Coffee Cupping Workshop

Cupping Coffee workshop is a professional development workshop for School of Hospitality, Tourism and Events (SHTE) students to spark up their interest in coffee. A 2 ½ hours workshop on Cupping Coffee was held in Taylor’s university on Friday, 22nd February 2019. The workshop was sponsored by Global Coffee Resources (our MoU partner). Cupping is one of the best ways to learn more about flavor, aroma, and to share that with other people.

The event was facilitated by Ms. Cadence Sim, who is an authorized Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) trainer and also a World Coffee Events (WCE) certified judge for (2018-2020). The speaker presented short overview of cupping objectives followed by sharing hands-on cupping methods with the students in the lab. Each of the student have a chance to cup, smell, taste then compare notes with others.

RCA Student Culinology Competition 2019, Louisville, Kentucky

A team (Team Ali) consists of 4 students from Bachelor of Science (Hons) Culinology (Chiew Jun Kang, Adrian Chua Sern Yi, Hii Wen Suog and Lee Chor Yang) with their team advisor (Dr Kuan Yau Hoong) has successfully became the finalist to be compete on-site for RCA Student Culinology Competition 2019 at Louisville, Kentucky, from 13th – 15th of March 2019.

This year team Ali created a clean labelled Kentucky-inspired food product suitable for a fast casual restaurant menu, naming Iconic Chicken Burgoo Pie. Team Ali from Taylor’s University has successfully knocked out competitors from Southwest Minenesota State University and University of Guelph to clinch the coveted spot and declared champion for this competition.

World No. 14 Industry Leaders Appreciation Evening Cocktail

Industry Leaders Appreciation Evening Cocktail was held on 22 March 2019 to celebrate the success with the Hospitality Industry Leaders on the QS World No. 14 in Hospitality and Leisure Management