Hard Slog Cafe | Unprecedented Demand for TAFE's Ryde Campus | smh.com.au
The silence was deafening. "Who can name a restaurant or a cafe," probed the teacher, "that they visit regularly and believe is doing a good job?" From the 11 assembled students, not a groan nor a whimper; just some scratching of heads and shuffling of feet. Definitely not the most promising of signs from a class full of would-be restaurateurs. If cooking is the new rock'n'roll then it's all music to TAFE NSW's ears - or, more to the point, its burgeoning enrolments. Janet Elms-Smith, who heads the courses at TAFE's Ryde Campus, reports unprecedented demand for its courses, particularly from students with no hospitality background.
