Today in my Basic Foods class at Mission College, our class got to experience what it's like to cook for 120 people. Mr. Haze, my instructor thought it would be a great idea to put what we learned to the test by providing a luncheon at the Cupertino Senior Center. It took a couple of weeks to plan and it was a group effort from planning to execution. Last Friday, we prepared all the ingredients for the turkey dressing by cutting the bread, chopping the vegetables, peeling potatoes, making the gravy, cooking the turkey, making the cranberry sauce, cutting the yams, and making the peach cobbler. This morning we came in early to finish what we started. Our goal was to sliced the turkey, steamed the potatoes and mash the potatoes, roast the vegetables, baked the yams, and make the corn bread.
As a group, we did an awesome job, we worked as a team and we had fun doing it. The experience was truly amazing and seeing the smile on the seniors' faces was absolutely priceless.
Russ filled in while Mr. Haze was out sick with the flu. Get well soon Mr. Haze.
Navigail, Grace, and Jason take charge of the dish room
Kevin and Edgar carving the turkey away
John, Huong, Thai, and Cesar carve away while Heather supervises
A little more sprinkle of sugar and a drizzle more of maple syrup
(Lynn, Heather, Vanessa, Christina, and Thai)
Lynn poses while Christina and Thai fight over something
Grace and Navigail busy roasting vegetables stop to pose for the camera
At the Cupertino Senior Center preparing all the cornbread to go out
Nick showing us how to make a beautiful plate
First, you start by placing dark and white turkey meat
Then a handful of turkey dressing, then a scoop of mashed potatoes
Then a scoop of yams, roasted vegetables, and gravy.
1 plate down, 119 to go
A very happy and satisfied crowd, the smile on their faces says it all...Priceless!!!
Great job everyone!!! Craig gives his thumbs up
Time to eat!
John, in charge of dessert
Cesar scooping more gravy on his plate
Grace manages to put a great big smile
Edgar gives a shout out...Peace!
Navigail is always ready to pose
My plate
Turkey with cranberry sauce and gravy
The girls pose together after service
John and the girls
Grace and me
8 comments:
Looks like some great food, and a great cause too :)
wow! first time see the picture behind the scene! what a wonderful team!!! I guess it's really exciting to work like a chef and prepare real food for so many people!!! I like your smiling face!
have a great thanksgiving holiday!
Conor, it took a great team to get all the great food.
Tou Tou, It was really cool to be behind the scenes, I never really knew how much work goes out to get a plate on the table. It was a great experience and fun at the same time
How fun!!!! I wish I could attend a course like this! Happy Thanksgiving!
This looks like so much fun! I hope you have a great Thanksgiving!
Looks like you had a great time! I used to serve food to the needy all day Thanksgiving when I lived in LA. I miss it so much! Good for you for giving back to the community :)
What a great idea, looks like everyone benefited too!
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