Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Fruit Carving

Before getting into the really hard stuff in Superior Pastry, they started us off with fruit carving. Who am I kidding?! Fruit carving is just as hard, if not harder than some of the other things we have to look forward to this term. Although, master carver Chef Armando makes it look like a cinch! In a 2 hour demo, he created a vast array of beautiful carvings that I could only hope to make after practicing for about 5 years. Here are some of the things that he did:
Watermelon Flower
Cantaloupe Mouse and Dog
Pineapple Seahorse
Honeydew Swan

Watermelon Swordfish
 All throughout the practical, Chef A was walking around shaking his head. Sometimes even laughing out loud at our meagre attempts to duplicate what he'd done. It's not nearly as easy as he makes it out to be. Here are some of my pieces:

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