[MUSIC]
WELCOME BACK YOUR HERE AND
HOME CENTER KITCHEN.TALKING
ABOUT AND INTRODUCING A NEW
CHOCOLATE COMPETITION WHICH IS
REALLY EXCITING.
TODAY I WELCOME INSTRUCTORS
BRENDA AND SUSAN AND MICHAELA
AND CAMERON FROM THE CAREER
TECHNOLOGY CENTER.
WE WILL BE COOKING SOMETHING
REALLY FUN TODAY.
WE WELCOME YOU TO BE THE
COMPETITION THAT WILL BE PART
OF OUR BREAK THIS YEAR WHICH IS
REALLY EXCITING.
BEFORE WE GET ALL THOSE DETAILS
GUYS CAN YOU TEACH ME THE
CORRECT WAY TO MAKE SOME
DELICIOUS GUACAMOLE.
WHAT WE WANT TO START WITH?
FOR SISTER WITH AVOCADO.
TO CONNECT OF ANY KIND REALLY.
OKAY.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU JUST CUT IN AND THE PIT
IS IN THE MIDDLE SO YOU FOLLOW
AROUND IT.
IS A GOOD AVOCADO.
.
[INDISCERNABLE] IT WAS NOT THIS
GRACIOUS BUT MAYBE A LITTLE
BETTER AT IT THAN ME.
SO THEN WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO.
THEN YOU PUT THE KNIFE IN
CAN AND SCOOP IT OUT.
WRITES WANT TO SCOOP ALL THE
AVOCADOS ARE.
WHEN WE DO THAT TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS
COMPETITION IS BEING INTRODUCED
.
IS PRETTY EXCITING AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE MIGHT NOT THINK OF FOOD
AS ART.
IT'S REALLY FUN WAY OF SHOWING
STUDENT TALENT AND CUISINE
PRETERM ABOUT THAT.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
EXCUSE ME, IT IS AN ART THESE
DAYS.
WE ALL HAVE OPEN COOKING SINCE
FIRE WAS INVENTED.
THE ADVENT OF NETWORK
TELEVISION AND FULL NETWORKS
AND SO FORTH THAT ARE DEDICATED
SOLELY TO FOOD HAS BECOME
SHOWBIZ.
SO THE STUDENTS COME TO US TO
PRACTICE SKILLS, LEARN NEW
SKILLS, COMPETES AND SO FORTH.
IT IS A NEW COMPETITION THIS
YEAR.
CAN YOU TELL ME OF LITTLE
BIT , HOW WOULD ACTUALLY BE
TAKING PLACE AND HOW WILL IT BE
JUDGED?
IT STARTS SATURDAY.
THE 27TH.
THEY WILL BE WITH A MYSTERY
BASKET THAT WILL START WITH
ENTRIE, APPETIZER, ENTRIE AND
THEN A DESSERT.
WE HAVE TWO OTHER COMPETITORS
JOSH AND DEVON CARTER.
THEY WILL ALSO BE
PARTICIPATING.
IT STARTS AT 10:00 ON SATURDAY.
THEY WILL BE JUDGED ON ALL
KINDS OF CREATIVITY, THEIR
STUDENTS AND WHAT YOU ARE
TEACHING THEM WITH THE CULINARY
ARTS AND THE WAY YOU TEACH THEM
IN SCHOOL.
HE TELLS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT.
SURE.
OUR PROGRAM THAT WE BASE OUR
LEARNING OFF OF IS CALLED PRO
START IN HIS PUT OUT FOR THE
NATIONAL RESTAURANT
ASSOCIATION.
IT'S A TWO YEAR PROGRAM FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THEY CAN EARN INDUSTRY BIG
CERTIFICATION THAT CAN GO WITH
THEM, THAT WILL GO WITH THEM
WHEN THEY EXIT OUR PROGRAM
EITHER INTO POSTSECONDARY
EDUCATION OR ON INTO THE
WONDERFUL WORLD OF WORK BOX THE
REAL WORLD.
SO EXCITING.
IN THE FUTURE, IN LIFE AND FOR
THEIR FUTURE CAREERS.
THAT SOUNDS SO MUCH FUN.
YOU GUYS ARE OVER HERE AND
MATCHING THE AVOCADO RIGHT NOW.
COMMIT TO ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING
OVER THERE.
I AM CUTTING UP ONIONS AND
TOMATOES TO PUT INSIDE THE
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ADD ALL THE
INGREDIENTS IF YOU WANT TO GO A
LITTLE ON THE JALAPENO IF YOU
DO NOT LIKE IT SPACE YOU CAN
TONE IT DOWN ON THAT.
WE WANT TO COME BACK AND TALK
ABOUT OUR BREAK AND CAN PEOPLE
COME WATCH THE COMPETITION AND
HOW CAN THEY DO SO.
ON SATURDAY WILL START AT
10:00.
IT IS A FREE EVENT.
IT BUT BY THE SHREVEPORT
REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL.
THEY CAN COME OUT.
WILL BE FROM 10:00 UNTIL 3:00,
GIVE OR TAKE HOW IT FALLS.
SO I KNOW YOU ARE A PRODUCT
OF THIS SCHOOL.
JUST HIM.
NOW YOUR INSTRUCTOR SO YOU
SORT OF MOVED FROM STUDENT TO
INSTRUCTOR NOW YOU'RE GETTING
TO TEACH THE STUDENTS HOW THE
CULINARY WAY.
TELLSABOUT HOW .
IT HAS BEEN A FULL CIRCLE
KIND OF DEAL.
MRS. McKINNON AND CHEF MINARD
WERE MY INSTRUCTORS BACK WHEN I
WENT, WAY BACK THEN.
[LAUGHTER]
IT HAS KIND OF BEEN A GOAL
OF MY LIFE TO GIVE BACK AND
TO GIVE BACK TO THEM IS A
PLEASURE FOR ME.
ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK.
[INDISCERNABLE] THAT YOU
LEARNED ASIDE FROM COOKING AND
ALL THOSE THINGS.
WHAT ARE SOME LIFE LESSONS THEY
WERE ABLE TO GIVE YOU?
.
[LAUGHTER]
PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT A
LITTLE BIT.
TO ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST WORK.
DO NOT EVER SLACK OFF.
PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD, 100
PERCENT OF THE TIME.
THAT'S ALSO GOOD.
ALSO THERE WILL BE NO LITTER
THE COMPETITION I THINK THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THEIR
TALENT THE MORE SO THAN THAT TO
JUST REALLY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE THAT WILL TEACH THEM
THINGS THAT THEY CAN USE LATER
ON IN LIFE .
ARE WE DONE OVER HERE?
WHAT IS GOING ON UP HERE?
YOU GOTTA KEEP ME UPDATED.
[LAUGHTER]
I ADDED SOME ONIONS AND NOW
I AM SEASONING IT WITH SALT,
PEPPER AND GARLIC POWDER.
USUALLY ALL I DO REALLY.AND
THEN MIX IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT
.
AT THIS IF YOU WANT AND
TOMATOES FOR COLOR.
I AM NOT A PERSONAL FAN OF
TOMATOES.
[LAUGHTER]
THEY LOOK NICE THOUGH.
SO McKINNON TELL ME A LITTLE
BIT HOW YOU FEELGOING INTO THIS
COMPETITION.
ARE YOU LITTLE NERVOUS AND HOW
IS THAT FOR YOU?
I'M ALWAYS NERVOUS .
[LAUGHTER]
I HAVE COMPETED BEFORE BUT
NOT IN OUR BREAK.
ABBA BACKGROUNDS BUT I'M READY
FOR THE EXPERIENCE.
YES.
WHAT ABOUT YOU CAMERON?
HAVE YOU HAD A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE COOKING, YOU LITTLE
NERVOUS?
I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS FOR
THIS WILL BE MY FIRST
COMPETITION.
I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM MRS.
McKINNON OVER TWO YEARS AND I
AM READY FOR THE EXPERIENCE.
AND YOU FEEL READY THEN?
THAT WILL BE SO EXCITING.
WE WILL FINISH OF THE WALKABLE
WAS IN BACK OVER TO JOSH TO GET
WANT MORE LOOK AT OUR FORECAST
AND THEN WE?
WE WILL TRY GUACAMOLE WHICH I'M
EXCITED ABOUT.
HERE AGAIN THROUGHOUT ABOUT
THIS AFTERNOON LOOKING PRETTY
GOOD FOR US.
YOU HAVE A FEW SHOWERS THAT
WILL PROBABLY POP UP HERE IN
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
WE COULD SEE THOSE ABOUT
ANYWHERE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
TODAY GOING TO BE PRETTY LATE.
OTHERWISE JUST LOOKING AT A
TON OF CLOUD COVER OUT AS WE GO
TO THE DAY TODAY AND AGAIN
WOULD MOST LIKELY SEE THE RAIN
CHANCES HOLD OFF UNTIL WE GET
TO LATER TOMORROW FOR MOST
AREAS.
YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN
JUST LIKE THIS MORNING, NORTH
OF I 30 PRETTY MILD DAY.
WILL BE LOW TO MID-60S TO START
THE REGION AND MAKES IT WAY
PAST ACROSS EAST TEXAS IN
SHREVEPORT I WOULD THINK THOSE
JOBS PROBABLY GOING TO MAKE
THEIR WAY IN SOMETIME AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
A LOT OF THIS RAIN WILL OCCUR
IN THE MORNING HOURS HERE
BEFORE YOU WAKE UP.
THE MAYBE WAS THUNDER AND
LIGHTNING BUT SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT IS RELATIVELY LOW AND I
WILL BEGIN TO SEE THINGS KIND
OF DISSIPATE AS FAR AS THE RAIN
FALL AS WE MOVED TO THE DAY
THURSDAY.
A FEW LEFTOVER SHOWERS HERE
WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WE GO TO
THE DAY.
AGAIN, THINK THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT IS NORTHEAST
TEXAS LOOKING AT SOME 2-4 INCH
RAINFALL ACCUMULATION.
NOTHING MAJOR THERE BUT GIVEN
THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN WE HAD
WOULD NOT BESURPRISED IF MAYBE
A LOOK LOCALIZED FLOODING TO
START OUT THE MORNING ON
THURSDAY.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL WATCH
.
COURSES WILL KEEP THE LAKES AND
RIVERS RUNNING HIGH AND REALLY
NICE TEMPERATURES THAT WE WILL
STAY IN THE 70S HERE AND
EVENTUALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE
WEEKEND LOOKING AT THOSE
TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE
80S, 82 ON SATURDAY AND 84 ON A
SUNDAY.
OUTDOOR PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND
ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
LET'SCHECK IN ON THE GUACAMOLE
ONCE MORE.
FERNANDA BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU PROJECT MAKE YOUR
WAY BACK INTO THE KITCHEN AND
JUST A SECOND.
ABOUT TO TRY TO GUACAMOLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY AND GOOD LUCK ON
YOUR COMPETITION .
THIS LOOKS DELICIOUS.
CHEERS TO THAT.
WE WILL TRY THIS REALLY QUICK.
THAT IS BETTER THAN MINE.
[LAUGHTER].
JOCASTA THINK IS MUCH HANG OF
THIS.
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