Week 8

Hi, I hope everyone had a great long weekend. This is week #8 and only one more week to go. This week I completed my in-service presentation on Thursday, I think it went well and thank you to everyone who came and participated in the pre and post-quizzes. I hope you have learned something new and find some new cuisine you want to try. Besides preparing for my presentation and working on my other projects, I also attended a menu meeting with Curtis and his team at Wagner on Tuesday morning. The meeting went for almost 5 hours, and we revised all the cycle menus for summer 2017, and Fall 2017. I enjoyed being part of the discussion and listening to different opinions. Next week is my last week! I hope it will go slow because I am enjoying my time here!  

Week 7

This week went fast! I got to spend some time with Lauren and Amanda in the TOD office on Monday. Both of them were very welcoming and helpful with my questions. I learned that part of their job is conducting central hiring for student employees and provide a 3-day training to them, which are different than the time I was hired as a student worker several years ago. On Friday, I worked at the Union Market for a day. Amy is an awesome manager, and she leads a team of hard workers. Every staff at the union market provides great customer services. I also had the opportunity to sit down with Amy to talk about her job as the manager.  Things I really liked about union market is that there are individual ordering machines on the Range Sandwich station, and fresh sushi are delivered to the store every morning. Here are some pictures of the union market.

Week 6

Time is flying by! This is already week 6 and only 3 more weeks left for me at OU H&F.

This week was a fun week too! I spent most of my time in the office working on my projects. One of them is going to be my presentation on May 25^th, which is about culture and food all around the world.  And I am also working on my project on food waste management.

Besides my time spent in the office, I had the opportunity to see the Leafy Green Machine and OU Food Pantry with Windeon on Tuesday. I was amazed by everything inside the machine and I think it is definitely the future of farming. Food Pantry is also an awesome project. I really like the idea of online registration and ordering. 

  

On Thursday, I spent my day in Wagner Dining Hall. It was great to be back there and see some old friends. Now, nutrition labels are on top of each dish and burgers can be made up to orders. Yeah! 

 

Week 5

This week I worked at Couch cafeteria. Mr. Sam Ford was great in having me in different areas so I could have an overall idea of the operation.

I spent most of my time at the food stations and also engaged in different managerial situations. The first day happened to be the monthly inventory day, so I joined in a physical inventory check of food items. In the afternoon, I had the opportunity to sit in a meeting with Sam and Coke Cola representative to discuss upgrading of soda machines. On day two, I shadowed Chef Bird in the morning. He showed me what his job is like and how to place purchasing orders for fitter foods. On Wednesday, I observed 2 job interviews conducted by Marcia and Sam of hiring new staff. It was an interesting experience. Thursday was a fun day. I worked at Casa to serve food to customers up to orders. I also helped to make tamales and ceviche for Friday, which is the special meal for Cinco de Mayo.