Ikholeji yoLuntu yaseGuam (GCC) kunye neGuam Visitors Bureau (GVB) kwakhona yabamba utshintshiselwano lokutya kunye nenkcubeko kubafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo kunye nabafundi beekholeji abavela eJapan naseGuam. Abafundi abasuka kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo sase-Hirosaki Jitsugyou saseJapan, kwiSithili sase-Aomori bakhuphisana ku-Umaimon Koshien 2024 (uKhuphiswano lokupheka lweSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo eJapan) ngoNovemba ka-2024 kwaye baphumelela ithuba lokuthatha inxaxheba kuKhenketho lokuFunda oluya eGuam.
Abafundi abathathu baseJapan Exchange, u-Mai Saito, uArisa Sasaki, kunye no-Aki Yamada babenosuku oluzele kukutya kunye nokucwiliswa kwenkcubeko ngoLwesithathu, ngo-Matshi 12, 2025, ukuqala kwi-Leo Palace Resort e-Mañenggon, apho badibana khona nabalingane babo bezokupheka kwi-Guam Community College's Culinary Programme kunye ne-Okkodo High School.
Abafundi baphinde baphathwa kukhenketho olujikeleze isiqithi ngoncedo lwe-GVB, kunye nenkcazo malunga nenkcubeko ekhethekileyo yaseGuam, ukutya, ulwimi kunye nesiqithi, ngabafundi be-10 beSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo sase-Okkodo abavela kwinkqubo yeGCC's Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTMP), ekhokelwa nguMyaleli uDarlyn Zapanta.
“Abafundi bazenzele ngokwabo le nkcazo-ntetho, besebenzisa izixhobo nolwazi esilunike eklasini ngenkqubo yabo yeminyaka emithathu,” utshilo uCarol Cruz, uNjingalwazi oNcedisayo weGCC kwiHospitality and Tourism Management.
"Le nkqubo yenzelwe ukufundisa kunye nokuqhubela phambili ukhenketho lwaseGuam kunye neshishini lokubuka iindwendwe."
“Ukhenketho yeyona njini yezoqoqosho kwisiqithi sethu kwaye aba bafundi ngenye imini baya kukhokela imarike yethu yezokhenketho kumsebenzi wokwamkela iindwendwe nokhenketho.”
Emva kwenxalenye yokutshintshiselana ngenkcubeko ye-ajenda yakusasa, i-16 ye-GCC ye-postsecondary culinary abafundi babone abafundi baseJapan Exchange belungiselela isidlo sabo esiphumeleleyo, "i-Gappado Aomori Burger." Iqela leGCC lezokupheka, elikhokelwa ngabapheki uPaul Kerner kunye noBertrand Harullion babonise ubugcisa bokupheka izitya ze-Chamorro. Ukusebenza kunye neqela leGCC Culinary kumboniso okhethekileyo yayiyiNdwendwe yeChef uKoji Tanimoto, umpheki osemthethweni ohlala eJapan Consul General Susumu Ueda.
“Xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo, bebebaninzi abafundi nabapheki abathathe inxaxheba kulo nyaka. Siyabulela ukuba nabafundi baka-Okkodo be-HTMP, u-Consul General Ueda kunye noChef Tanimoto bazibandakanye nathi ukunceda ukudala utshintshiselwano lwenkcubeko olunentsingiselo ngakumbi,” utshilo uMphathi weNtengiso oPhezulu weGVB uRegina Nedlic.
“Le nkqubo yotshintshiselwano yaqala xa abaphumeleleyo kukhuphiswano luka-2023 Umaimon Koshien bamenywa ukuba beze eGuam, ngoncedo lweGuam Visitors Bureau, ukuze batshintshiselane neNkqubo yeCulinary yeGCC. Ukusukela ngoko, iGuam iye yabamba abaphumeleleyo iminyaka emibini kwaye yaqalisa isiko lokuba izikolo eziphakamileyo zaseJapan zijonge phambili.”

UHermoine Martinez, umfundi we-GCC wokubhaka kunye ne-Pastry postsecondary wayechulumancile ngomsitho.
UMartinez uthi: “Ndandivuya yaye ndisoyika ukudibana nabafundi abavela eJapan ababenosukelo lwemfundo olufana nolwam. “Ndikonwabele ukubabukela belungisa izitya zabo besebenzisa izithako ezahlukeneyo ukuphumelela ukhuphiswano eJapan. Ndingathanda ukugcina unxibelelwano naba bafundi kwaye ndinethemba lokufunda omnye komnye ngemfundo yethu yokufundisa. ”
Ukuvala utshintshiselwano lwenkcubeko yosuku, abafundi abathandathu be-postsecondary GCC International Hotel Management kunye nabafundi be-HTMP base-Okkodo baye bavolontiya ukuba babambe abafundi abathathu botshintshiselwano kukhenketho olujikeleze iLali yaseChamorro ukuze bathathe izinto ezibonwayo kunye nezandi zeMarike yangoLwesithathu ebusuku.
“Sinombulelo ngokuthatha inxaxheba kweli thuba likhethekileyo labaphumeleleyo kukhuphiswano lwezikolo zamabanga aphakamileyo eJapan ukuba bafumane utshintshiselwano ngenkcubeko nenkcubeko nabafundi bethu abanetalente eGuam,” utshilo uMongameli weGVB kunye neCEO uRégine Biscoe Lee, ezimase umsitho wakhe wokuqala wasekhaya egameni leziko. "Olu tshintshiselwano alusivumeli nje ukuba sabelane ngokutya kunye nezithethe zethu naba batsha bandwendwelayo, kodwa nokudala ubudlelwane, senze iGuam ibe yindawo ekhethekileyo abanokuthi babuyele kuyo kwixa elizayo."





KUBONWA KUMFANEKISO OPHAMBILI: Iintshatsheli zeCulinary ezivela kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo saseHirosaki Jitsugyo (LR) uAki Yamada, Mai Saito, kunye noArisa Sasaki banikezela ngembasa yabo yeGappado Aomori Burger kutshintshiselwano lwezokutya ngolwesiThathu – umfanekiso ngoncedo lweGVB