Hospitality And Food Get The Spotlight During Golf Week

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NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - As patrons from each complete nan world travel successful for play week, 1 awesome manufacture successful Augusta that sees action is nan hospitality industry.

We heard from Helms College and its alumni astir really their acquisition astatine nan assemblage opened doors for them and their hopes for nan early of nan section culinary industry.

This year, Helms College has 15 students astatine nan Augusta National gaining acquisition you can’t find anyplace else, while others who person already gone done nan program, are serving those patrons this week and our locals year-round.

When you locomotion into Wrap & Roll Kitchen, Brian Waller says it’s each astir nan culinary journey.

“A batch of my dishes are inspired by vacation, travel, friends,” said Brian Waller, Wrap & Roll Kitchen.

From owning nan business to cooking nan food, he does it all.

And it each started pinch a dream.

“A batch of group referred maine to Helms College and upon maine getting successful there, it was mind-blowing. And I’m talking astir from making sauces to making your ain doughs. I conscionable took it each successful and I didn’t really cognize really I was going to usage it upon entering in. But erstwhile I went out, I was afloat inspired, and I knew I had a consciousness of guidance successful nan culinary world,” said Waller.

Waller says Helms College made those dreams a reality.

“We had a people that we were taking wherever we really had to constitute retired our vision. I spot immoderate of nan things that I person put successful that book. I spot them travel to life, truthful nan full process of starting something, believing successful it, and now really watching it flourish has been mind-blowing each by itself,” said Waller.

When you measurement done nan doors of Helms College, for illustration Hannah Williams, you whitethorn not ever cognize wherever it will return you.

“I want to recreation for a small bit, acquisition different kitchens, but I person a batch of family here, truthful I’d emotion to travel backmost present and activity successful kitchens astir present for sure,” said Hannah Williams, Helms College Student.

But you time off pinch thing that will travel you anywhere.

“Not only person I learned a batch of skills for my career, but I’ve really learned a batch for conscionable for illustration my day-to-day life erstwhile it comes to making connections pinch group and conscionable really trusting my gut and instincts pinch a batch of this,” said Williams.

For hospitality, this is nan spot to be, getting hands-on acquisition astatine places for illustration nan Augusta National.

“We person immoderate that are now Augusta National chefs, arsenic good arsenic immoderate that are invited backmost yearly to spell retired location and work. I had a student 2 years ago, his 1 occupation nan full week was to fry chickenhearted breasts. Over that play of time, he told america that he fried 60,000 chickenhearted breasts. That’s what he did for nan 10 days he was retired astatine Augusta National,” said Samuel Saxon, Helms College executive chef.

Because for visionaries for illustration Waller, nan acquisition is invaluable.

“We’re conscionable trying to make Augusta and nan CSRA nan hub for mini businesses and restaurants, wherever group erstwhile they recreation successful these areas they opportunity ‘Hey, those small areas North Augusta and Augusta has immoderate awesome food’ and that’s nan marketplace that we want to time off successful our Community,” said Waller.

This is simply a unsocial acquisition for our area because Helms College is nan only culinary assemblage established done goodwill.