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KATHMANDU: On Tuesday, Australia's Ambassador to Nepal, Felicity Volk, and winner of BBC MasterChef: The Professionals Rematch 2021, Chef Santosh Shah, awarded graduation certificates to participants of commercial cooking training organised by the Didi Foundation Nepal.

The Australian Embassy supported Didi Foundation to establish its cooking training centre and deliver a 390-hour course in commercial cooking, based on the curriculum of the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT), as per a press statement.

Fifteen women from disadvantaged communities comprised first cohort of students. Ambassador Volk congratulated the trainees and thanked Didi Foundation for organising the training programme, which is promoting employment, livelihoods and entrepreneurial ventures for women from all communities.

A version of this article appears in the print on July 27, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.