Required by my school, is for students to work on a project that betters the business they are interning at. My mentor and I spent the whole first week coming up with a product I could make that would aid the restaurant moving forward.
While I've been at internship so far, I have been working alongside the head of kitchen prep-work (let's call her Bethany for sake of not mentioning her real name). Everyday, she assigns me tasks and teach me how the restaurant likes them to be done. With all that she has been teaching me, I have been becoming more and more independent in the Yellow Deli kitchen. However, I'm still in need of her to assign me tasks (things to chop, recipes to get started, etc...) to complete. Well, one thing I have noticed is that, on occasion, when I have come to Bethany for a fresh task, it'll sometimes take her a moment to get her mental checklist open so she can put me to work on needed prep. Seeing this as well, my mentor suggested that I make a tangible to-do list that includes all of the things that need to be done to be able to make all of the menu items. Some of these projects need to be done weekly, bi-weekly, tri-weekly, daily, etc... and it will help to have a well organized list of everything needed in order to make one dish. This way, the other employees and I can consult the list to know what needs to be done and can get to work without needing to confer with Bethany. Hoping everything runs smoothly!
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Ben C
5/22/2018 10:12:44 pm
I think it's really cool that your mentor came up with a project specific to you that they created as they went along. It sort of moves away from just getting something done that needs to be done, and makes it more interactive.
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Rayna ChavezHello, welcome to my 11th grade internship blog! I've had a passion for cooking since I was 9 years old, so I knew that for my school-required internship I wanted, more than anything, to intern at a business in the culinary field. Fortunately, I was able to land an internship at a health-conscious restaurant in Vista, CA called The Yellow Deli. Read about my once-in-a-lifetime educational experience here. Business Info:My MEntor: Laura Franks (Neviah)
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