President's Ball

So, to start off, I'll share what we did for the President's ball because I feel like it's important to know that what we do isn't always cooking food.  A lot of the time it's about the presentation combined with the food to create the experience. So let's get started!

Here we have some melons carved for presentation

The dinner was for about 800 guests and there was a lot of preparation for them

Here are some pictures of the appetizers to be placed on the tables.

Then we have the booths for the gala before the dinner.

 Here's a picture of the dessert

This is a picture of my class.  We were one of many that were working in this event.  Not all classes make the food, but all participate.  Out role was to assist the wait staff serving food to the guests and removing their used dishes.  I was in one of the four bussing stations cleaning plates and other dishes getting them ready to transport back to the company we rented them from.  Sometimes for the larger groups it's better to rent the equipment we need either because we don't have enough or there are certain styles needed or it's more economical for us to rent rather than buy and store all the necessary silverware and flatware.  The other classes that prepared food were working on this event for days beforehand either preparing the components to be assembled on site or preparing as much as possible and then freezing it for the event and thawed the day of the event or the day before.