Realization of a crazy idea

One day, walking past my college kitchen and riding on my cloud of cooking passion, I had a crazy yearning to get in there and help. I don't know, maybe it was nostalgia for the fun times doing menial tasks and chatting away with the kitchen staff during my food service internship rotations. Call me crazy, but I do enjoy food service, for the most part...

In any case, I thought I'd give the idea a shot; so I approached our head manager with the crazy idea of shadowing in the kitchen. Lo and behold, it was well-received! And after some organizing, I had my first day today.

It was interesting learning the British side of food service as well as how such a large institution operates. It's nice to know that the concepts are pretty much the same. Further, we are very fortunate to have such a collection of Chefs and Sous-Chefs who provide such high quality service.

As for me, what have I gained from this day? Lots, but probably the most significant is where my passion remains. After spending the morning preparing mains and the afternoon desserts, it seems I'm still driven by making desserts.