Friday Comes Around Again

Chef Stephanie started class just after seven this morning, announcing, "Well, we are fifty percent. We might as well begin." Jim and Travis arrived an hour later, complaining about Bay Bridge traffic, and Silvia came at break time. She said Chef dislikes her: when Silvia asked if she should turn in her homework, Chef said, "If you were here at seven, you would know that we've already reviewed that in class."

We did two kitchen math worksheets, the same sorts of problems that we worked on yesterday, and then we spent most of the morning preparing the Excel workbook that will become our final project. Mine has fourteen sheets (twelve recipes, plus a requisition sheet and a summary page). Lots of formatting. There's noisy construction work going on in the walls or in the ceiling, or both, so Chef put on a CD to provide a more pleasant ambiance. She chose chamber music, and Andrea said, "I feel like I'm waiting for the wedding to start."

Derrick was absent today. Now Andrea and I are the only students still in the running for the perfect attendance medal.

Next week is the last week of kitchen math. I think we'll be entering prices into our recipe worksheets and calculating portion costs and stuff like that. In the meantime, it's the weekend, starting now. Enjoy yours!