Goodness... Sorry guys, I'll have to reorganize my blog because I'm posting all out of order. You know what? I take that back. Summer session starts in a week and I don't think I'll have the time to do all the switch-a-roo of things.
A few posting's ago I mentioned a fundraiser that I was asked to take part in for my church Wellspring Covenant in Honolulu. I paired up with another member from the church, Faye Furumoto. Faye asked if I'd be interested since I participated in a little friendly competition we had at church called "The Sandwich Showdown." Happily, I pulled the win for the Enomoto family with a tuna bruchetta.
Faye and I took this challenge of heading the food portion of the fundraiser on with all the faith in the Lord that we'd be successful as long as we kept Him in focus. There were, actually, so many people involved in this fundraiser, and just like it is in a restaurant, teamwork was neccessary for it to be the success that it was.
To say the least it was stressful for both Faye and I, as we were both busy with school and work as well. I warned Faye in the very begining that I was merely a first year culinary student, and if she still had faith in me I'd be willing to help out.
Right from the get go I created a simple menu that would hopefully be good for our budget and something I was familiar with. Every dish was something I worked on in my Fundamentals to Cookery course with Chef Leake. A few other menu ideas were tossed around, but in the end we came back to what I had envisioned from the beginning.
It was a big task. I knew I'd need help. So I called all my buddies from school with whom I trusted - also called Brigade 818. They were Allana Cullen, Georgina Cruz, Reid Root, Jordan Chang, Regina Hinkle, and Eddie Mafnas. Although the majority of them never did anything like this I knew without a doubt they would be awesome help - they'd work hard, smart, passionately, and without me having to supervise them. What was most amazing was that, upon asking they agreed to help me without hesitation. They also gave monetary donations, supply donations, and Regina Hinkle donated sheets of her wonderful almond cake for our desert. Naret & Sheryl Sihavong of Phuket Thai also generously donated tons of produce, and Chef Lindsey of Nobu's saved me from huge agony by letting me use some Cambro warmers. Amazing friends I've been blessed with.
In addition to the brigade, we got support from our church member as well.
Menu planning, food ordering, organizing with ot her fundraiser members, menu testing, organizing... (gasp!)
It was inevitable that we'd run into some bumps and challenges, but in the end it couldn't have been more rewarding. The fundraiser was a success, the brigade was so proud of their efforts, and the Lord's house was blessed! Hallelujah! :D
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.