1st Day of Sanitation and Safety Class

So, I've had my first day of my Sanitation and Safety class today. This class is the ServSafe Certification class and when I pass my test in this class, it will certify me for the next 6 years as a Chef in almost all 50 states. I can tell this class is going to be very by the book: rules and regulations of the kitchen-which I think will be easy to memorize it all. My Professor's name is Chef Johanna Bryant. I actually know her through Theatre Arts from back in high school so it was comforting to already know her and vice-versa. The class was full and I made a couple of friends. Its actually better than other classes I have taken before because the people in this class will more than likely be with me throughout the rest of my time in school. The Culinary Arts Program is just like the Nursing or Dental..the class you begin with (if they stay enrolled) will stay together so hopefully I will make more friends to work with and study with in the class. .

Introductions were nice and I had to fill out paperwork for the state of Texas because apparently the Culinary Program and all of the new, state of the art equipment are funded by the state so there were waivers to sign and information to give. The only thing I would do differently to better this experience is I think that the Instructors should have an orientation before each class begins to get all that paperwork filled out and since about half of the class did not know that they were required to order their uniforms and knives, maybe they'd mention that as well. With that said, they will not place our orders until the end of the week and we were told today they would come in about 2 weeks from then.. So maybe a month from now I will have my stuff.

The class was great and the first chapter is over the most important subject matter: Providing Safe Food. It included Foodborne Illnesses, Preventing Foodborne Illnesses, Key Practices for Ensuring Food Safety and The Food Safety Responsibilities of a Manager. I will be studying these later tonight.

Tomorrow is my Nutrition class and I have been wanting to get back into shape so I enrolled in a Physical Education class called Slimnastics. It is weight training, step aerobics, and basic exercising all rolled in one 3 hour class on Wednesdays. I figured with all of the cooking and tasting I will be doing, I am going to need a way to work it all off :D

Quote of the Day

“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relatives.”
- Oscar Wilde