Our Chef Training class had “Vegetarian Dishes” cooking practice. In spite of a big menu with various dishes, everyone was working very efficiently and skillfully, causing no delay in cooking. All dishes looked beautiful with a variety of colorful vegetables used. Today was the end of 1 month since this class has started, and it was Kaori’s last day. There was a surprise gift of Spumante from her classmates as well as a special message from Prof. Francesco for her. Kaori read out her farewell message to everyone at the end, wrapping up this very touching day. We wish you the best of luck back in Japan, Kaori! 2017.2.20 Ota

Our Chef Training class had another cooking practice, “Northern Italian Cuisine”. Students tried making caramel for decorating dessert. By moving a table fork fast in the hot caramel, students created caramel decoration looking like fine fibers. The dessert turns into an art piece just by putting such caramel decoration on the top. Masaya, a graduate of our Chef Training Course, came to assist the students during the cooking practice. Tasting of cutlet. It tastes much better just cooked. White wine would go well with it. Sauce is prepared considering the color combination on the dish. 2017.2.15 Ota

Our Chef Training class had a cooking practice “Tuscan Cuisine 2”. Students with cooking experience were teaching those with less experience how to use cooking knives and other cooking tips. Prof. Francesco explained that even the same ingredients could be different depending on the regions or the manufactures where the ingredients came from. Some students were really excited by the delicious-looking presentation on the dishes by the professor. Even the non-experienced students must go on to the internship at real restaurants after 6 more weeks in this class. So the professor was giving strict instructions even to the non-experienced students to watch the heat level and pay attention to the […]

Today was the last day of this class. Each team of students cooked one of the menus they studied during this course. Professor Francesco tasted all dishes students cooked, and the team that got the highest evaluation was supposed to win the competition. He, however, could not decide the winner by himself because the result was so close. So he had the students vote as well, and Elisa and Ms. Yoshida’s team became the winner just by a hair. Looking at their really happy faces, their classmates congratulated them with warm applause. It happened to be one of the classmates’ birthday today, so they surprised the birthday girl with a […]

Today, students took a table coordinate lesson by a professional waiter at a hotel to learn about table coordinate and serving customers. Having experiences of enjoying their aperitivo (happy hour) in the past, I can say that this hotel is excellent. In addition to the table coordinate tips, the instructor taught students a lot about serving customers and about food business. Because foreign customers from various countries visit restaurants in and around tourist spots, this hotel offers services considering each customer’s cultural background. It is important especially when serving wines, as there is a big difference in the ways European people and American people enjoy wines. I knew the shapes […]