One of my classmates is a Psychiatrist from Wisconsin, who just recently finished medical school, and is starting her fellowship shortly after she gets back. She's really funny and projects a happy-go-lucky attitude that goes a long way to relieving the stress in the kitchen. She's also (mostly) a vegetarian, who very occasionally eats fish, so it's been quite a challenge for her. Like me, she's here to learn how to cook, and not to become a professional Chef and work in the food industry.. which makes the whole experience quite a bit different for those who wish to continue into intermediate and superior. If she happens to turn in a dish that isn't perfect, she just smiles and says "Sorry Chef! It might be terrible, but those turned vegetables are better than last time, aren't they?!" Also, when the Chef is harping about how difficult the "REAL WORLD" is going to be, she's pretty much tuned out.
Anyway, the mid-term evaluations were quite brutal. Chef Gilles was trying to put the fear of God into her, that she wasn't taking it seriously enough, etc.
Chef: "So do you plan on continuing into intermediate and superior?"
Doc: "No, I don't think it's really for me... "
Chef: "You don't want to be a Chef? Why not?"
Doc: "I'm interested in Medicine.."
Chef: "No, no.. I don't think that would work for you."
Doc: "Actually, I just graduated from med school, I'm already a Doctor."
AMAZING.. I told her she should have gone with it, and listened to him rant for a bit longer, but she said that it would just be mean! Hahaha soo goooood.
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As I've made it clear, I'm not a huge fan of the old lawyer lady. She lives in her own little world, and is completely offended if the world doesn't revolve around her. The girls were telling me that during the dinner that I skipped out on, she went on and on about her painful divorce. The girls listened attentively and then she said the killer line:
"The most painful thing is that we had to split our ART COLLECTION. I had to give up some pieces I really liked."
The class has to revolve around her. When a practical is over, everyone is supposed to pitch in to help clean the kitchen, put alway pots and pans, wipe down the counters, bring the extra produce back, etc. She just cleans her tools and chats with those people around her, completely oblivious to the fact that they are running around helping out. As Sous-Chef, if you give her a task to do, she's like "ya okay I'll do it in a bit" until other people have done it. However, when she's Sous-Chef, she barks out orders like the Queen of England (although she still doesn't do much).
Yesterday during the Rabbit demo, she was so dramatic about it, took over her glasses, sighed, and generally made a scene about how traumatic it was for her to see a poor bunny being de-boned. She left the class a couple of times, and told Chef Benoit that she wouldn't be doing the practical. This is an exam dish, that's a dangerous game of roulette to be playing.
So there's a little fluff content for my dear readers. I checked my stats, and I've had over 300 page views!
Stay classy,
-THC
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