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Happy Halloween!

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The zombie cake got finished, pictures to follow, but suffice to say he looked awesome. I got DmentD to print off some of the photos so I could take them into school and show him off, impressing some of the instructors, including ones I don’t even know! *grins* This week at school has been a […]

Cooking, Domestic, School

Busy Busy Busy

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Laminated doughs has been good so far. We made 3 different types of puff pastry and then a whole host of items with them, palmiers, pitiviers, chaussons, band aux fruit, tart tatin, mille feulle, brie en croute, salmon en croute and lobster newberg. With the exam on chaussons and pitivier. It went alright, it’s certainly […]

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And The Verdict Is…

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I got my scores back for Petit Fours.. And I got an A I’m happy now First day of laminated doughs was interesting. Made 3 different types of puff pastry, I have a report on Antoine Careme due Wednesday and one due on a local bakery and the viennoiseries and laminated doughs they sell due […]

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Three Day Exam

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So glad it’s over, though it went well. Tuesday this week was exam free, and we finished the battenburg, opera cake and petit four glace.. I love that opera cake so much, it tastes like tirimisu in cake form.. and I love tirimisu! Day one was mostly prep work, making as much as possible that […]

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It’s A Sad Day

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My exam on Friday… I got my lowest score yet in the practical exam… I only managed 190/200 *grins* I did however manage 102/100 in the theory! I lost the 10 points in the practical for my chocolate. 5 for it developing a fat bloom and 5 for having a bit too much on my […]

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Halloween

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It’s not just a holiday here, it’s a whole season! The other weekend DmentD went up into the attic and found his decorations and got me to help him get them down the ladder.. a job that was much easier with two of us, I wouldn’t want to do it on my own. And then, […]

Cooking, Desserts, Photos, School

Exam time

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Yes, it was that time of the week again! We started off by making our Pate Sucree for the tartlets before heading to the theory test.. It was interesting as it was our first exam with the different instructors and they do things a little differently. We weren’t allowed to start early, even if we […]

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Ouch!

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So there I was in class, had made some awesome pies that were sat cooling and we were cleaning up the lab.. When suddenly, as I’m steering a table while we’re pushing it up out the way, WHAM it swerves and slams into another table… with my hand between them! It was the sort of […]

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End of Bread

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The day is here, tomorrow is my last day of bread. The last day of my first block. As of next week I’ll be in a different lab with a different Chef Instructor doing something completely different. It’s exciting And also a little scary! 6 weeks are over already, 1/6 of my class work is […]

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Drumroll if you please…

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I would like to introduce you to my newest creation. For class I had to create my own bread, to make and present in my final exam this Friday. After some playing and tinkering I have what I believe to be the winning formula. It still needs a few tweaks, mostly in presentation, and I’m […]