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Location: currently So Cal
Registered: May 2002
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Who just had all his friends over for a big birthday bash! ;-D ;-D ;-D But I didn't. Instead I just got off work at my first gig as a professional chef. IT WAS SO COOL!!!::-) ;-D  It was just dumb luck, but I was one of the very few students that got to actually cook anything. Mostly the students just plate food or do prep work. But I was assigned to do hot appetizers with two other students. The chef said that normally he would have a chef doing the cooking and students would only be plating, but his chef couldn't make it tonight. So he gave us the responsibility. The other two students weren't to sure of what they were supposed to do, so even though I had less experience, I just took over. We had this huge open flame oven and the chef showed us how to cook the appetizers, then left us to our own devices. We had marinated beef kabobs, chicken kabobs, fried shrimp, and of course, the famous Wolfgang Puck pizzas. Everything was already assembled, we only had to cook it, then plate it. But that was a huge responsibility for students to get. The chef was very pleased with our work. We prepared appetizers for 650 people. Afterward came the really hard part. We had to plate 650 entrees. The chef formed us into 6 lines of four students in each line. Each of us had one responsibility. One put the mashed potoatoes on the plate, another, the veggies (that was me), another the fillet mignons, and finally one topped the dish with broiled shrimp before sneding it to a chef for the sauce and to service. Between our 6 lines, we plated 650 entrees in 15 minutes. WOW!  Unfortunately, the whole job only lasted 3 hours and 15 minutes. It was over Waaaayy toooo soon. :'-( :'-( I figured that I made just enough money to pay for parking and gas and to stop for a beer to celebrate on the way home.  I'm hoping that I can get another gig next weekend.
Think good thoughts,
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