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Great news to Hong Kong!

I was too excited this morning to know that Mr. Jamie Oliver and the team has confirmed to open a new restaurant in Hong Kong.

Although it won't be under the name of Fifteen, I do enjoy Italian food.  I believe that a lot of people here in H.K share this  preference when considering many other western cuisine . It's simple, fresh  and tasty!

From the news content, I'm also happy to know that H.K will be considered as a training base for the chain.  I do think that we have lot of people who  apprecipate cooking as a means for wholeperson development and be able to secure a job, even a career in the future.  People who are dedicated can virtually go anywhere in the world to chase their dreams. 

So did I.......

Even though  I was trained as a social worker, I discovered another interests in my life that is sooo.....important to me in the later part of my life.  I initiated a business and wrote to apply jobs in the kitchen after the business was closed down a few years ago.   I didn't consider closing down of business was a true failure because I gained a lot of valuable experiences and a hard core training.   Finally, I managed to work in Zuma when the Japnanese restaurant was opened in 2007.   Due to a lot of unexpectancy, I was forced to leave Zuma.  The tears is still in my eye.  My heart for real cooking has never stopped.   H.K is lacking a good and systematic training in the F&B industry.    Our problem is that we see people in the catering industry are low educated and deserve no respect from the community.   

I hope that the opening of Jamie's Italian in H.K will be a golden opportunity to bring a solution. 
One thing is that I hope the restaurant won't just accept youth who are under 18 but would open up to people who are genuine about cooking and want to use cooking as a means to change their lives and bring happiness to themselves, families and even the society.