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Culinary School

I was actually looking for cybersecurity classes or similar at my local tech school when I discovered they had baking and culinary classes and decided to go with that instead. I'm glad I did, I had a blast and I got to learn a lot from some very talented chefs! Here are some pics from my time there :D Hover (or tap if on mobile) to enlarge.

a wire basket filled with a neat stack of streusel topped muffins
Muffins!

two braided bread loaves and several knotted bread rolls all salted and golden brown on top of a parchment paper covered baking sheet
First attempts at braiding bread and making knotted rolls :)

a square-cut piece of a baked dessert on a white plate topped with toasted meringue, drizzled chocolate sauce, chocolate chips, and graham cracker crumb garnish
Chess squares covered in toasted meringue with chocolate sauce, chocolate chips, and graham crumbs.

Filled doughnuts covered with chocolate and toasted coconut on top of a wire rack covered sheet tray
Doughnuts filled with coconut pastry cream, dipped in chocolate and covered in toasted coconut.

two baking trays lined with cinnamon rolls covered in a runny glaze
Rum Raisin Cinnamon Rolls

two creme brulees garnished with whipped cream and toasted coconut in oval ramekins on doily covered plates
Coconut Creme Brulees

a rectangle piece of chocolate tart covered in piped toasted meringue in a clear to go container with whipped cream, drizzled red raspberry sauce, and fresh raspberries
Raspberry, Chocolate, and Meringue Tart

three slices of pumpkin pie with heart cutouts on the crust and on top of whipped cream garnish all in clear takeout containers
Pumpkin Pies with heart crust and garnish

A large rectangle plastic bin filled with thinly sliced purple pink white and green radishes and chopped cabbage
We sliced up a ton of cabbage and radishes and stuff for kimchi! Didn't get a pic of it finished lol

a metal hotel pan filled with stuffed cabbage rolls topped with red tomato sauce
Stuffed Cabbage!!! so good

two loaves of braided bread on top of a parchment paper covered baking sheet
Another attempt at braiding bread.

yellow macarons decorated with green white chocolate to look like pineapples
Pineapple Macarons! Used an edible paint marker to draw the designs and white chocolate for the leaves

two small slabs of bacon on top of a wire rack covered sheet tray
I got to cure my own bacon!

Two loaves of braided bread on a parchment paper covered baking sheet
More fun with bread

chocolate covered dome desserts topped with a split blackberry and coated with graham crumbs around the base on top of a black board
Blackberry chocolate mousse bombes B)

a yellow swiss roll cake lined with purple hearts and filled with a purple mousse swirl, garnished with whipped cream and two split halves of a blackberry
Lemon and Blackberry mousse swiss roll cake

slices of layered chocolate cakes topped with a shiny chocolate glaze and garnished with whipped cream and freeze dried raspberries
Chocolate and Raspberry cakes

a cheesecake with a golden top crust covered in a repeating heart powder sugar design
I attempted a japanese cotton cheesecake, should have used a smaller pan cause I didn't get the height I wanted. Had fun doing a powder sugar design though :3

a cardboard box filled with various food items including four parsnips, one leek, a labelled container of arborio rice, a bottle of grape fanta, a cornish hen, a container of shrimp, a bag of oreo pieces, and a can of wasabi peas
I begged my chef to let me do a Chopped style mystery basket final instead of the regular final and he actually humored me. This is the basket he made: four parsnips, one leek, a labelled container of arborio rice, a bottle of grape fanta, a cornish hen, a container of shrimp, a bag of oreo pieces, and a can of wasabi peas. He also told me I had to make an appetizer, entree, and dessert

skewered grilled shrimp resting on top of a neat mound of green slaw dotted with bacon bits
For the appetizer I made a grape fanta and red wine vinegar reduction which I used as a dressing for a warm bacon, shaved leek and brussel sprout slaw. I also glazed the shrimp with the fanta dressing after grilling. wish I had taken the shrimp off of the skewers lol and maybe drizzled some of the reduction around the plate

a spatchcocked roasted cornish hen on top of a bowl of risotto garnished with minced parsley
For the entree I brined the cornish hen, then spatchcocked it and roasted it and served it on top of a parsnip risotto. definitely way too big of a portion but I was really happy with the risotto :)

a vivid green creme brulee dessert in a ceramic ramekin garnished with whipped cream and a heart shaped tuile with visible chunks of wasabi peas and oreo dust
So I had to mess with my chef a little and decided to do a wasabi creme brulee. yeah i used waaaaay too much green food coloring lmaooo. i steeped some wasabi peas with a tiny amount of regular wasabi in the cream and thankfully it wasn't too strong. used ground up oreos and wasabi peas to make a tuille.


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