Rockpool Trial Report

Well woke up early for the first time in a long time, But was raring to go none the less. It was also really hot last night so i didnt get too much sleep, But anyway get to rockpool bit before 9am and report for duty. First off i make their homemade 'tomato ketchup' which was tasty mmmm then i do some work for larder section and then im moved into the 'fish room' which is the most badass thing for a kitchen.

Basically they get all their fish in whole and break it all down in the 'fish room' Plus in this room there is fish tanks for lobster, abalone, scallops and clams which is just awesome. And is really well setup plus everything is obviously brand new so more awesome-ness, so yeh cleaned up a whole bunch of fish which i hadnt done too much of before and then watched some service and saw some food go out, and then went home. It all went really well and everyone seemed cool and id really love to work there, Soo many possible oppurtunities in the kitchen and so much to learn.

Also in rockpool melbourne and sydney they have installed big plasma screens with cameras showing each kitchen to the other, So whilst im chopping onions for the 'tomato ketchup' im watching myself on a plasma screen, How balla is that! Kinda like the runner who watched himself win a sprint race or the guy who watched himself run in a touchdown except im not that balla but on my way.

So yeh i find out in a week and a half if i got the job as they still have people to trial as they had a massive response to the ad.

Wish me some more luck please.

Dan

Recent Happening's

Well after taking my initial deposit of 500USD and playing 50nL i was slowly winning some $$ and after doing this for a few days i then would play a table of 50NL and a table of 100NL well this went bad and i lost/down swung hard, so i dropped back to just 50NL and tried to get back what id lost, well the losing continued And i don't think i played bad for most of it, It just seemed i got coolered in big pots top 2 V set, Nutflush draw (me) V 3rdNFD and hitting a pair. So Ive now lost the money i had online and prob wont be playing any poker for a while.

Ive been hunting for jobs but it doesn't seem like much is around for what I'm after. Got an email back from Vue De Monde and they have no positions right now, which doesn't really bother me because i know jack shit about french food other than a few standard recipe's/traditional stuff. And working there was probably not the best place to start my learning in french food but more of a 'finishing school'.

It is so sick the way the world works, about 2-3months ago i had jobs flying at me so fast it made my head spin, and i wasn't keen on working anywhere. Now I'm raring to go and the jobs just aren't out there.

But hopefully this is soon to change.

Another update on the Job front.

Well had my interview today at rockpool and this is my first time having a look at the place up close, Gaz had eaten there and told me how nice it was inside, But there has been alot of money invested in this place it is top-notch, As usual with interviews i was only there for a few minutes and had the same standard questions asked, So i got through that part quite easily then i went into the 'office' which is just a few laptops on a bench etc. And i met neil perry who is much shorter than i imagined, he is only about as tall as me.

And from walking past from outside i imagined the kitchen to be a standard size but after walking past it seems it continues back away from what you can see from outside and is probably double if not more the size i imagined, I cant wait for the trial should be a good learning experience either way.

Unfortunatly no word from Vue de Monde,

And the Aussie are playing the poms today in the first final of the VB series, And even though there has been plenty of team changes all summer i really like this final team. Hopefully we can take this series down and then move onto the tour of New Zealand and then the World Cup.

Oh and if anyone wants to see rockpools menu etc. there site is www.rockpoolmelbourne.com.au

Dan

Moving Blog

Well i figured the old Blog wasn't quite suited to myspace and really needed to be treated like a blog and this way anyone can reply/badmouth the blog and im sure that will give it a bit more life.

Here is the last blog i posted.

Update on the work front.
Well i got some interest from rockpool, they told me the job had been filled. But like any new'ish restaurant they will always need apprentice's because the ones that cant hack it after a couple of months will quit, I know because i was one of those kids. And so Khan the head chef there rang this morning to arrange an interview . And i also had sent my resume to Vue De Monde.
As last week at my Australia Day BBQ an old work mate from pearl, his roomate works at VDM and said they had a few apprentices quit, same deal as above Shannon Bennet is a hardass chef and only a select few can handle the pressure, I hope to be one of those select few.
Got a few things i need to do in the next couple of days, find/iron my uniform. Dust off the knife kit and sharpen my knives. And ill probably go buy some veggies and just sit at home and julliene them all day and then go throw them in the compost I need to practice lol.
Hopefully the next blog i write is something about starting a job somewhere.

And for anyone who hasnt read the old blog here is the link http://blog.myspace.com/danielg18