Caroline Gonçalves Barbosa, a pastry chef at the gategourmet Brazil unit, is the winner of the 2024 YOCUTA Talent Award (Young Culinary Talents program).
Nestlé’s YOCUTA – Young Culinary Talents program is aimed at young culinary students from low-income families who are looking to improve their professional skills and establish themselves in the competitive culinary market.
With the support of gategourmet’s culinary leadership team, Caroline Gonçalves enrolled in the program and was selected from over 6,000 young people across Brazil. The participants began with online courses and training sessions, after which 66 individuals were chosen for a week of in-person courses and activities at the Nestlé unit in São Paulo.
During this intense week of training, 12 participants stood out for their performance and advanced to the final competition. In this stage, Caroline demonstrated her excellence and creativity, winning first place and raising the quality of our cuisine to the highest level on the podium of this important competition for young talents.
Caroline’s triumph is not only a recognition of her dedication and skills but also a reflection of gategourmet’s commitment to supporting and developing new talents in the culinary field.
About Nestlé YOCUTA – Young Culinary Talents
Nestlé Professional’s Young Culinary Talents or simply as YOCUTA is a Creating Shared Value initiative, which is also aligned to the Nestlé needs YOUth program. The program enhances the skills of selected students from the leading Hospitality institute in Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago Hospitality and Tourism Institute. The key objective is providing these future top chefs with better prospects for landing their first job in the hospitality industry.
About gategourmet
gategourmet was founded in Switzerland in 1992 to cater Swissair. Today, it’s a global company with the most comprehensive catering network in the aviation industry. Through top-quality culinary concepts from menu design to execution, gategourmet delivers consistent and standardized catering provisioning services, while ensuring on-time-performance to airline customers and a memorable onboard experience for their passengers. Present in 33 countries with over 135 units, gategourmet has fully equipped kitchens as well as logistic centers across the globe to provide holistic catering service operations. For further information, https://www.gategroup.com/our-brands/gategourmet/.
