Day 21 of 60 | Bonjour, Paris! 🇫🇷✨
Today was exam day! Other than a few DMV tests, it’s been decades since I’ve had to sit for an actual exam — unless you count the daily “pop quizzes” from my wife, Lori. You know, the tough ones like:
“Hey honey, want to do a cooking school in Paris this holiday season?”
Me: “Is this a trick question?” 😅
The first part of the exam was all hands-on: preparing a rack of lamb with a vegetable medley. We had three hours to complete it. I proudly finished in two, not realizing the goal was to present exactly at the three-hour mark. Oops. My bad. Timing is apparently a “thing” in culinary school! 😂
My dish (pictured below 👇) wasn’t the best in the class, but hey — I passed!
Phase two was a 25-question multiple choice test on all things culinary - fish, poultry, meats, and of course, the sacred jus. We only needed 50% to pass… and yours truly clocked in at a cool 88% with a little help from my new Bestie from portland. Not bad for a guy who still occasionally Googles how to boil an egg.
Now we’ve got a four-day weekend thanks to a French holiday. So… can someone pass the Clase Azul Tequila? 🇲🇽🍸
Pictured Below: Lori getting graded and her feedback. He judged her lamb the best in the class - so proud!
