EKGS Culinary Institute graduation

The EKGS Culinary Institute has held its 18th graduation ceremony at the

national Theatre in Accra.

The programme coincided with a spectacular cake, pastry and floral

exhibition mounted by 120 grandaunts who have undergone six months intensive

courses in cake making and designing, pastries making, cookery, balloon and

floral arrangement.

It was under theme 50 years of independent the way forward for the strategic

development of the hospitality industry.

Some of the items displayed included wedding cakes, birthday cakes and fancy

cakes in which some of them were designed with pictures of important

personalities while others were made in a form of football pitches,

corporate logos and baby courts.

There was a mad rush for wedding cakes and pastry products after the

programme as aspiring couples were busily bargaining for wedding cakes and

other gift items meant for their planed wedding.

The event which was described by some patrons as unprecedented brought

hundreds of people from various part of the country which filled the theater

to capacity.

Bernice Ofei, one of the country's finest female gospel artistes sang some

of her latest sons which saw guests dancing throughout.

In her welcome address the Founder and Director of the Institute

Mrs.EfuaGoode-Arthur appealed to Government to waive taxis on tourism

equipments and

other tools to encourage more people to take advantage of the industry.

She noted ,, if we want to attract patrons to our facilities we must be

prepared to learn new things , keep our facilities spick and span and go to

the extra miles of being extra special,,

She said this will help them to explore available opportunities in the

industry.

She once again admonished the aviation industry to reduce the air fares to

attract more tourists into the country.

She said some of the challenges impeding the industry are high air fares

charged by the airline operators in Ghana.

Mrs. Arthur said the growth of the tourism sector has gained an

international recognition for the country which according to her will bring

more tourists to the country.

She however said that it is imperative for players in the industry to embark

on capacity building and long term strategies to enable them to meet the

global tourism demands

EKGS Culinary Institute located at Dansoman round about was established

eight years ago with six students can now boast of remarkable growth.

The school since its inception has trained thousands people who are now

working with leading hospitality companies in Ghana.

The chairman of the function Mr. Ransford Tetteh who doubles as President of

the Ghana Journalists Association and Editor of the Daily Graphic, the

biggest selling news paper in Ghana congratulated the graduands and urged

them not to be complacent but keep on upgrading their skills in other to

enable them excel on the job market.