The FIRST ASSESSMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0.0!

Sorry I have been away for over a month!!! 'bows bows' =) Been REALLY busy at school!!! and YES I can finally graduate from school!!!!!! =) hahaha I recently completed my FINAL assessment!!! 'jumps for joy' I never had this kinda assessment/examination etc in my life before. AND LET IT TELL YOU IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK!!! I can say now I have a whole new level of understanding for the professionalism of PASTRY CHEFS, especially after watching KING OF PASTRY (a documentary about pastry chefs in France) 'thumbs up for the movie', if you are looking for drama it's definitely it! haha! Well since I'm soooooooo far behind in blogging I shall just show you what I did for my 1st assessment! =)

 

 Well let me just give you a short intro to how it works! =) One whole week is dedicated to this 'WONDERFUL' assessment where our skills are tested based on what we have learn during the we weeks before. Oh yes the fun and joys oh 'lalalalaa' let's make this for fun and make that just to eat STOPS RIGHT THERE! haahaha! Use to be ' awww it's ok it didn't turn out, just try again' or like ' nah! it's ok that it doesn't look perfect, still taste good no?' Well this is the time where you try to show your best! from all aspects, from texture, flavour, taste, to appearance and finishing, omg! you have to be CLEAN and ORGANISE at all times, well at least try! This is when your chef will find out whether what they have been stuffing into our heads the last few weeks are actually going in. Mind you, the time constrained is not like the usual! haha when it's regular time you can ' never I can finish tomorrow' the invisible deadline. BUT now it's like you HAVE TO FINISH! NO MATTER WHAT! Oh yes it was really stressful for my fellow classmate, LiYin and I. We nearly pass out hahahahaha! probably we were never exposed to this kinda 'live' exam before but never the less we did survive it! well for every level we go its kinda a different way of assessing. But we were tested from head to toe from bread to chocolate nearly everything!haha but still it was a good yet interesting experience..we do improve more during this hard process!

Haha as you can see that I took these pictures from home.There was no chance to pictures nor the mood at that moment. So sadly only the ones that made it home got to be documented. By the way the top was a classic opera cake and this a modern chocolate raspberry tart. Sounds yum no? But still there is room for improvement according to comments from chefs, many many many manyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy things could be better =) anyho back to the assessment..oh yes we are given scores for different different aspect of the dessert and it would be totaled up to a final one =). Stress levels were high and we were running like....' according to chef' like chickens lol!!! Especially when you see the clock ticking and ticking and in your head you are screaming 'OMG STOP TICKING!!!' And one of my friends was saying, quotes SABREENA! usually when I'm stressed out I bake last time, but now I'm stress about baking lol! 'what do I DO!?lol!!!! quite funny actually..and of course the CHEFS are enjoying this week the most! seeing their students in ACTION! hahahaha!!!

Pretty galette! =) Yes now I'm proud to say that LiYin and I have survived THE ASSESSMENT! =) we tried our best I think we were slightly less panic-y this time around =)!! YAY!!! haha! and THANK YOU EVERYONE who supported me during this 'difficult' time lol!! you know who you are 'winks'! hehe that's all for now! =) visit soon!