My evaluation for my prac

Evaluation

Yesterday, I did my practical assessment. My recipes were; free form pizza and summer berries with white chocolate sauce. As soon as I got into the kitchen, I grabbed my ingredients and went straight to work. As I didn’t practice the recipe at home, I really had no idea how I was going to go and I was nervous if I was going stuff up. However, by reading the instructions carefully, the recipes were equally easy. My partner, Cassie did help me, as without Cassie I don’t think I would’ve finished in time. It took quite some time cutting up the meat and onion and then cooking the onion on the fry pan. As I was cooking the onion, I put the ingredients in the saucepan for the white-chocolate sauce. I thought it would be best to cook both of the recipes at the same time, so then when they are finished they will still be warm and not cold. Once I put my free form pizza in the oven, I quickly defrosted the berries. Within 15 minutes time, everything was finished and ready for Mrs George to take a photo. I think overall, the finished product looked great and tasty. However, I think I lacked in time co-ordination. As, Cassie and I were still in the kitchen 5 minutes after the bell just quickly drying the dishes. However, I did work quite efficiently and quickly and maybe I should’ve chosen a recipe which didn’t take so much time to prepare and it then would be much easier to finish in time. If I could change anything, I would change the consistency of the white-chocolate sauce. As the sauce was very liquidly and would be better if it were thicker. To do this I would need to either decrease the amount of soy-milk or increase the amount of white chocolate. I would like to improve on my efficiency in co-ordinating two things at a time. Maybe if I were more aware of the consistency of the white-chocolate sauce, it wouldn’t have been so watery. I wish to also improve on quicker cutting skills, to then decrease the amount of time of cleaning up and washing up. If I were more skilled in cutting, then everything else would flow much easier and I might have left over time. Overall, I think the practical task was somewhat challenging yet very exciting and well-deserving in the end. If you work hard to make your food look tasty and attractive, then you will have the enjoyment of eating great food. (: