flower decoration and restaurant mise-en-place

IHT408 Convention Management LAB; May 31, 2008; Sky Lounge + 19-804

• group A with Ajarn Martin; group B with Ajarn Kris for service lab
• today we prepared the 8th floor to receive guests who attended the seminar on the 19th floor organized by ATTA (Association of Thai Travel Agents)
• some students helped Ajarn Muay with flower arrangements, others helped setting up tables in the restaurant; others still helped in the kitchen

practice for future interns

IHT 310 Internship at 2pm, room next to Sky Lounge (make-up for April 7)

• mise-en-place and floor plan
• butter preparation
• napkin folding

F&B assists Sky Lounge

IHT305 Food and Beverage Control lab, May 16, Sky Lounge

• split into 2 groups of 15 students
• group A (460810052 – 490810072) clean and organize Sky Lounge, the room next to Sky Lounge and the kitchen
• next 2 classes: [1] standard recipe (15 points) + [2] menu engineering (15 points)

Waldorf salad: the making!

211-211 Gastronomy lab: preparing a Waldorf salad

• attendance: 27 (most of the students are in uniform – excellent!)
• setting up of 6 work tables with all the ingredients and utensils: 1 for the instructor and 5 for the students
• Ajarn Martin demonstrates how to prepare the Waldorf salad.  The ingredients are: apples; celery; grapes; cashew nuts; mayonnaise and lemon
• students prepare the salad in groups and present it nicely on the plate
• clearing of the tables

VOCABULARY TO REMEMBER: apple; celery; grape; mayonnaise; cashew nut; knife; cutting board; peel; to peel; to dice; dice

NEXT: bakery lab on Tuesday May 20 at 8:30am + lecture at 11:15am

GOOD JOB EVERYONE!

store room 19-804 gets a facelift

IHT408 Convention lab on Wednesday May 14 (attendance 10/15)

• GROUP 1: with Ajarn Kris Mouton for service lab
• GROUP 2: with Ajarn Edwin Martin.  Excellent job today of re-organizing and tidying up room 19-804. A good organization is key to quality service and high productivity. All students worked as a team and completed the job by 10:30am.  Full mark for everyone present.

organization (again) of pantry room 19-804

IHT408 Convention lab

group 1 (ID 470810032 to 5008100013; attendance: 11; late: 7) with Ajarn Martin for re-organization of pantry room 19-804

• cleaning of coffee machine: Wassana + Porntip
• bakery machines area + drinks area: Kamal + Wipawan
• glasses (remove price tags, put in racks): Sakchai + Phedcharaporn
• cleaning griddles: Atiwan + Varattaya + Issriyaporn
• help Ajarn Lek: Matsupa

Group 2 with Ajarn Kris for service lab.

IHT305 F&B Control introduction lab

first lab of IHT305 Food and Beverage Control… 10/29 attendance… we met in room next to sky lounge (8th floor)… introduction… 5 steps in food cost control: purchasing; storing; preparing; serving; pricing & accounting…