Day 4: I Have Exciting Happenings

Well hey there again! It's been a short while since I have posted anything, and I'm starting to feel guilty about it. This is not good. So here I am, with some news! But, not only do I have news, this news is also related to the Culinary. I know, you thought I'd forgotten about that....nope.

A couple of days ago, I got my acceptance packet from the CIA. This makes me extremely happy, and it made me even more giddy to start my attendance there. Now, some of you may have noticed that I said the word "packet" in reference to my acceptance things. I meant to do that. Sadly, that is not even an appropriate term for what i received in the mail. No, i think the best word from what I got, is really a mini book. This thing arrives in a very large envelope, in the U.S. Mail service. It takes me about 30 seconds to open the thing, partly because, according to my....boss, I have hands like feet. And partly because this thing is bound so tight it's like they don't want you to open it. Finally, when upon some miracle you finally do open the package, out slides a tri-fold booklet of sorts, filled to the brim with an assortment of brightly colored papers, all saying something about food. It was a wonderful thing for me, as I am a geek. The first thing i see as well, is a paper that is now adorning my fridge, announcing that I have been accepted to the CIA as a student in the Culinary Arts, BPS program. That alone, even though I already knew it, literally made my day. And then I looked at the rest of the papers in the packet and realized how much work I am going to have to do just to keep up with the rest of the class, let alone excel above them.

I also have some other news that I would absolutely love to share with all of you. Being held at the Culinary on the 5th and 6th of this month, or Friday and Saturday for all of the callendrially (it's a word, don't question it) challenged people, is the Bocuse D'or Culinary Competition. The Bocuse D'or Culinary Competition is pretty much the Iron Chef of real life, with less publicity, better food, and higher stakes. The best chefs from around the world will be descending upon our humble town of Hyde Park, NY to compete for glory. The best part about this, is that I will have the pleasure of attending this event, to witness everything that is happening. On the 5th, there will be a number of seminars and talks about food, including demonstrations from the American Lamb Board (and a tasting...yum), demonstrations from various chefs known to be experts in their fields, and book signings from certain authors as well. The big show is on Saturday the 6th, when 12 teams will start cooking at 6 in the morning, until 6 in the evening. There will be presentation of food by each of these teams throughout the day, all to be tasted and judged by the luckiest people in the world, the Bocuse D'or Culinary Council.

I will be there for all of this, and I will be writing everything I can down, and sharing it on here with you. I cannot wait for this wonderful experience, and I sincerely hope that you will enjoy all of what I will be writing about it, as it's all that will be on my mind for a couple days. Thanks again for reading, I'll be back soon from the CIA.