Taylor’s Culinary Institute: Live on National TV “TV3”

Chef Massyitah Omar from Taylor’s Culinary Institute appeared Live on Borak Kopitiam, TV3 Studio. Borak Kopitiam is a Sunday Morning talk show aired from 8:00 to 9.30am that discusses about a variety of topics hosted by famous local hosts Mr. Hefny Sahad and Ms. Dayah Baker.

Chef Massyitah covered the topic of culinary and pastry arts whereby she displayed her skills on Art of Modern Plating for Western and Local Fusion dishes.

The recording can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LApbdYoQqDw

Taylor’s University Platinum Member Award by IDP Education

Taylor's University has been recognized as a “Platinum Member” as per the IDP Pathway to Success Referral Partner Program 2019. Hence, a new Referral Partner Recognition Program 20/21 has been extended to Taylor’s. The Platinum Recognition offers many benefits above the regular referral Partner Recognitions, which include discounts on IELTS workshops, resource books and complimentary IELTS tests. A note of acknowledgement goes to the Centre for Languages (CFL) for enhancing Intensive English (IEN) student experience in achieving the English requirement which will allow them to proceed to their next level of study at Taylor’s University.

Partnership with IDP has brought about several perks including invitations for CFL lecturers to attend free IELTS Teacher’s Training, as well as invitations for IEN students to attend free IDP IELTS Masterclass Webinars which are presented by official IELTS experts. CFL’s mission is to provide high quality, holistic education and development programmes through the pursuit of language learning at the highest level of excellence. Hence, language workshops are organized by CFL to enhance support for students.

Recently, an IELTS workshop was conducted by IELTS examiner Ms. Koh Bee Lian from IDP Education for IEN students at Taylor's University who were preparing for the IELTS exam. IEN is a programme that is designed to improve English Language proficiency from lower intermediate to upper intermediate level. There are three intakes a year, and the next intake (March 2021) commences on 29 March 2021. Besides the IEN programme, CFL also offers other language modules such as Mandarin, Korean, French and Bahasa Melayu to Taylor’s University students.

Taylor’s Culinology Students Tops in ICNF Essay Competition

A trio from our Bachelor of Science (Hons)(Culinology) programme clinched the 1st, 2nd and Honourable Mention during the 1st International Conference on Nutrition and Food 2020 Essay Competition theme on Nutrition and Food Innovation for Better Life organized by the department of Community Nutrition, Institute Pertanian Bogor (IPB) University, Bogor Indonesia.

The students competed against 51 contestants from public and private institutions from Malaysia and Indonesia. Regina Koh Wei Yan our final year student won 1st prize with her essay “The Race of Lab-Grown Meat: Safety and Social Acceptance”, while the 2nd prize winner Cathryn Choe Quer Ern wrote the essay “The Upsurge of Sustainable Supercritical Fluid Technology on Natural Food Products Application”.

Our 1st year student, Ang Ru Jun won Honorable Mention with the essay “The Rise of Clean Label and Food Behaviour During the Covid-19 Pandemic” under the supervision of Dr. Benjamin Wong Tziak Ze and Dr. Kuan Yau Hoong, Lecturer, School of Food Studies and Gastronomy, Taylor’s University. It was a surreal moment for the students upon hearing their names being called out during the award ceremony, which took place virtually on 19th November 2020. Well done to all winners!