This week has been absolutely amazing! At the beginning of the week, I was feeling anxious because I knew we had to study for the Tier 2 Assessment, as well as the ServSafe Manager Exam. Monday was the last day I got to work at the NBC Kitchen (New Beginnings Center.) I learned so much working at that kitchen because I used my knife skills a whole lot and so I feel like I have improved. The next day, all of the students in both tiers had to work together to get many tasks done. One of our tasks was to make box lunches and inside the box lunches were chicken and César salad, veggie and meat wraps and two chocolate chip cookies. We had over 80 lunch boxes and we had to get them finished within two hours, along with making the pizza for the Charter School in Novato. That day, Chef Jacques had assessed me on how well I performed in class; math skills, kitchen equipment use knowledge, job readiness, participation and my attitude. The results I got from him were that I exceed and that I am ready to be put in the work field. I was very happy when I heard that and it motivated me to keep up and do what needs to be done. On top of that, I was promoted into Tier 3 and next week I will be working everyday, 8:00 to 3:00, at Jackson's Café in San Rafael. This is a very exciting moment for me. I can't believe I made it this far and I feel I have accomplished a lot because of my hard work and dedication at Fresh Starts.
Yesterday, I had another test and it was based on being divided up into two teams. On my team, I was with Josie, Dina, Matt, Robinson, Solomon and Raquel. Our assignment was to make Spicy Orange Chicken using a recipe that Chef Carol gave us at the beginning of the week. We were making the Orange Chicken for the staff meeting that day and so we had from 1:00 - 3:00 to get everything done. Our results came in from Steve and Chef Carol; they said that we did an excellent job organizing what needed to be done and they liked how we were on task the whole time. Working as a team made all of us stronger because we used our communication skills to talk to each other and we actually did a good job. At the ending, it was worth it because I got a sense of how it feels to be in a kitchen and working with other people. It turned out that the time limit that was given was good because we got the food finished on time and ready to be served.
I love my culinary class; I feel as if everyone wants me to succeed and cares about me. I feel appreciated and I am getting the education I want and it's helping me get to my future career that I've been dreaming about.
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