Ice Carving and Family and Friends Night, 2017

Each spring as our students finish their two semesters of lab classes we have an event to thank their families and our "friends of the program" for their support.  The photos that follow show some of the work the students did while carving ice and their finished products.
I hope you enjoy.

Until next time,
Happy Eating!
Chef Leslie Bartosh

garde manger class spring 2010

The last class in our eight class sequence is garde manger. This class uses some of all the techniques the students have previously learned and also introduces them to some new skills. As part of the class, students prepare plated salads and they learn about ice carving. The following photos show some of "ice night" and a couple of plated salads.
Here Chef Bartosh is chipping away at a recalcitrant angel fish while some of the students look on.

In this photo Tara wields the chain saw while being observed by Erin, Chef Romano, and Chase

In the salad department the students prepared a nice Waldorf salad

followed by Casino Egg on French Salad.

The salad is composed of a poached egg, placed on top of French Salad, coated with Chaud Froid sauce.

I'll have more photos from the class in the next few days.
In the meantime:  Happy Eating

Instructors

School is almost over for the fall semester.  There are still some finals going on and grades to be turned in but most of the hoopla is over with.
This seemes like a good time to introduce one of our adjunct instructors.  Chef David Romano, pictured above, has taught with us for 2 1/2 years.  He teaches the following classes:  Fundamentals of Baking, Intermediate Food Preparation, American Regional Cuisine and Garde Manger.  In his spare time he is the full time chef instructor for the Alvin High School culinary arts program; a certified dive master (often to be found on a boat over the flower Gardens) during the summer, a certified peace officer and can occasionally be found driving a bus for the high school.  A man of many talents!
We are quite pleased to have him with us!

We will be closed for Christmas vacation until early January, 2010.  As always I will be trying a few new dishes to include in future classes.  I will try to post a few photos and recipes as the holidays permit.
Happy Eating!