First block : Leeukoppie / Silwood school of cookery

Fourth block second half: Ugly Dumpling   Being put here was very unexpected but very much appreciated.i had always wanted to try a different style of cooking from a different region of the world. Ugly dumpling is more Korean based cooking and the flavors are so fresh and different from the rich creamy flavors of French cooking. To a paradox with their name , their dumpling are far from ugly. All the filling and folding of these dumpling are done by hand and that was on prep days which where Tuesday and Wednesday   I was given that task of: Making the filling for the mushroom dumpling and then folding it  Help prep for the other stall  Clean Run the fryer and plate during service hours  I had never worked in a stall before which was an interesting experience non the less. I learnt that aslong as you want something bad enough you can make any situation work for you in the best way. Even thou I was here for a short while , the che...

Taste magazine My first three days will be days I will never forget at this block. So it is Christmas season and the magazine is gearing up for  their Christmas theme issue. When I arrived it wasnt at the headquarters but we were on location at a house my first job after being screened by the doctor was to unpack Props (this will be a recurring job for me ).  Run to and from the house to the truck that we were prepping to get :  Ingredients  Make brown butter  Get pack shot ingredients  Find or clean a problem  Reheat food  At the end of the day we pack up and clean the house we were using and move to the next location and we did this 3 days in  row. It was different compared to my other experience but I was slowly getting the hang of it . After those days we got into more light work it was basically the same thing but at a different magnitude and scale. We had all types of shoots like:  Cover shoots Wine shoots  Biscuit...