Day Two!

Man I am so tired.

College was a long time ago, but even with that I never went from 6am-9pm day after day. Plus when you get home you have to prepare your menus for the next day. This is no vacation-it is fun though!!

Today we experienced a professional kitchen. Just like you see on the food network-not as much yelling (but that does happen) but a lot of activity. The kitchen is a very dangerous place, especially when you are working with so many people. There are 4 teams and each team made a three course meal-so much food! After we were done, we ate it for lunch!



































All the students here eat for free, all day, every day in these fine dining restaurants. Part of your tuition here is you work these restaurants, both front and back of the house-and you are the customers!
Talk about your freshman 15-how about your freshman 50!!!



























Now for some really cool things. Can you imagine how great your food would be if this was your spice rack?

















How about an entire cow arriving EVERY day, no meat hits the freezer here-everything is fresh. I was in heaven-this was so amazing!










































Even with all of this overwhelming fun, Friday's exam is still weighing heavy on my mind. We each have to cook our own menu, creating our own recipes. And to add a little more excitement to it, we have been given 12 items that HAVE to be used in the menu. We get the standard pantry to use, but we also get to add 4 items that are not in the pantry.

So here are my 12 items that were in my basket-

Monk Fish, Chorizo, Shrimp, Clams, Chicken Thighs, Plum Tomatoes, Yellow Peppers, Piquillo Peppers, Eggs, Saffron, Spanish Rice and Potatoes.

So I am leaning towards Tapas, Paella and Flan. It is a big menu, now I need to select the recipes.

Well here is to day two! Good Night!