Wednesday 6 February 2008

Towards the end...

There is only one month till the end of my studies :-(
At the beginning it seemed to be so long - one and a half year, and that's it - the end.
I almost did what I wanted (still no chef hat :-) ), and it's time to think what I really want to do.
Here in UK there are only few professions highly payable - IT, bankers and probably plastic surgeons :-).

Chefs get a ridiculous low salary, may be till they open their own place.
But I still have a choice - to be a chef or to go back to the boring but highly payable IT.
To be honest my dream is to open my own place, but very small and exclusive. It could be even in my house (eventually we'll have a big house :-) )
Recently I saw a nice German movie "Eden" - about a chef, whose life is all around food and the food was his only passion till he meets a woman ...
And he had the restaurant at his house, which has only three tables. I find it very nice, except of the fact that the chef himself was very fat, which I don't want to become :-). Besides, it's not in fashion now to be a fat chef. Since my other "small" dream is to study for personal trainer, I'll very sporting one :-)

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Another hard decision to make is to stay in UK or to go back to Israel.
A couple of weekends ago I was in Israel, only for three days and the circumstances were not so joyful. But it was very nice to be there, to go to the sea, meet the family. And the weather was so sunny and warm, I just want to go back! The problem is that my husband has another opinion then myself, and since we are a family we should find some compromise, hope it will be more on my side :-).
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Meanwhile, at the school it was a week of restaurant style desserts and the week when we were preparing a tea party for thirty guests. It was very nice experience. During the first demonstration of the restaurant desserts chef said "You should look for the artist inside yourself, and some of you should look very deep :-) !".
I was hardly looking for my artist and finally found one.
See the pictures:












Lemon mousse , Chocolate fondant, Lemon tart











Apple parfait, Ricotta cream , Lemon mousse










Passion fruit mousse

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