Week 3 of being a chef

Monday was a float about day, I worked in the cold kitchen but I also cut up veggies for chef William's oven roast.  I made chicken mayo for my station since the hot kitchen used up my mise on place.  I also made sandwiches for the creche which is part of a community outreach project that Sondela has underway.  The staff village has a small classroom for the working parent's children, the kitchen the provides them with porridge for breakfast and sandwiches for lunch.  This will happen Monday to Friday.

Today I was assigned to the hot kitchen, I made bacon and fried sausages but I had to leave my station to help Tarine who was at the old kitchen but her partner was absent and she was having a difficult time.  During the lunch our whole system crashed in the cold kitchen since the mise on place wasn't done correctly, leaving us to run out of ingredients for side salads and the fillings of sandwiches.

Once again I was on duty in the cold kitchen along with Pieter.  We were also in charge of the scullery but we made turns to attend to the dirty dishes.  I went to hot kitchen to help deep fry the vetkoeks.
This was the day I talked to chef Edward about the course and I told him that I wasn't very comfortable in the kitchen since I was scared of boiling water and hot oil that spatters since I had burnt myself once, throwing a pot of steaming water over my body.  So understandable that I would find it difficult in the kitchen.

This was the day that chef Edward forced me to work in the hot kitchen so I would come over my fear of the kitchen.  He made me light a gas stove and he made me stand next to a boiling pot of water and it wasn't that bad, I lived and I think being forced to stand face to face(pot in my case) with your fear and nothing happens, makes you less scared.

I can honestly say that I did enjoy the cheffing course, I didn't learn how to make souffle or some other weird food with a fancy name but I learnt a little more about myself as a person.  I am capable of more than I give myself credit for and it's time that I start believing in myself, because no one else is going to.