Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas and all the very best wishes for the New Year! It's crazy that suddenly it's the end of the December, time flies and I still remember when I wished time would just freeze for a bit and that I could stay at school just a tad longer. School now already feels like a distant past, and I am enjoying being out there working in the 'real world'. The day before I was due to finished up at my first internship place on a Sunday at the end of October, my chef stopped me and glared at me seriously. Ça t'interesse travailler dans un resto? Ummm... Oui... But it will just be you doing all the patisserie... the chef will show you and you do it after. Ummmm... I honestly never thought of trying out patisserie restaurant but I would never turn down an opportunity thrown at me. So I said, can I do a trial? Ok good, I will call him to say you want to try. It's at chez Philippe... he needs someone until the end of the year. I thought oh ok so it's for Monsieur Philippe as we call him at the shop, a friend of the chef. He called him and said go there on Monday 9am don't be late. To cut long story short, I have been working there since doing the lunch and dinner service everyday from Tuesday to Saturday.

In the beginning I was missing the hum drum of patisserie boutique, it's very different working in a restaurant kitchen plus I was missing the camaraderie of a team. But luckily I quickly settled in, my chef was nice in the first couple of weeks then became tough the two weeks after. Many times I was told that I was wasting time and did things wrong in his eyes and he always questioned why I did what I had done. So much so that I thought he had regretted hiring me, but then he asked you will come back tomorrow? You will get there, don't say you are not good enough for this post. Lately I am doing better and stressful as it can be, I like working there... I actually have autonomy and responsibilities. There were of course times where he tells me off and makes me feel quite miserable and a bit useless, but from time to time he would say tu as fait de progrès! Tu as fait bon service! Tu etais bien organisée! Il est beau ton soufflé! Elles sont magnifiques tes tourtes! Ils sont bels tes clafoutis! He is my favourite chef of the moment, I have another week to go, I hope I end on a good note.

In the New Year I look forward to a new start. Wishing you all a great 2017, good health, full of happy moments and lots of love. Take care!

Love xx
Melinda