Day twenty-four: Motorcycle chef is back and as much fun as ever
Well, I never have received any feedback on any of the assignments I handed in and I guess I never will, but I did get my final grade. Let me tell you about it.
Day twenty-three: And I’m excited about cooking again
My very first day in the kitchen, I was thrilled. The Chef asked anyone if they wanted to try making eggs in the wok and you just know I was very “Oh yes Chef, me Chef, I’ll try,” while most of the other students merely shuffled their feet. It was what I was there for, [...]
Day … well the day doesn’t count because it is Saturday
Exhausted. Totally exhausted. I just spent seven hours straight on my feet and in the kitchen, dodging bullets everywhere I turned. And my mantra today? I am going to kill Grinning Guy.
Day twenty-two: Where I actually cook a perfect chicken (almost!)
Two of my fellow students took yesterday off and went to a farm to see lambs slaughtered. We were all invited to go, but I declined. Big surprise. One of the students, Southern Guy, went to the night class to make up the missed time. He liked it so much he decided to stay. Here’s [...]
Day twenty-one: How to cook a perfect chicken
Welcome to chicken month at culinary school where we will learn how to cook a perfect chicken. But before I get into chickens, so to speak, I have to get into the people.
Day twenty: Exams, exams, exams, exams
All day exams today. And this was on top of the practical I did yesterday. Who wants to know how I did?
Day nineteen: And culinary school is whipping
It is the second-to-last day of the first half of this term. Already. Today we had our practical exam. Tomorrow we’ll have our written exam and our knife skills test. Then we switch to a new chef instructor and a new time (an hour earlier every day, yawn) for the second half of the first [...]
Day eighteen: From grabbing behinds to knife skills
I spend five hours in class today, as I do every day. And of those five hours, I got 99% of the value in the last 20 minutes.
Day seventeen: Here comes the ambulance
I seem to be getting better. Finally. Which is seriously good. Because if you ever wondered how a person with a cold manages in a kitchen (assuming the chef lets them in the kitchen in the first place) it is by washing their hands every single time they blow their nose. And if you don’t [...]
Day sixteen: What’s really in the culinary school kitchen?
The kitchen for the first term students (and there are other kitchens for more advanced students) has two refrigerators and one freezer. It has four tables which can comfortably accommodate four students with four cutting boards each; five if you don’t mind knocking a few elbows. There are seven ovens, one of which is convection, [...]
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