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Culinary Arts

Culinary Arts. The Things We’ve Learned Gaylene Greenwood & Diane Cluff Our experiences with Nationals. #1 TEAM WORK, TEAM WORK, TEAM WORK #2 PUSH THEM BEYOND THEIR LIMITS

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Culinary Arts

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  1. Culinary Arts The Things We’ve Learned Gaylene Greenwood & Diane Cluff Our experiences with Nationals.

  2. #1 TEAM WORK, TEAM WORK, TEAM WORK • #2 PUSH THEM BEYOND THEIR LIMITS • #3 BE HONEST AND UPFRONT – IF YOU DON’T LIKE SOMETHING TELL THEM AND CORRECT EVEN THE LITTLEST THINGS. Constantly remind them that they need to wash their hands. Point out times when cross contamination can happen. • #4 PRAISE, PRAISE, PRAISE • #5 Don’t Assume that they know how to do things. If you don’t know either ask a professional. • #6 PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE Gaylene’s Guidelines

  3. Teach them to season • White pepper is much stronger than black pepper. • Don’t season without tasting. • Prepare them for un-for-seen circumstances • Varying amounts of sodium in different stock. • What would you do if you don’t get enough stock? • What to do if you get premade Roux. Seasoning

  4. How to set up Mise en place. • What to do with your equipment when you are done or are not using it. • Keep dirty equipment out of view, under prep tables if possible. • Keep meat preparation area’s away from other preparation area’s. Cleanliness and Organization

  5. Shoes non-melting uppers and nonslip shoes. • Pants hemmed properly. • Jackets should be clean. • If it has a yellow oily stain, that happens, but it does not mean that it is not clean. • I have my students press their coats before so that they are not wrinkled. Proper Uniform

  6. Proper cooking temperatures. • How to warm and cool plates for serving. • Don’t keep checking food (releases heat). • Patience is a virtue. • Know how long things are going to take. • Knowing recipes before hand there is no excuse for not knowing your time plan in advance. This comes with practicing the recipes. At home and with the advisor. • Have them get a bag of carrots or two and practice knife cuts at home. • What if scinerios. • Bring in professional’s. Misc. info

  7. If something goes wrong pretend you know what you are doing instead of drawing attention to the fact that something went wrong. • Make sure that they understand the score sheet and how they will be scored. • Teach them to have fun and put some love (passion) into their food. • Sample Menu’s will be posted on the national website by December 1st. Miscl. Info

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