your chicken marinating in the oyster sauce, Sones calls out. · 1:31pm May 17th, 2016
2 million industrial kitchen opens doors for students in Whittier
WHITTIER >> Looking very professional in their uniforms, black caps, black pants and double breasted chef white 14 sophomores prepared chicken with oyster sauce on Wednesday in Cal High new $1.2 million classroom kitchen.
With a $20,000 that bakes cookies in 8 minutes, four new Garland ranges coach outlet with pot fillers, an over the oven broiler, seven speed racks to store baked goods, a commercial three bay washing sink, two under the counter dishwashers that wash, rinse and sanitize in 141 seconds, and more, all stainless steel. they could be working in the kitchen of a world class restaurant.
kitchen is a 21 year dream come true, says Susan Sones, the lead instructor for Cal High Culinary Arts Academy. gives the students a true industry level experience. PHOTOS: Students go to work in the new kitchen at Cal High Culinary Arts Academy
The students had been working in a temporary facility since construction on the new kitchen began in 2013. The new kitchen, which held its open house Feb. 20, replaces a decades old home economics style classroom equipped with home style ranges and appliances.
I came here 20 years ago, this was hugo boss a 1950s home economics class, said Sones. second year I was here, Frances (Garcia Grindel, retired Culinary Arts teacher and current volunteer) sat down at lunch and said have to give these kids more than they are getting. They need skills for employment and to prepare for college. was provided by a $75 million bond voters OK in coach outlet 2008 to improve campus facilities.
A student steps up and shows Sones a stainless steel tray full of ice with chicken fillets on top.
Others students are standing at wood topped stainless steel tables with kitchen knives and cutting boards, chicken, Bok Choy, onions, garlic, soy sauce, sesame seeds, and oyster sauce.
prefer today that you use two cutting boards, Sones calls out to the class. hugo boss for the chicken, one for the veggies.
prevent cross contamination, she says aside.
The goals of the academy are:
To expose students to the food service and hospitality industries through job shadowing and internships;
To provide students with the opportunity to test their career interest in the industries;
To provide students with the skills to find jobs in the industries.
The course also includes classroom time for teaching and nike outlet book work. Students must complete their chapter work before they can take part in the lab, or kitchen work.
Students in the academy programs also take other courses. History, chemistry, math and a foreign language or an elective.
Standing at one of the tables, Alejandro Sandoval, 16, shows another student how to cut Bok Choy.
pay really close attention in class, he says when asked how he knows so much.
He plans attend the Institute of Culinary Education in New York after high school.
always been in the kitchen with my uncles and aunts, at Thanksgiving and Christmas, any family gatherings, he says.
He hopes to some day get a job with Disney.
your chicken marinating in the oyster sauce, Sones calls out.
of these students are first generation high school graduates, she says. all of them will be first generation college students.
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