Today, Wednesday Oct. 28th, we open for business in the school restaurant. We did a trial run for staff and other culinary students and things went well considering we had no idea what we were doing. Each day we rotate stations, I was at the deep fryer making chicken for chicken and waffles and polenta fries for another dish. Tonight, I am on poached eggs (mostly for Egg Benedict) and the pasta carbonara. For the rest of this week, I rotate to the other positions on the range. They are the busiest stations and have work doing their prep during that time and then make all the food. We don’t get a break, things are too busy. The rest of the students do their thing up until service time (that is their deadline) then hang around and watch us work or clean something.
I stand next to Jill, which is great, we get along great, in fact I am going to her Halloween party this Saturday. Trevor is behind me in the line, which is also great; he’s a nice guy and has experience cooking in this sort of environment.
Our buffet is “breakfast for dinner” but these are hearty meals, more like brunch. It will go on for four weeks and the public is welcome to come. Our hours are Monday through Thursday 4:30 to 5:30 and then there is a buffet each Friday from 5:30 to 6:30. All meals but one are under $5 and the buffet costs $9 including beverage. Kids under 10 are free. Did I mention this is Saint Paul College? We’re next to the cafeteria at the “City View Grill”!
Hope you can come! Give us some practice!
