Day 5 10/28/10

Hey Ladies and Gents,
Thanks for a great day of service today. I know it was tight getting the room ready, but you all did well with the pressure. Your service skills are improving.

Assignments:
1. Complete the check writing quiz. Using the hand out, apply the information to a dupe pad and then a guest check. Please follow the format on both tools as was demonstrated in class. Please turn this assignment in this Monday. Ill post the hand out to my mobil me cloud.

2. Complete an evaluation of your day serving. Provide 3 positives and 3 opportunities for improvement about your service from today. If you worked a non-serving job, you can use your last day of service as what you are evaluating. Please email this to me or blog it or turn it in on paper, your choice.

3. Please be prepared to describe Chef Kelly's main menu items. Be prepared to answer a question about App, soup, salad or entree (don't worry about starch or veg) for Mondays role call.

Feel free to contact me if I can assist in any way
cheers,
Mr. D

Day 2 Monday 10/25/10

Good Day Ladies and Gents,

Nice job with day 2 today! I know we covered a lot but  I thought you all took it in pretty well. Set up, service and clean up went well for your first time.

Please complete your guest checks from today by adding the pricing and totaling them according to the tri-fold handout's info. Please bring that check to class tomorrow.

In addition, if you could email me a quick written description of your favorite food item. Imagine you are selling it to your best guests. We will use this in class to discuss selling the menu.

Most of you have set up your front summit account, thanks!! If you still need to please complete the new account set up at front summit.

cheers,
See you tomorrow!
Mr. D

1st Class assignment - Due by Monday 10/25/10

ASSIGNMENT: Go to www.frontsummit.com  and open an account in your name. When it asks for a site code, use the one mr. D gave you in class!


Cheers 

Welcome Segment 4 - 1325 Essentials of Dining Service

Welcome to the Cintas Dining Room and our exploration of Service! 


Congratulations on finishing the 3rd culinary lab of the tri! I want to welcome you to your next class – Essentials of Dining Room.  My name is Mr. DeMarchena and I look forward to meeting you on Thursday morning. I will be in the Cintas dining room in HAC at 6:30 am and we will begin class at 7am. Feel free to come into the room and get comfortable with your new classroom.

Please be sure that your dining room uniform is complete. Your shoes should be shined and your uniform should be well pressed. Your uniform should include the front of the house apron, a corkscrew, 2 pens and a small notepad for taking guest food orders. Please bring your “Service” textbook. I’ll give you some handouts tomorrow in class.

Class assignments will be forth coming on this site, check it regularly!

Cheers, Mr. D

2nd and final homework assignment for 1365 - - DUE MONDAY

1365 Spirits Training Assignment

This assignment is to assess your research and writing skills for training a staff member about a specific spirits category. Please complete this assignment for Monday’s class. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Please pick one spirit from these spirit categories: Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Scotch, Irish Whiskey, Canadian Whiskey, Bourbon, Brandy, Pisco

PART ONE:

Write a brief 3 paragraph explanation about this spirit category. Details discussed might include some points about its history, how it’s produced, the keys to its quality levels and  the most popular brands of this category.

PART TWO:

Search out a cocktail and mixed drink recipe for this spirit category. Write the recipe and its method of preparation into this paper.

PART THREE:

Develop and explain a creative way for bartenders and servers to market or sell this drink to guests. Write a short script for staff to say that can increase the sales of a particular drink or brand of this spirits category!

Good Luck!!

1365 Day 4 10/13/2010

Today's Assignment

Please use the cocktail and mixed drinks hand out to prepare for the next four days of Mixology practice. You mission should you choose to accept it, gather the information necessary to complete the drink grids. All the detail is found in your text as was discussed in class! This is due for Thursdays class!

Cheers,
Mr. D

handout available at link   http://public.me.com/madworks

1365 Day 2 Wine Service and Sensory Evaluation

Welcome to Day 2 - After reviewing some of the key points of yesterdays Coffee and Barista lessons we explored WIne Service. The class practiced white wine service after working our way through the wine service lecture. Make sure you can tell the difference between Fixed and Focal points while presenting wine to the right person. We tasted four wines for our sensory evaluation session:

1. Dancing Bull 2008 California Sauvignon Blanc
2. Sutter Home 2009 California White Zinfandel
3. Frei Brothers 2007 Sonoma Merlot
4. VYA Sweet Vermouth by Andy Quady

HOMEWORK: Complete your reading assignment and build your understanding of what is wine? Try to define the key steps that make wines unique. Complete the winemaking handout for Tuesday's class.

1st Article Review: We handed out the 1st article review due for next Wednesday. This is a podcast article review. Please select a podcast from Grape Radio.com (see link), listen and complete a single page article review!