New Job

I am a cook for the Holiday Inn that just opened up here in Orange Park.

I work evenings, and like it so far. I work with a great group of people, the ones who were not so great, were fired or quit...mostly fired.

I went in with the boss saying "this will be easy" That is quite the understatement. I am the prep cook, I prepare the salads, and desserts, set them out for the buffet, and help on the line for the restaurant if they are busy. We haven't been busy, but that's expected for only being open 3 weeks. The preparation is minimal... with all the prepackaged items that can be bought, it's just putting the boxed salad in a bowl and putting it out, cutting the frozen sawdust cake and putting that out. My immediate supervisor and I just couldn't tolerate such grossness. So upon formulating a plan, I have made fresh pies, rice pudding, bread pudding, cream puffs, crepes, and many more desserts from SCRATCH... We have gone from just having premade potato and macaroni salad, to having broccoli, carrot, cucumber, apple salads, and jello available.

We are striving to make the Holiday Inn restaurant and buffet healthy... if it's at all possible.