9 October 2011- 18 October 2011 main gate function and fruit cakes

9 October 2011-was my first day back at work, luckily i came back on a really special day, chef ordered 9 ducks, duck eggs, duck fat and duck liver, so he started teaching me how to make them, he taught me how to remove the neck, fat, wings and tail, i roasted them off, and then used the skin of the necks to make a stuffed neck sausage, i was also told to make 100 croissants, cool and store all products

10 October 2011-  today i started the day with making bedoned chicken drumsticks and fillet, then i made a origanum hone mustard sauce for the chicken, braised the duck in a sweet and sour sauce made by kieron.we warmed up all the foods, like chicken livers, the bedoned chicken in the sauce, chicken breast strips in a coco and mixed nut sauce, sweet pepperdew fillet, jalapeno and cheese risolles, mixed cheese and garlic mosbolletjies and a smoked lamb. we set up the main gate buffet and all the foods for the john deere people, we serve them, cleaned up and left, they were due to sleep over at sondela, and they wanted dinner, so we went on a split shift, and came back to finish off dinner, we made a seafood bisque, the sweet braised duck, oxtail, beef roll and duck livers. we served the john deere guests and then cleared and cleaned.

11 October 2011- we came in early to do breakfast, we made balsamic fried mushrooms, scrambled eggs, bacon, beef sausages, wedges, muffins and cold cereals thereafter it was just orders and cleaning

12 October 2011- went to moselesele and stripped the whole kitchen to clean, deep cleaned from top to bottom, went on split, came back and started making dinner, which was, salad, chicken stir fry, sosaties, wors and a fish stir fry.

13 October 2011- made 3 cheese and ham omeleetes and 2 smoked haddock, tomato, mushroom and cheese omelette, cleaned and went on split, when i came back, i started making the dough for a millers beer bread, and did my mise on place and cooked the curry beans, made a tomato and onion mixture, roasted potatoes, pasta salad, mielie pap, venison sosaties, wors and a green salad

14 October 2011- went to moselesele in the morning and cleaned, then i went on split as there were too many people in the kitchen, and came back to vleisvreters at night, carved the meat off the fire for the guests

15 October 2011- cut up beef roll, did pizza orders and worked in hot kitchen doing orders all day

16 October 2011- heat up spatchcock, made butternut, rice, chicken livers, mixed vegetables, roasted onions and set up the whole buffet for mike bosch from bosveld eggs 50 year functon, it was clearing, cleaning and orders the rest of the day

18 October 2011- today we made a 40 kg batch of fruit cake mix, placed in moulds and baked them, this is to prepare for christmas.

10 September 2011 - 27 September 2011conference breakfast and moselesele

13 September 2011- prepared breakfast which was beef sausages, baked haddock, tomatoes topped with cheddar, after breakfast was prepared, I started roasting two spiced rumps, and cut up roast vegetables and thereafter, started making a large amount of spaghetti and pasta. I also needed to make ribs served with the pasta with a cheese and ham sauce

14 September 2011- cooked off the previously prepared breakfast with scrambled eggs and bacon, after we sent out breakfast, I then moved on to the lunch, where I made seven lemon and herb spatchcock, two more spiced rumps, chili pepper chicken, cut up poached pears, and laid them in a sweet wine and clove dressing, and used leftover tomatoes to make an oreganum rosemary tomato sauce

15 September 2011- today I made breakfast, and after making the eggs, bacon, mushrooms and hash browns, I was told to go make fried eggs and serve the conference, it was fun socializing early in the morning, and knowing all the foods made it easier as I made them all, all I did after that was make alfreado, and help alon serve lunch

16 September 2011- worked in cold kitchen, made 11 salads and further the a la carte menu, all salads made were to get rid of all left overs in the fridge as I saw there were many dishes left in the fridge, so I used them all in salads to save a large amount of money and get rid of un –needed foods

22 September 2011- cut up pineapple into macedoine, and there after we went to mbizi, we set up the tables for 500 guests, it was a sondela function, my station was handling, cutting and serving the florida cheeses(plain and pepper garlic), I also made biltong, cheese and food platters.

23 September 2011-today we mostly did a la carte menu and preparation for vleisvreters, but that was all done by the split shift staff and students and at 12 chef told me to work split shift as well, and then I made bacon wrapped apples, beef roll, sweet potato and croissants, 20 of each and that night I worked inside the kitchen, we needed to prepare for the next conference coming, so we needed to made bacon wrapped sausages, short paste, croissants and Danish pastry

24 September 2011- today I worked in cold kitchen with zamiane, we had a new setup of the cold kitchen, so it had a new feel to it, basically we did mise on place,and we also did kitchen orders, salads were pre-prepared, so there wasnt much to do

25 September 2011- made savoury rice, roasted off 20 kg of chicken for bonus function, me and sean them decided on a lunch selection for students, therefore i gave the idea of making two large pizzas on a baking tray, we made a tangy russian pizza and a mixed meat pizza. my chicken was all done before the end of the day and was left to cool and stored appropriately.

26 September 2011-went to moselesele today, was assigned to work for 3 families there, we had the tents fully booked, i cleaned, raked, washed and re-organised everything, after cleaning i went on split and returned at 4, where i greated and welcomed the guests, i took all the dinner requests and started cooking,  i boiled broccoli, deep fried fish fingers and chips and microwave cooked chicken, there after i cleaned the kitchen as well as all the equipment, dishes and cutlery used

27 September 2011- went to moselesele again, and started making breakfast after i packed and wiped everything off, for breakfast i made bacon, scrambled eggs, omelettes and toast