Top Chef

My internship took place in Sioux City, Iowa, at a local restaurant that goes by the name of Minerva’s. Minerva’s has multiple locations, where it started in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The restaurant itself is considered an Americano, which serves a variety of dishes from different cultures. The position in which I worked was in the back of the kitchen. I did not get the chance to work on the line as much was I would have liked, where the plates are put together, during my internship. I mainly…

Checklist … 1) Cook? 2) Booze. 3) Drugs. 4) Comet Cleanser. 5) Sleep? 6) Repeat. And there it was. The cue that it was time to start the day. The sun was rising - almost staggering up from against the inner depths of the earth announcing that it was the start of a new day. Perhaps, the sun - a distant shining orb - was a reminder to us all to begin anew. To embark on the first step of a path beyond that of dull consistency but of fulfillment and heroic deeds. And maybe it all came down to the…

its abused amount of icing. Rushing about, the cutlery is dropped off at the station on top of all the plates of pastries which are just crumbs, stacked on by cold coffee mugs, daring not to fall over. The kitchen is a symphony of pots and pans, the dishwasher both its composer and…

Best Restaurants list 2008 - Frank Bruni of The New York Times selected Le Bernardin as the “Best Meal” 2009 - Le Bernardin was awarded the James Beard Award for “Outstanding Wine Service “ 2011 - New York’s Zagat Guide has recognized Le Bernardin top- rated “Best Food “category 2012 - Le Bernardin received the award for "Best Restaurant Design.” 2013 - Le Bernardin was named the most popular restaurants in the city Job Analysis Began recruiting the right job is job analysis, record the…

of all, my parents. It took three years of culinary arts, iron chef, and convincing from everyone around me for me to be confident enough to participate in a competition and realize I had a true talent. Iron chef is the entire reason I initially thought about participating in a competition. Junior year, I had the best team I could ask for. Out of seven members, I ended up being the only girl and the guys named our team “The Naked Chefs”. We made it…

pretty naturally like teaching has always been their passion or they’ve always loved the feeling of being in a kitchen. For me however what I wanted to do as a career and attend college for didn’t come as naturally. I explored many ideas like becoming a chef. But I soon found out that I could burn water and therefore cooking wasn’t exactly my strong suit. After many failed attempts at finding a career that would be a good fit for me I started a mission to find out what exactly I wanted to be.…

My Ideal Job I see myself as Pastry Sous Chef for an establishment in Las Vegas within the next five years. My ideal job would be a position which allows me to provide for myself and live comfortably, where I fit in with the company environment, and which will help me grow and gain experience for the future. I want to work in Las Vegas, Nevada because I want to live near my family at this point in my life. Additionally, my ideal job would need to meet at least some, if not most, of my job…

Throughout my life, my friends and family call me “Chef Steve”. They call me this because I always end up cooking and revising my mom’s food. In my strong opinion, I know the extra ingredients to make the food taste more appetizing. With the right seasoning and amount that I put in the crawfish is as easy as learning how to breathe. My most wished for food of all time is garlic crawfish, not only because of the taste, but for the process of how its made. Every since the day I was interested in…

“I have a food baby” was a common complaint (compliment?) heard after dinner. Sunday dinners were, and still are, my favorite meal of the week. When I was a child, Sunday was when Mom took a break from the kitchen and Dad became the chef du jour. His “formal chef training” came from his soldiering days in Italy. He lived in a small apartment above a mom-and-pop restaurant and never cooked in his own kitchen. When he was off duty, he spent most of his time…

Future Plans One might consider graduating high school an ending to a part of their life, but I would consider it the beginning. This will be the first time most high school graduates will be able to make their own life changing decisions. There are things that I know I want to accomplish to achieve my future career goals; most likely not doing all these things right after high school but sometime in my lifetime. Attending culinary school, and college is what I am thinking of doing right after…