Week 1 25-10-2011
This week I started at accommodation S.S.B (Sondela share block) this is where all our laundry on our lodge gets washed and cleaning services for the chalets, now this week is end of the month so it was quite busy. We went out to our Makhato houses to clean, the workers showed us that there are specific ways to clean and make up a bed, and there are certain chemicals to use in certain parts of the house. We cleaned a lot of houses this week...
They also showed me how to check-out items of the store room for the workers, you have to wright down what they take etc.
Sondela have build 3 more tented camps and obviously they need beds etc, Jay-dee and I booked it out and took it to Mopane our 4 star tented camps...
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
CHEF COURSE
Week 2 10/10/2011
I have worked a weekend in the main kitchen and aish there's no rush as a rush in a busy kitchen and our kitchen is not just a restaurant with 30 tables and and when its full its full. We serve in our restaurant around our swimming pool and in our farmyard so it get extremely busy and I have experience it first hand... The chefs said I have done very good and i can handle pressure!
Chef Edward our executive chef asked chef Francois and me to make Turkish delight for our 5 star guest house. Now every thing must be perfect for the guest house because it is 5 star. We started...
INGREDIENTS
* 600 g Sugar
* 200 g Glucose
* 4x Lemon juice
* 750 ml water
* 50ml rose water
* 150g corn flour
EQUIPMENT
* Mixing bowls
* Scale
* Rubber moulds
* Pot
It came out a big success we decorate it with chocolate.
I have worked a weekend in the main kitchen and aish there's no rush as a rush in a busy kitchen and our kitchen is not just a restaurant with 30 tables and and when its full its full. We serve in our restaurant around our swimming pool and in our farmyard so it get extremely busy and I have experience it first hand... The chefs said I have done very good and i can handle pressure!
Chef Edward our executive chef asked chef Francois and me to make Turkish delight for our 5 star guest house. Now every thing must be perfect for the guest house because it is 5 star. We started...
INGREDIENTS
* 600 g Sugar
* 200 g Glucose
* 4x Lemon juice
* 750 ml water
* 50ml rose water
* 150g corn flour
EQUIPMENT
* Mixing bowls
* Scale
* Rubber moulds
* Pot
It came out a big success we decorate it with chocolate.
CHEF COURSE
Week 1 04/10/2011
Finally my chef course started and I am really excited... Now don't get me wrong I'm the guy in the bush with short trousers no shoes and no shirt seeing how close I can get to any wildlife and learning their behavior!! But the reason why I like to do the chef course is my best mate is a chef and the way he can make food is absolutely making me jealous, and to be honest I don't know a lot about making food and always liked it...
Well we started by washing dishes and believe you me we washed plenty, the chefs say first you have to know how to clean before you can make food. But I also learned some knife skills like brunoise, jullienne. But unfortunate as any chef I cut my self on my finger and it is deep luckily not necessary for stitches.
We have learned how to cut up a chicken its called portioning you have to feel where the joint is and cut between the joint...
Finally my chef course started and I am really excited... Now don't get me wrong I'm the guy in the bush with short trousers no shoes and no shirt seeing how close I can get to any wildlife and learning their behavior!! But the reason why I like to do the chef course is my best mate is a chef and the way he can make food is absolutely making me jealous, and to be honest I don't know a lot about making food and always liked it...
Well we started by washing dishes and believe you me we washed plenty, the chefs say first you have to know how to clean before you can make food. But I also learned some knife skills like brunoise, jullienne. But unfortunate as any chef I cut my self on my finger and it is deep luckily not necessary for stitches.
We have learned how to cut up a chicken its called portioning you have to feel where the joint is and cut between the joint...
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