To start the day we had near hour long discussion on the uniform. Now, don't take that as a thing showing the uniform is all that complicated. Honestly our instructor went off on a tangent or few, all related, all good. Some people came in prepared with their cravats tied up well while others well just unable to catch on to how to do so in their spare time. The instructor made sure to show people a time saving method (though I prefer the one with more folds). Generally the first day is all about Food Safety and Sanitation, which makes sense that if you intend to serve people that this should be the first thing you are aware of.
The meat of this so far is focused on learning from the homework. Those that think that learning culinary or baking would be all flambes or knife skills would be mistaken. There will be math, homework and exams! I've yet to complete the homework (Reading Chapters 1 & 2 and do the assessments from the NEHA book) but the reading is fairly substantial. Mind you, I take comprehensive notes so it is more than likely that each chapter takes awhile because I'm trying to make sure I take the information in effectively.
So the day is absolutely packed but not so much from the classroom.
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