved with the CADT as a Trustee to help foster students into the industry.
Organising Committee
This committee is the engine behind the running of the competition both for the online regional competition and our live National final.
Renny Aprea
NSSCC and NZCJ
Renny has many years of experience working as a Culinary Arts and Patisserie professional. He also has a wealth of experience judging competitions throughout New Zealand and Internationally.
He spent a good 25 years sharing his knowledge and skills as the Senior Patisserie Lecturer at AUT. Renny is well known and respected for his extensive mentoring of students from those still at schools to those working as chefs in industry. He has a great passion for promoting the culinary arts as a career choice so fits perfectly with the ethos of the NSSCC competition.
Angie Wilson
Schools Liaison
Angie has worked in both secondary and tertiary education for over 30 years, teaching, training and mentoring young prospective chefs. She has been involved with competitions with great success for many years.
Although not fulltime in schools any longer, Angie acts as our Schools Liaison for the CADT.
Craig Lucas
Tertiary & Committee Chair