The* New Kitchen

My last day working as a cook at the Cannon Center was Wednesday, but I took the pictures and so I'm writing the post. The new facilities were beautiful. New walk-in lockers, with windows--so you could locate something before you walked in (the new freezer was so cold, too, at 9 degrees). The kitchen area was a little small, but they're still figuring out who does what where.





I was kind of sad to leave the job. The old building had one buffet line where you would get a choice of two meal options, plus a salad bar, fruit bar, pasta/soup/leftover bar, and desserts. The new building has a completely new system, with five or so different areas each serving different meals. Expo has oatmeal in the morning, then soups. Fusion does made-to-order omelets (I subbed there one day, and now I know how to make a good looking omelet). The Grill has hamburgers and things, and Euro has fancy stuff like a giant tandoori oven (it's made out of stone, and they cook naan by throwing it against the sides).

I worked in the back prep kitchen. With the new system, they start things a day ahead. I got to do things that were a lot more interesting than scrambled eggs every morning. It was a lot of fun to work in a professional kitchen--it was a good summer job.



*According to the professor of my medieval manuscripts class, "ye" as in "ye old kitchen" was a not matter of orthography, just of handwriting. What looked like a "y" might have been an abbreviation for "th" (I know it sounds crazy, but if you've seen crazy manuscript writing, you'd believe it). So probably no one walked around saying things like "ye old kitchen."