Wow, this week was a whirl wind. This week we had our Break the Monotony event where we had a themed event of the Wizard of Oz. It went so well. This entire internship from the first week to this week we have been preparing for our event, choosing recipes, testing them, deciding on the décor, it was really awesome just seeing it all come together.
We also had managers, directors, supervisors and employees dress up to make the Land of Oz come alive. Of course Anna and I also dressed up as Dorothy and Auntie Em. Everyone dressing up was really the touch that made the event awesome.
Without everyone’s help we really would not have been able to do it at all. I learned that it really takes team work and everyone being on the same page and knowing what is going on to get it all done.
One of the things that I most enjoyed during the event was taking the reins and being one in charge where people would come and ask questions and I got to be the one who steered them in the right direction. It was a new experience and a great opportunity to grow in leadership on a scale as big as this.
Part of preparing for the event we had to help other people with their costumes, especially the supervisors, so we made their “Evil Monkey” wings for them with hats, and came up with idea to have their tails as shapeable balloons, it was really a fun touch and really simple and cheep, so we could make it into mass quantities for the multiple supervisors.
When preparing for the event we had planned on making cookies that were shaped like Toto’s and red slippers, but as the week neared we saw that that was going to be too time consuming to produce that many cookies and still have them fresh. So we changed our plan the week of the event to make a few cakes and ice them to look like the yellow brick road. The baker also built a house out of Rice Krispies.
It turned out way better than any cookies had and it really was one of the best touches to the event. It was a lot of fun pulling it together because I had never piped a cake and I got to pipe one of the cakes myself. It was a lot of fun. Maybe some cake decorating is in my future ;)
The menu for our event included a lot of fun dishes like Munchkin Empanadas, Evil Monkey’s favorite Baked Plantains, Our own Seafood Carbanara which we called Glinda’s Carbanara served over angel hair pasta, Quinoa and Millet stuffed pepper for our vegan dish, Beef Fajitas, Roasted Mushroom and Artichoke Bisque, Auntie Em’s Kansas BBQ, Vegetable Kabobs, a Apple bar with a lot of fun toppings because you can’t forget those angry apple trees, roasted potatoes, and tofu with pesto for our vegetarian dish. It really was a full menu, and looking back on it I’m glad that we got to have a nice balance of healthy and multi cultural food. Anna and I also talked with some of the customers who did not know we created the menu and asked them how they liked the food and all the comments we that they loved it and they were so surprised that there was such good food. So this made us really happy.
We ended our week by giving a final presentation of our time spent in the internship to the directors and managers of KU dining services. This was a big deal and it went really well. For our presentation we also made a short video to show them the event at Mrs E’s. It showed preparing for the event and walking through the whole dining facility to show the decorations. Everyone enjoyed the presentation and said that they loved having us here this summer. It truly has been an awesome experience. It is crazy to think that next week is our last week here in Kansas, it has just flown by.
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