The fun Costa Georgiadis, awesome students and tasty edible gardens

The fun Costa Georgiadis, awesome students and tasty edible gardens!

I love Northern Sydney Institute (TAFE NSW) for many reasons. Firstly I have been very lucky to work with them for years, secondly they are very kind people and thirdly; they have some amazing events at their Ryde Sydney Campus.

This is where they teach culinary arts and they host lots of their VIP events with students catering and developing real practical skills. What we all say and notice is how fantastic the food is and how attentive the service is.

As they are students, they are trying really hard to make a great impression and build their careers. The food is most certainly made with love and this event was great in that they had celebrity Costa Georgiadis come down and help open their new ‘edible garden’.

As they told the story, they used to have a tennis court there that didn’t get used that much. Eventually TAFE started looking at it sideways and some brilliant stroke of genius came up to turn it into an edible garden built and planted by the students.

It’s come up just great with fantastic herbs and at this VIP event you had Costa as the amazing entertainer keeping us all engaged, great speeches and students working hard. It also started raining! You had everyone taking cover, chef students wearing ponchos as the show must go on!

In short, it was an amazing event and it got me thinking as to how progressive TAFE is, the great initiatives and what it’s like to have that raw motivation and passion in what we do.

Everyone at this event was very unique in the respect that they are motivated people. They love what they do and the results show for it.

It was a fun evening on many levels and it’s reminded me as to one key point / lesson from the night:

“When you love what you do, you never work another day in your life”

My advice and thinking? Create a business / career / life that is based around what you love. That is when you can become not only wealthy, but truly successful on many more levels.

Thank you Northern Sydney Institute! It’s an honour working with you amazing people and love your work.