A 12,000 sq. ft. extension to The Culinary Institute of Canada in Charlottetown, PEI is now home to two of the most creative cooking facilities in the country: Canada’s Smartest Kitchen and the Cavendish Culinary Creation Centre.
Canada’s Smartest Kitchen is the research arm of The Culinary Institute of Canada, a division of Holland College. Food processing is one of Canada’s largest industries, with Canadian consumers purchasing more than $60-billion annually in processed food. Canada’s Smartest Kitchen is designed to facilitate collaborative work between chefs, scientists and industry to cater to changing tastes and capitalize on this booming market. It is equipped with state-ofthe- art culinary research and development equipment and a high-tech boardroom for online meetings with clients and potential clients.
The Cavendish Culinary Creation Centre, located on the lower level of the two-storey extension, is the research and development division of Cavendish Farms and includes a pilot production line and food processing equipment. It will be specifically focused on developing innovative food products for Cavendish Farms, currently the fourth largest processor of frozen potato products in North America.
The facility was cost shared by ACOA ($1.2-million), the Province of PEI ($1.2-million), Cavendish Farms ($1-million) and Holland College ($750,000).
