Mary Mac's Place

On Friday 15th May we (students of Commercial Cookery non-trade and Hospitality Management courses) catered for the volunteers’ luncheon at Mary Mac's Place at Woy Woy for 110 people. This organisation celebrated Volunteers Week by honouring the tireless work of their volunteers, who provide meals for homeless people on the Peninsula on a daily basis. Commercial Cookery of the Faculty of Tourism & Hospitality TAFE Hunter Institute, donated the food stuffs necessary for the function.
This was a wonderful opportunity for the students to plan and prepare an offsite function; considering that they were only in their 11th week of training, this was a remarkable feast and due credit must be given to all the class teachers involved.
The event ran very smoothly and a delicious lunch was served, comprising of a selection of hot & cold savouries, a main of poached chicken breast filled with mushroom duxelles and cream sauce served with bean bundles, turned carrots and parsley baby potatoes. Dessert was a choice of warm individual apple crumble pie with vanilla bean ice cream or Chantilly cream filled profiteroles with chocolate ganache and sauce anglaise.
Many compliments were received and it was a great experience to be putting their learned skills into practise. It's not every day they get to turn 220 carrots and make 110 bean bundles.....
This experience also demonstrated that our students cope well, even early on, outside their “training kitchen comfort zone”.

For further information on Mary Mac's click here