It’s been a pretty busy summer between the day job, night and online classes, a daughter graduating from High School, the kid’s schedules and taking on a new job. Just when you think things have calmed down, Virtual Virginia starts up with their students in courses, and I think my desk phone and email have just broken with so many issues and problems to snaggle through.
I feel like I did not get much kitchen time this summer either. I did finally get my produce basket that I won for the strawberry contest, and used the peaches in a cheesecake, which was tasty, I was told. But that is going to change soon, since I start Garde Manger “guard maze” French for "to keep to eat". I am looking forward to this class and being in the kitchen with Chef Emi again. She has already given us the syllabus and a challenge to find our signature dish. I am clueless and where to even start; so any suggestions will be welcome.
My next enrolled class starts Monday and it will be in International Cuisine. I can’t wait, but still not sure who the instructor will be. We were all looking forward to Chef Ellerbe teaching us, and he has chosen not to return to teaching this semester. That’s ok since I know he is pretty busy with the restaurant opening Tuesday the 24th of August.
So that leads me to SAVOR Virginia’s Low Country Cuisine. (The New Job) Some of you know I am Chef Ellerbe’s personal assistant as well as the office manager for the restaurant. So it has kept me busy and out of trouble (not) this summer. One thing that I was ok with in Chef Ellerbe not coming back to learn from, was that I had one heck of a teaching in how to open a restaurant. ABC licenses, health inspections, fire inspections, kitchen equipment ordered, phone set-up’s, accounts for food inventory set-up, employee hiring’s, wine tastings, POS systems installed…You name it it’s been done! It was fun, and sometime s frustrating that you feel you have taken one step forward and ten steps back; but in the end so worth the experience and knowledge we are this close to opening. Maybe Chef Ellerbe will let me in the kitchen once in a while to cook and not wash the dishes. He keeps saying “there is no crying in cooking” and just as well I am not in the kitchen. “HUMPH” He has no clue!!! Short red-headed lady with a big knife.
Well I will be better now in keeping the blog up to date with new pictures of my adventures in class.
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