Day 15

Even though today was my sleep in day I woke up early. Some friends and I woke up to go to the store room and witness "receiving", a process in which a restaurant receives the produce from its provider. It is suggested to students to be able to learn more about the procedure and how to determine the quality of your produce. It was a wonderful experience, you can really understand how much this school considers itself a school. The workers politely kept us out of the way but we could still see everything. When something was going to be sent back one man would call us over and ask us why the produce was no good. If we couldn't answer he'd show us and explain, and enjoyed doing so.

After the storage room my partner in gastronomy and I decided to start on our Ben and Jerry's project. I never knew there was so much about Ben and Jerry's ice cream. That is all I can say.

Today was also the career fair. I've made it my goal to go to every single career fair offered. Even though I am no where near graduating, it never hurts to explore and research, and those who show up regularly get recognized. When I went I noticed there were two kinds of companies and I wasn't going to give one the time of day. This is a prestigious college, the students that graduated are well trained and wanted. As I walked in the first booth had a chef great me kindly and professionally, introducing himself and his business. He asked me my name, how far along I was in the program, when I was graduating, and what I was interested in. He sold his business very well and he has my respect and consideration. Most booths did the same, however some sat behind their tables, arm crossed, and barely made eye contact. I approached one. Introduced myself and getting to shake his hand was like pulling teeth. I told him my name, where I was in the program, when I was graduating, and what I was interested in. I told him that I was a new student and didn't know what I wanted to do and what his business was. He told me fine dining. With that I told him it was a pleasure to meet him and left. All and all the career fair was a good experience. I got a lot of advice, plenty of friendly faces, and I gave out one resume.

Classes start at 4 and gastronomy lets us out an hour early. I wasn't feeling well and blame dehydration but I enjoyed my long dinner. After which, we all went up to food safety and had another first test/quiz awaiting us. Again, I was the first one done and I feel confident.

Tonight we took it easy. We went to a friend's room and watch a movie with Oreos and peanut butter (a culinary MASTERPIECE) and popcorn. After the movie I went straight to bed. I was exhausted.