| MTS Centre! |
[Sep. 11th, 2009|01:27 am] |
Okay, so I officially work at the MTS Centre! It is my placement for the co-op work term for the Culinary Art program I am still in at the Red River College!
In the final weeks of school I met with Mr Thornton and discussed my placement. Made a list of about 9 places (mostly retirement homes and the like) for him to send my resume to. Out of the 9 places he chose Dakota House and the MTS Centre.
And in the final week of school I had an interview at each place on the same day. Chef Roger Wilton, from MTS Centre, came to our school. It was a Tuesday, most likely the 18th. And at around 1pm had an interview with me.
He was really nice, asked me questions about school. To which after I ran away to Dakota house for 3pm, where I had another interview with Kevin, their chef. I forget his last name. Both Pam and I had interviews there, which was odd, since I was the ONLY one from RRC that asked to be placed there. I ran into Maia (Aaron's girlfriend) during my interview. Chef Kevin (which I will call him) was giving me a tour of their kitchen, and she just... showed up (working). She told me it was weird that Pam was hired, since apparently he told her he had liked me better. However, he told Chef Thornton that he had really liked me, and wanted to hire me, and that my interview went really, really well. Only he had been worried that because they tend to get busy and stuff, that in a rush it would be difficult for me to get things from higher shelves and stuff and with their smaller staff, I wouldn't always have someone around to ask for help. Which makes sense, and he had wished me luck in finding placement. But then again, Chef Wilton hired me instantly. Sooo, Woo?
Dakota House had been my first choice, but after actually working a day at MTS Centre I think I really will enjoy it.
ANYWAYS! Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 9:00 am was my very first official shift. Chef Wilton called me one week before hand and told me about it. I showed up and had to go in the security entrance. I buzzed the door, and they just let me in. They didn't ask who I was, or what I was doing there. Then I went downstairs and looked for the security office. I signed in, and waited for Chef Wilton to find me. When I got there 5 other students from RRC were there. June, who was in my section, Dwayne, who was in section one (both were in my class), and two Jamaican students, Dorothy and Obry (they're actually from Jamaica).
They were all there, signing sheets like when you first start working at places. Then we got a general tour of the kitchen. Got our uniforms. We had to bring our own pants and shoes, while they supplied us with hats and jackets. We can keep our hats, but they keep the jackets and wash them for us. Chef will try and get me a XS which will be nice, the small was big...
Then we got a tour of the MTS building. We walked around the entire basement level. Got to see a restaurant that we may work in at some point. And we got to see the dressing rooms. And this other lounge like room the Moose and other hockey team players hang out in! Uhh, and on other floors we got to see a room that we could hold banquets in, and the suites! We got to go on the top floor and look down at the entire arena! And they told us of an event that we might be able to host (it's after work term, so some of us might work it if we change to part time), where they take the entire arena and set it up SUPER fancy and host a 5 course dinner for 1000-1200 people! I REALLY want to work that!! I think it would be SO cool!! They showed us different places we could be cooking in. There's a interesting short order kitchen that looks fancy like, and then there is a little kiosk type thing we could run (apparently there is two, but we only looked at one).
Anyways, after that we then went back into the kitchen, met with the sous chef and the ... I'll call him the day Chef. Chef Wilton is the head Chef. And I don't remember the names of the other chefs. I'll probably be working with the "day Chef" lots, since I'll be a prep cook in the beginning. That evening was going to be a dinner for the Chef's Association. All the head chefs around the city would be there, including many chefs from the College! We were invited to go, but I didn't. So we were doing a lot of prep for that.
We did a lot of odd jobs. Some of us were off making mini BLT's on skewers (toothpick size ones). And I remember I had to crush something that I want to call "Cayennecorn" (but wasn't called that) to add to mayo to make a fancy mayo, and then put them into 4 oz portion cups. Then we cleaned up and the day chef, who the staff that was there kept calling Mailman (for whatever reason), that I really want to call Paul or Ryan/Brian (not sure which is his first name and which is his last name... I'm SO confused on that one).. Anyways, he made us lunch. And it wasn't a traditional lunch break. Like we stopped, had lunch, cleaned up for it, sat around for like 5 minutes, I texted a few people, and then went straight back to work.
Then basically I helped make sushi. And by make sushi means, Obry and Mailman rolled it, and I cut it. And then Sam (another girl that worked there) made wasabi figurines, and then all the girls, which were: Me, Dorothy, June and Sam plated them, and made fancy holdy thingers out of cucumber. And then June, myself and a guy that already worked there named Steve took frozen cut up things of potatoes and breaded them. There was one other worker there and I want to call him Andre or Andrew, because I think his name started with an A. He actually went to RRC, and is in his second year. His name might actually be George... I have NO idea what his name was, we never talked. Anyways, then we cleaned up, were shown how to sign out, and left at 4:15. A good solid 7.25 hour shift. I'm really excited to work there!
My next shift is Saturday, 9am at MTS Centre. I specify MTS Centre because really I can be placed there or at the Stadium (or at a random other place, but chances of that are slim to none). I'll be working with at least June, if not any of the others from school. But then on Sunday, I'll be working at MTS Centre 9am, while the other 4 from school will be over at the Stadium 10am working the Banjo Bowl. To days off, then I work Wednesday and Thursday, then another two days off, and then I work Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, all shifts at MTS at 9am. Then I have to wait for the next schedule to be up. Wooo, life has meaning again! |
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