You will notice that I am back dating to get caught up -
It is my first day walking through the doors of Le Cordon Bleu in my uniform and carrying my book bag with the big heavy red book!
It's finally here, time to get dressed - black checkered pants, neckerchief, white chef coat, steel toed black shoes, and the white cap . We don't have to bring our aprons or towels, yet. We're sitting in a classroom, reading, reviewing, and starving - waiting for the other classes to put food on the little stools outside their classrooms. I'll tell you more about that later - this wasn't something Chef Porter told us about - she never really mentioned it...we kinda came across this on our on. BUT when we did come across these morsels of treats...it was like heaven. Did I mention, we were starving?
So along comes my orientation and I'm sick...S I C K - there's only one more orientation before classes start, I had to make it, sick or not! I needed my uniforms and books! Or I'd have to wait and start the next go around...
Back to my first day - we were all a little nervous, I didn't know anyone in the class, but others knew a few. There was a little confusion as to what room we were to be in. We moved a few times that night before we settled in for the next 14 days. We had Chef Porter, she has the knowledge! I wish I was a fly on the wall when she did her chef thing back in the day!
The class was interesting and informing - we learned extra things, too, that I won't mention here, but that I want to remember in forty years when I read this! I should have known at this point, that our class would be full of entertainment! Both - negative and positive!
Our first classes consisted of Sanitation and Basic Cookery.
Chef Porter asked us why we wanted to attend Le Cordon Bleu - it wasn't because I loved to cook - though, that has changed. I wanted to attend Le Cordon Bleu for Patisserie, but I could not afford the program. I'm gonna be honest with ya'll - holy cow...that's a huge expense! BUT, I wasn't going to give up and say screw it...so I joined the Culinary Certificate Program. A much more affordable program for me! So, sit tight and I'll be adding posts, hopefully day by day - some days will be more interesting than others - like egg day!
