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Writing with a Recipe

This final week of my Professional Immersion Experience was similar to the last one. Our goal is to make something for lunch by Thursday, and learn new cooking skills as we go along. I have really learned a lot from Chef Mike these past two weeks - I just wish I had more time with him to learn other interesting things about cooking. Unfortunately, two weeks isn't a lot of time to get far into the world of cooking and hospitality. My main goal for the PIE was to listen to Chef Mike, do what exactly what he expected of us, and especially learn new things. Let's say we had to cut raw chicken for a dish we were making. Before beginning, Chef Mike would give us a short demonstration on how to handle and cut the raw chicken properly. We would repeat his actions step by step. We listened intently to Chef Mike, learned how to cut a raw chicken properly, and would help create the dish we served to everyone on Thursday. Since our consumers could become ill if we mishandled the raw chic