I totally fudged up 8 kilos of flourless chocolate biscuit, and after hours spent on scaling it and baking it all, I had to throw it all away in the trash. But I knew where I went wrong, and the next time I made it, it turned out pretty well! :) Then, today, I totally mis-judged the timing of making 8 kilos of pistachio nougat (a scary thing to make) (AND in front of my sous-chef) (also ended up in the garbage), only to remake it almost perfectly later in the evening (and without my sous-chef's help!). I was nervous about making these two products, since they can be two of the more complicated things we make in our bakeshop...but my sous-chef assured me before making them: "once you successfully make it, you'll feel so good!'"..and she was right :)
Honestly, I feel like I have messed up at least one big project every night at work this past week, and it sucks having to throw away product and realize that hours&ingredients were just wasted b/c of my mistakes...Having to admit it to my sous-chef is even more embarassing because these are things that she trusts me to be able to make well! But at the end of the day, I suppose it's alright because I really am learning QUITE a lot from my mistakes. And when I can redeem myself and make it right the second time around, it feels pretty awesome.
Can I just say though, PTL that Chef is in France this week and isn't seeing all of this shmoo-shmoo going on!!
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