Bedok Town Secondary School Program

On 27/05/09, We have a group of 34 students who attended the Character Building workshop at our restaurant. Please read the itinery and handouts given to them below.

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 SCHOOL PROGRAMME AT EIGHTEEN CHEFS TRATTORIA

CALIBRE (Character, Attitudes & Life skills to Build self-Reliance & self-Esteem)

Bedok Town Secondary School

 

Venue     : Fusionopolis

Time       : 9:00 am to 11:00 am

Duration : 2 hours

 

ITINERY - DAY 1(27/05/09)

            Objective of lesson: 

*      Pupils are able to  identify their character defects from the main problems

*      Pupils are able to see what kind of consequences these character defects lead to.

 

 

Time

Activities

Remarks

9:00 am to 9:15 am

  • Arrival and Induction
  • Pupils to put on their name stickers for easy identification.

 

9:15 am to 9:30am
  • Icebreaker activity

            Self and restaurant  introduction,

            followed by Head Chef Benny story.

            (refer to appendix 1.1)

Facilitator:

Johari Yahya

9:30 am to 10:00 am
  • Pupils are grouped accordingly. They are to move into own discussion with allocated facilitator.
  • Pupils are given worksheets. They are to discuss Benny’s main problem which highlights his character defects. Pupils to identify and write on the worksheets the character defects discussed. ( Refer to appendix 1.2)
  • Facilitator to discuss the consequences / outcome of the character defects. 
  • Facilitator to allocate a group representative for presentation.

Facilitators:

  1. Johari
  2. Gary
  3. Victor
  4. Hamzah
  5. Farhan

 

5 Groupings:

10 pupils per group (Total 70 pupils)

10:00 am to 10:15 am
  • Each group will send a representative to share their discussion. Duration of presentation is 2-3 minutes.

 

10:15am to 10:55 am
  • Dining Experience

 

 

10:55 am to 11:00 am
  • Closure

Facilitator to summarize lesson.

Facilitator:

Johari Yahya

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                 ITINERY - DAY 1

 

Appendix 1.1

 

Restaurant’s Background

Why Eighteen Chefs?

The owner and Executive Chef, Benny Se Teo says that the number ‘18’ is the moniker of the active local gang.

'I want delinquents to know that life offers many alternative paths. You don't have to identify as a gangster, you can be a chef’

Our Social Vision & Mission Statement

 

We wish to spread Benny’s story of experience, strength and hope to inspire troubled youths and people with conviction backgrounds to find alternative positive ways to reintegrate back into society.

 

We would like to work with other social agencies to help create this awareness and to provide a platform for these group of people to realize their talents in the Food & Beverage industry.

 

By providing them with a safe and non-judgmental working environment, we believe that we are giving them a chance to also work on their recovery through this unity of bond which will eventually allow them to be of service to the community

Benny’s Story

Benny has an unpleasant past as a drug addict. What he thought to be a passing phase of trying out drugs in his teenage years turn out to be a fifteen years’ nightmare. It consumed him both mentally and financially and he has been in and out of jail multiple times. Only by sheer willpower and his undying faith to keep doing the next right thing, was he able to break his bondage to have a normal life finally.

Benny’s addiction existed for a long period of time. As such it has influenced his characters.  He was dishonest to the people around him. He was also disrespectful and selfish to others to sustain his addiction. The outcome had an effect to those close to him. This created a lot of distrusts and disappointments in them. They hesitated to help even when he was in dire needs.  This has closed the door of acceptance for him. Society was not so forgiving over these types of destructive behaviours.

Now he feels that he needs to help youth-at-risks as well as ex-delinquents in not going down the same path in life while learning a new skill sets to support their own living. We believe that given a strong supportive environment with no discrimination to a person’s past, these people will have a much better chance in changing to a new leaf.

 

Appendix 1.2

 

 

Name:……………………………………….                                          Date:……………

Class:…………..

 

Identifying Character Defects

 

 

 

 


 

                  Reflection 1

 

Oval Callout:   Benny’s main problem:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Character Defects

Consequences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

* Main Problem = Character Defects = Consequences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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