Norma A. (Senior Sous Chef)

Throughout the years of culinary in Skyline I have learned many things. Originally I was pursuing a career in culinary, but I have learned that I really want to be a pastry chef. Through cooking iv learned that I have patience and creativity. Me having patience was the last thing I would think that I would have but iv learned throughout the cooking and baking experience that its essential. I only have patience for my passion or something that I really care for. A discovery I made last year when working with Noehly (senior sous chef) is that when were both mad we usually do an amazing  job and dish out awesome dishes or baked goods. Another discovery of mine is that I will never ever!!! send out anything that im not satisfied with.I learned that my call is in the culinary industry but mainly the pastry side. Culinary is a never ending learning place and its just beginning. As we step in the industry we will discover and learn many things. :D

Barbara Stovall SENIOR

  Culinary is very influential. Learning how to cook helps make living life a little bit easier. For me, cooking has made me realize the ups and downs life has to offer. When I am trying out a new recipe and it fails, I just retry the recipe in a different way. This has made me realize that in life when something doesn't work out the way I want to I just have to try again and work out the kinks.
     Through cooking I have discovered a lot about my personality and how my attitudes affect the outcome of my food. When I'm happy my dishes are colorful, creative, and taste amazing. When I'm not my dishes are bland, pale, and mediocre. However, overall culinary has taught me not to worry about things I can't change...

Barbara Stovall SENIOR

     Well I grew up basically raising my sister and brother. I would help with homework. I would make sure they had baths and were in bed on time. I made sure they had clean clothes. I would do all I could for them (short of providing their shelter), not because my parents weren't there, but because they were usually not up for taking care of them. Because I had to grow up quickly, I had to learn how to survive quickly. I had to teach my sister and brother how to go out and get what they needed on their own, because no one else was going to do it for them. Yet, I was always in the background, just in case they fell.....
     They are the reason I cook. They influence my passion for cooking. They drive me to succeed and do my best so I can make things better for them. Without them their would be no need to have a family dinner on Sunday. Their would be no need to be covered head to toe in flour trying to make the "biggest" cookie in the world. Their would be no need to show them the joy of being able to turn nothing into something, to show them that from nothing they can be something. Without my sister and brother I would have never dabbled in cooking. I would have never gotten to experience the sheer joy of taking random ingredients, creating something amazing, delicious, and memorable to make my sister and brother happy. Culinary arts is my life and I thank my sister and brother for giving me the opportunity to realize it.

aARON - Favorite Family Food Memory

My favorite family food memory would have to be the time my grandmother and I made a rotiseree chicken rubbed in some simple spices. It was hot summer night and my grandmother really didnt feel like cooking a full meal, so we just put a whole chicken in the rotiseree. Once it was finished, we simply left the bird on the spit and carved the pieces we wanted. Like CAVEMEN!!!!

Norma A. (Senior Sous Chef)

Throughout the years of culinary in Skyline I have learned many things. Originally I was pursuing a career in culinary, but I have learned that I really want to be a pastry chef. Through cooking iv learned that I have patience and creativity. Me having patience was the last thing I would think that I would have but iv learned throughout the cooking and baking experience that its essential. I only have patience for my passion or something that I really care for. A discovery I made last year when working with Noehly (senior sous chef) is that when were both mad we usually do an amazing  job and dish out awesome dishes or baked goods. Another discovery of mine is that I will never ever!!! send out anything that im not satisfied with.I learned that my call is in the culinary industry but mainly the pastry side. Culinary is a never ending learning place and its just beginning. As we step in the industry we will discover and learn many things. :D

Oscar Gonzalez : Food Memory

Whether it's a party or a regular cook out, my father has always kept me by his side to cook bbq chicken, sausages, fajitas, pig skins, and carnitas. Today, he asks me to cook the food ever since I had applied to culinary arts. I suppose you can say it's a father-son thing, and in my eyes, it's the greatest food memory.

DreNae Davison's Favorite Food Memory

my family and i have so many food memories and traditions.  one of my favorites would have to be probably the funniest. so, each family has thier own sunday to cook and feed everyone in the family. so on first sundays its my granny's turn,second sundays are me and my mom,on third sundays it my aunt,and third sunday is usually ordered out food. However, on fifth sundays it the men in the family turn,which is my grandpa,cousin,and my brother.So one fifth sunday all the women and girls left to go visit my great grandma,and left the men and boys to finish dinner. when we arrived back,the kitchen was a TOTAL DISASTER! However, when we got to the dining room table, all that was thier was barbecue beans and cornbread. It was the funniest and probably one of my most favoritable sundays of all time! So now on fifth sundays we all just contribute to a fiest!