Barry Morgan recently visited the St. Pius X Culinary Institute in Ahuntsic for the EMSB podcast and sat down with Chef/Instructor Derek Curzi and one of his students, John Alea.

Derek is a former student at the Institute and also studied cooking in Belgium. He discusses the program, how long it lasts and what it takes to become a chef.

John will soon be graduating from the program and he talks about what he has learned at the St Pius  X Culinary Institute.

Derek and John also talk about some of their favorite dishes as well as the Institute's dining room, a terrific spot, open to the public, for lunch and dinner. You can listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/englishmtl/emsb-podcast-pius-culinary-centre?in=englishmtl/sets/emsb-podcast