NSCC graduate headed to WorldSkills competition [Video]

Nova Scotia was well-represented by its 10 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics in July and August. Six athletes from the Maritimes made the trip to Paris for the Paralympics, taking place from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, though Nova Scotia was not represented.

Another competitor from Nova Scotia, Olivia Sewell, is bound for France this week. She will be the first Nova Scotian to represent Canada in the WorldSkills culinary competition, taking place in Lyon, France, from Sept. 10 to 15. Sewell is a graduate from the culinary management program at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC).

“I can’t believe we’ve made it this far,” Sewell said. “Three years in the making.”

Garth Brown is a hospitality and culinary instructor at NSCC, Akerley in Dartmouth, N.S., and one of Sewell’s coaches.

“Olivia’s the only Nova Scotian to ever make it this far,” Brown said. “She won provincials. She won nationals and now she’s won the competition to go to the worlds.”

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