Success Stories
Did you know the world’s #2 sommelier is an AC grad? Not only that, her restaurant “Soif” is right across the bridge in Gatineau, and is currently nominated as Canada’s top new restaurant of 2015!
In this video, world-renowned Sommelier Véronique Rivest shares how the AC Sommelier program helped launch her career.
Read more about Veronique’s incredible career here.
Algonquin Sommelier grad — and Ottawa restaurant icon — Stephen Beckta has been profiled in the Ottawa Business Journal.
The feature-length toast to Beckta summarizes his key accomplishments:
“At age 43, Stephen Beckta is the majority partner of the iconic Beckta Dining and Wine and of its two sister restaurants, Play and Gezellig. Beckta Dining and Wine landed on the 2017 list of Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants, which was voted on by leading chefs, restaurateurs and critics from across the country, and all three are on TripAdvisor’s Top 10 list of places to eat in Ottawa…
Mr. Beckta is also an Algonquin College-trained sommelier who’s worked in some of the finest eateries in New York City.”
For the full Beckta profile, click here.
Watch: How Beckta’s hospitality career began at Algonquin College.
Read about AC Sommelier graduate Frederic Brouca!
The Ottawa man who tends to his French vineyard _ Ottawa Citizen