Week 2

20/09/2011 - 26/09/2011

This morning i started in the kitchen by preparing all the mise on place for the cold kitchen that
is doing things like

• cutting tomatoes 
• cutting up onions 
• cutting cucumber
• cutting lettuce 

this is the basic things we start with in the kitchen it get used with a sandwich that a guest order and 
it is for a side salad on the plate ..
after that you work either at the hot or cold kitchen where you will make either toasted sandwiches
or you will work in the hot kitchen there you make eggs and bacon etc . for breakfast and all other hot foods are made there..during the week the kitchen is not that busy but then we work with the other chefs and kearn more and learn how to make some thing new ..

21/09/2011
today we also started with the mise on place it is some thing that we do on a daily basis every day
after wards we started to prepare for the function that we were going to do at the KYK NET EKSPO
it is a cheese and wine function that we will be doing .we prepared most of the cheeses and also the
sauces for the bread sticks
today was very busy and i learned how to make bechanel sauce and also biltong fondue which
is a nice starter meal to serve at a party or function .also learned how to make a cheese sauce ..

22/09/2011
Today we cleaned the kitchen by taking the tables in the kitchen out and also the racks etc ..
we had to clean all the dirt and fat of the tables and under the tables . we did that by spraying oven grill
on  all of the equipment and waiting a few minutes before we started scrubbing it with a brush ,it was a difficult task and we got dirty as all the dirt got on us . after the equipment was cleaned we sprayed all of it with sanitizer and wiped it . and took it back into the kitchen ,it took quite a while but we managed .

23/09/2011
This morning we all started to prepare and get all of the equipment ready for the nights functions
as it will be a very busy day and a long day ! the function is at MBIZI and we are going there at 2 to start to set up and cover everything and decorate the place ! when the function started we were busy heating every thing up as they were talking for a long period of time ! when everyone came to dish up it was fun and we talked to the guest ant told them more about what we do and it was busy as there was about 350 people the night was very successful and everyone enjoyed it a lot ...it was a great experience to be at such a function and to see how it works !

24/09/2011
Today we are working at the show at Mbizi at the Sondela stand where we are promoting sondela and telling people more about what is happening here ..while at the stand we where baking pancakes and we also had a warthog on a spit that we give to people that comes past and wants to know more !! it wasn't that busy as we finished early and had the rest of the day of .

25/09/2011
today i am in the hot kitchen making breakfast and making scones and vetkoek etc..
it was quiet in the beginning of the day but later it was very busy as we almost ran out of some of our food but we made more and everything was fine it was nice to work under pressure as it learns you more on how to stay calm and to work quicker under pressure .

26/09/2011
today is welcoming and we are preparing before the time for it as this morning i already started to make pancakes for welcoming that will be at 1 .as we saw that it is better to start early than rather doing it late and getting stuck without pancakes while there are guest waiting .it was a long day