DOUG OVERES

Instructor
Lethbridge Community College
Lethbridge, Alberta

Born and raised in southern Alberta, Doug developed his love of cooking baking apple pies in his Mother’s kitchen. He knew early on what he wanted to be when he grew up and by junior high figured out what he needed to do to get there. Doug began his culinary education in 1985 at Lethbridge Community College. He then attended the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Hospitality Careers faculty in Calgary, finishing two years of Hotel and Restaurant Administration in 1989, and graduated in 1990 with his Red Seal in Cooking. After graduating from SAIT, Doug held various positions at restaurants and hotels in Calgary and southern Alberta from 1990 to 1992. He then seized an opportunity to work in Europe, presented by a former Swiss-born instructor at SAIT, to gain international cooking experience. Doug ended up working in Holland as a Chef Tournant in a Michelin Star restaurant. The fact that he has family in Holland and speaks Dutch made the experience all the more enjoyable. When his work visa expired, he headed home to the Prairies he loves and became a Sous Chef at the new Paradise Canyon Golf Resort in Lethbridge. On a whim, Doug applied for an Instructional Assistant posting at Lethbridge Community College in 1995, got the job and has not looked back since. He became a member of the Faculty of Professional Cooking at the college in 1998. He is very active at the college sitting on the Culinary Careers Advisory Committee and the Baking Advisory Committee. Doug is a firm believer that ‘the career picks you, not the other way around’. He believes he is making a difference in students’ lives and in return he gets excited teaching students who are motivated, eager to learn and enjoy expressing themselves artistically through their chosen profession. Doug is an advocate in life-long learning and as such completed his Journeyman and Red Seal in Baking from SAIT in 1998. He is in the process of writing the Chef de Cuisine Certification through the Canadian Culinary Institute. He joined the local chapter of the Canadian Federation of Chefs and Cooks in 1990 and has been an active member ever since. Presently he holds the position of President of the Southern Alberta Academy of Chefs.

International Competition Resume

2002 2004

Luxembourg Erfurt

Team Alberta Team Alberta

Individual Captain

Gold Gold/Silver

Contact Information:

Lethbridge Community College
3000 College Drive South
Lethbridge, Alberta
Canada T1K 1L6
Phone: (403) 320-3271
Email: Doug Overes






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