Week 4 at UGA!

Time sure flies when your having fun! So far Catherine and I been having a blast at UGA.
We began week 4 by shadowing Mr.Floyd the Executive Director of Food Service at UGA. We started the day at 7am, greeting the parents and students as they came in for freshmen orientation. We helped Mr.Floyd directed the parents on what they need to get started for the day. In the afternoon we went to the speeches Mr.Floyd gives to all of the freshmen Orientation group about the benefit of getting a meal plan. Many people were excited for the meal plan!

On Tuesday we had a free day to start working on our project. Catherine and I came up with the final menu and recipes for out Freshmen College Dinner. We picked some really awesome foods that we hope everyone is going to enjoy.

Wednesday we met with Janet and Shelly to show them our final menu and recipes for the Freshmen College banquet. They really liked our picks. Than it was time for flower shopping! Janet helped us pick some really great flowers for our banquet. There was so many to pick from.

Thursday we started our day shadowing Chris Fagan at the Tate Center. He showed us how he did payroll and other morning task before the Tate Center opens at 10:30. During lunch time we worked at the Larry's Giant Subs with Pipa, where I learned how to wrap the sandwiches and give them to the customers. The lunch rush was crazy, but really fun. Later that afternoon we went to a coffee tasting to see if is worth switching to a local coffee on the campus cafe.

This Friday we had the day off! Catherine and I decided it would be a great day to go check out the mall. This weekend is Athfest and we are thinking about going to see some of the bands.

Week 4

I would just like to apologize for very uninteresting writing style. J Anyways, we started this week shadowing Mr. Floyd, the Executive Director of foodservice here at UGA, during freshmen orientation. UGA does not have the luxury of having a mandatory meal plan for all on campus residents, so each year they must sell their meal plans. As a witness I have to say that they are awesome salesmen and women! As I said we followed Mr. Floyd on a usual freshmen orientation day. We spent the morning greeting parents and selling them a 2-day lunch pass. In the afternoon Asenath and I were able to watch Mr. Floyd deliver his speech to the freshmen and their parents. At the end of the day we attended another freshmen orientation dinner and I was able to talk with some of the freshmen. Everyone I talked to loved the food and was pretty excited about their meal options for this fall.

Tuesday we were able to get all our chemical inventories completed and input most of them. We returned to our rooms to finish our menu for the closing banquet. Wednesday we met with Janet and Shelly to go over our plans for the banquet. We went to a local flower wholesaler to pick out flowers. We took the flowers back to the Summit and got to play around. I have to thank Janet, because if we were left to do it the flowers would not have turned out so beautiful or inexpensive. The menu was for the most part completed and I think Shelly liked our recipes we found and I think the food at least will be a success at the banquet J I was also able to let them see some of the graphics we are considering for the programs. Madie, my friend from high school who is now a graphic design student, put some very nice graphics for us, and I’m so thankful! Now we are working on putting our recipes into Food Pro.

Thursday was spent shadowing mangers at the Tate Café and working service at some Larry’s Giant Subs. I learned that toasting sub buns is art that deserves appreciation J We got to talk to Tate’s new head manager, Louis, and he gave us some insight on his managerial skills. All the managers at Tate are great and do a very good job at what they do.

This weekend in Athens is Athfest a music festival. I’m pretty jazzed, because well Whittemore, MI doesn’t have many music festivals, so I’m sure it will be a lot of fun!