May 17, 2013

I meet my Mentor today! Duni, of La Duni, is very busy and has a lot of important things to do. She is in charge of four famous restaurants and a large chartering business and that requires her full attention. I am very lucky to have received the opportunity to assist in the Baking Studio in uptown. She has personally trained all the employees working at this office, and everything runs smoothly and efficiently. I admire her enthusiasm and passion when she entered the building! 

After packaging my fair share of cookies, I asked Carolina if I could walk around in the kitchen, and she gave me a hair net, and told me to make sure I stay out of the way! 

This was the coolest part of the whole week. I felt like I was a part of kitchen. The tastes, and smells, and sounds all came together and produced the perfect hum of a bakery hard at work. I watched as they carefully poured steaming hot chocolate over a fresh cake, making the most beautiful outer layer I have ever seen. They popped out cake after perfect cake with ease, and decorated them to perfection. 

Something I have learned this week is the importance of appropriate tools. Angie, the cake and cookie decorator, and master of fondant, uses everything from whisks and spatulas, to rulers and masking tape, to make each cake exactly as planned.