Interns

I don't think everyone gets what it is like being an Intern, trying to tell people what was going on, or how things work people don't get it.

Working mostly 12 hours a day unpaid, doing things from dragging boxes of who knows what back and forth from storeroom to storeroom, making 180 jars of neutella, scaling out over hundreds of ingredients. There is just so much that is happening that you can't even explain.

But in the end of the day the people who understand it all are the people who went through it with you every single day. And even though we all had our ups and downs with eachother I will remember this group forever. I do hope down the road we all work with each other, and hopefully we are getting paid.

Its just not the same when your in the kitchen and there aren't all these different accents being thrown around. haha

Good Times!

New Year

Another year has gone by, and 2010 is a year I will never forget. I moved to Chicago to start my training as a baker/ pastry chef/chocolatier whatever my desire would be in the end. And those months of schooling, where ones I can never replace. I met the most amazing chefs during that time, and learned so much from them. It was day after day of going to school and just learning as much as I could, and taking in all that I could. I also met so many friends there, that I know I will always have. Those are the people that helped me though each day. I graduated from FPS and then stayed on to intern for the next six months, I got to work with the Chefs more and learned more then I already knew. It was a hard, tiring, stressful six months, but it was worth it, and the friendships I made with the other interns is something most people will never get. We all went through something that I think we will look back at and think did this really happen. Everyone had there moments, but we all got through it and towards the end we all started going our separate ways. At some point we were all going to find our next adventure to take and I’m still finding mine. I am heading to NYC to find my next adventure, and I hope this one is good. I am ready for what is coming next, I have a lot of nerves and I am scared for it all. But at the same time I am nervous, and I don’t know what could happen next.
Thanks for everyone who reads this; hopefully I can try to keep up with my blog.

Long Road

It has been a long road I have been on, and I can't even say its over.
It gets to a point where you have to decide what you want to do next, its like many other jobs you go through, you try to figure out your specialty. Now you don't have to figure out exactly one thing you want to do, but it is good to narrow down your options.
So once you really figure out what you really want to do, and narrow down your options well then you have to find a job...so thats the time now. Finding a job that will matter to me, make me happy, and make me realize that I did pick what I love to do.
We all pick our future plans but it takes awhile to really get where you want to be, but we have to try and try. So maybe my first picks aren't what I get, I am ready for anything, and I will do anything to get where I want.
I thinks somtimes we forget that the road to where we want to be takes awhile, and it can have some bumps and crossroads, but you have to have the patience so succeed.

Chopping

When you are chopping something such as fruit, or vegtaables on a cutting board the sound lets just say its soothing. I love the sound of chopping on a wood cutting board.

Sounds in the Kitchen

So I spend most of my time in the Kitchen these days which I love, but as time goes on you realize more and more. So lately I have realized more in the Kitchen, the one thing is the sounds. I love the sounds in the kitchen its so exciting to hear just the little things. One thing that I heard this week that I haven't heard in a long time, panning nuts.

When you are making candied nuts, you can put them in bowl and mix them around, the sound of nuts going around a metal bowl its so unique. But you can also put them a tumbler and let them go round and round. It is a great sound that I love hearing, and I hope to keep hearing more of it.

Happiness

In the end of the day you have to remember why you are doing this.
Why your going through all this work and crazyness.
It is because you want to be happy, and I know in the end I will be very happy.
I know that each day I am going to love life more and more, I am ready for everyday and whatever it could throw at me. I am also already thinking of the future and thinking what I have waiting for me.


Something exciting from the weekend...I made crepes at a chocolate shop Beijo de Chcoolat


My internship is going well, Im taking everything that is coming at me, I am ready for it all.

Day by Day

Everyone is always mentioning how its 6 months, 6 months, 6 months. That is all I ever hear, well I see it as a day by day thing. A day by day thing that I love so much and I am so glad that I get this experience. I have already learned so much and getting more confidence than I had.

This is a day by day thing I am going through, you never know what could happen, and I am always excited to see what is going to happen next. This past week has been scary to me, but its been way worth it. I realized I can handle a lot more than I thought I could, and I am glad I am doing this.

Ill try to write some more this weekend!!