Well last week we all went off to work experience! Apparently the school was really quiet for the week without us TYs tearing around the place! I was working in Ballymaloe Cookery School and Restaurant, with the Irish chefs, mother and daughter Rachel and Darina Allen. It was really cool to see her in the flesh , and I saw how hard she works to be where she is. It was really eye opening. I got to cook lots of new recipes, and best of all I got to taste it which I loved! yum :) If anyone has any interest in becoming a chef or just likes cooking theres a 3 month course at Ballymaloe, where you learn everything from milking a cow to making puff pastry from scratch!
After spending the week there I'm dying to go back, (but I better start saving as its kinda pricy!) I'll try drop a few hints in time for Christmas! :)
I think the best part about work experience was how genuinely nice they were to me, it's a family run business and it was really good to see how all the family were involved - from working in the kitchen to the office. When I spoke to one women, she said she had worked there for 39 years - which was really nice to see! There was also a lot of young people worked there too and it was really fun!
If there's anyone who would like to go there for work experience aswell - I would recomend it! They treat you really well and they show you all areas of a career in food!
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