It's a Beautiful Thing to Behold!

We are into our fourth week of rotation in the restaurant class.  The students in the BOH and FOH in our fine dining restaurant, as well as those on the Cafe side of the operation have hit their stride with confidence and competence at an all time high.  The kids have become a well oiled machine on the fine dining side for sure.  On the days that I expedite you can see the kids moving in unison as I call in orders and sell them one after the other.  Indeed today we taught them the old classic tableside dessert, bananas foster.  All it took was one server selling one and the rest of the orders poured in to the delight of servers and guests.

These are the days when the fruits of the labor of teaching the lab are paying off.  The kids really have got it together and it is a joy cranking up the lab everyday.  Watching the restaurant fill up with guests and watch the orders go out to our standards.  I will truly enjoy it as much as I can....

...because we will be rotating the kids next week into their new positions for another four week stint.  I am sure it will not be the same as going back to square 1 because we have a great debrief for all stations now so the kids at least know what to expect when they do rotate.  The downside is that they will not yet have stepped on the line to cook the orders I will most certainly call in an try to sell, parties big and small.  They will get the hang of it like the current crew, no doubt.

I am loving teaching this class.  I now know the joy that many of you must feel when the lab is humming like mine is today and hopefully in the days ahead.  So here is a shout out to all of you teaching labs that have a public face!