Lunn championing life skills

Chelsea Channing

By Chelsea Channing
Published October 29, 2015

Having enjoyed an accomplished career as a chef spanning decades and continents, Stephen Lunn jumped from the frying pan into the fire when he took on his first role teaching high school students in Tasmania.

The VET teacher had already trained many young apprentices when he took on a role at Guildford Young College, but ...

This story appeared in the November 2015 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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