2008 Woodie Awards
Student Chef has great food
The Student Chef gives students experience running a restaurant
Derrick Sheffield
Issue date: 11/5/04 Section: No Limits
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The setting is that of a small café, where the tables are covered in white linen; there are fresh flowers on the table, and the waiters are dressed in white shirts and black pants.
While the atmosphere in the restaurant is nice and calm, behind the scenes the students are running a mile a minute trying to get their customers' food to them as quickly as possible.
On the menu this past week was golden chicken rouladen filled with spinach, proscuitto and provolone, served with a blistered tomato-vodka sauce, butternut squash and pine nut risotto, and fresh zucchini with a splash of balsamic-olive oil.
That is just a sample of what the students produce. Every week the menu changes to a different mouth watering dish.
Each year there are two major events that The Student Chef puts on one is coming up on Dec. 2, and in the spring they have their annual scholarship dinner, where $5,000 is given out to deserving and talented students. Coming up on Nov. 18, they are having a tribute to Julia Child, where they will be serving some of her classic dishes.
Though the restaurant is overseen by chefs John Britlo and Robert Hali, the Student Chef is run entirely by students taking culinary courses.
The first-semester students are in charge of food preparation, and the second-semester students manage and run the restaurant.
By taking the culinary courses at Delta, students are eligible to receive an advanced certificate in the culinary arts. Joelle Amiot got interested in The Student Chef because she owns her own catering company and wanted to learn more of the different aspects in the culinary field. She also added that she is getting a better learning experience at Delta than at a private school, due to the fact that there is always someone to answer her questions and work with her.
"If you ever want to impress anyone, make them Porta Bella Wellington," says Amiot. It is one of her favorite recipes to make and eat. Julia Child is one of Amiot's favorite chefs, mainly because she wasn't flashy; she was more down to earth and made really good food. When asked what his favorite dish was John Britto replied, "You could live three lifetimes and never eat and experience it all. There is far too much good food out there that I'll never taste."
Be sure to drop by and check out The Student Chef. They are located right next to the cafeteria.