I can’t believe it’s the last full week of June! Where has
the time gone??
Monday (6/22)
We had a rather late start today; Florence and I met Kris
for a meeting in the Auxiliary Services building at 1:30 pm. The meeting was
about a new professional development program, Stepping Stones, which will allow
employees to get a chance to work in a different area of the department if they
have an interest in that area. This program allows for movement within the
department; this way
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| Bolton Dining Hall |
After the meeting we headed over to Bolton and worked with
the closing managers for the rest of the evening. We worked with Joey and
Ashley to make the assignment sheet for the evening employees; this assigns
them the station they will be working in. We were then shown what to look for
while making rounds (dirty lines, employees who look like they need help, etc.)
Once the orientation rush came in we made rounds around the dining hall to make
sure everything was running smoothly. The whole shift was relatively relaxed
until closing time. At 8 everyone was moving so fast in order to get out as
soon as possible. At this point I went around with Joey wile he assigned
closing tasks and checked out stations. It was fun getting to work with the
managers and see how they keep the dining halls running smoothly.
Tuesday (6/23)
We started off the morning eating breakfast with Kris, we
talked about how the internship is going so far and what to expect for the rest
of the summer.
After breakfast we headed over to Central Food Storage to
learn about their operations. We started off by talking with Stuart who taught
us about Food Pro, the main tool for UGA Foodservice. This is how the dining
facilities place orders, stores recipes, holds inventory, aids in forecasting,
and so many other things!
We then got a tour of the central warehouse and it is huge!
The dining facilities place orders to central and the items get delivered the
next morning. We went through the dry good storage, cooler, even the freezer
(which was below zero!).
Once we completed our tour we were headed over to O’House to
meet about the closing banquet! We met with the team and got the menu finalized
and the decorations moving along. It sounds like it’s going to be a great
event!
Finally, Rob spent time with us on recipe writing. We spent
the rest of the afternoon starting to write out the recipes for our event.
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| Central Food Storage |
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| Dry Goods Storage |
Wednesday (6/24)
Working today in a button down and a tie – catering an
etiquette dinner! We started this afternoon packing up the catering truck with
everything we would need for the dinner and headed over to the Village Summit.
Today was quite the learning experience for me; I got to learn how to properly
set a table and how to serve a up-scale dinner. We served the event and then
when the event was over we helped pack up the truck again.
Thursday (6/25)
Today I got to work in the Summit with Adam who is an
opening assistant manager. We talked about what a typical day is like during
the summer versus when school is in session. He then showed me how the schedule is
set up; the difference between full-time and student employees work schedules,
how to fit in time off, and how to place employees in their positions for the
shift. We also talked about discipline and how corrective actions are taken.
At lunchtime we assisted the transition from breakfast to
lunch (it only took 10 minutes!), all the breakfast food was taken off the main
line and all the lunch food was brought out. Also, during the switch to lunch
the salad bar and grill opened up.
After lunch I was able to sit in on two interviews. It was
so exciting being on the other side of the table, instead of being the one
interviewed I was able to see it from a managerial perspective.
I had a fun day working in the Summit; I enjoyed seeing how
two different dining halls could operate so differently.
Friday (6/26)
Today was a busy day bouncing around from office to office.
We got to meet with many different people who work for Food Service. We were
able to learn about many of the positions by talking to Katrina the Human
Resource Manager, Katherine the dietitian, and Cindy who is the Assistant
Director of Business Services for Food Service.
We were also able to meet with Ellie and Paul today to talk
about our Grab and Go project. We brought in our ideas and are going to bring
in samples and start trying out some of our ideas!
Athfest weekend!
Athfest is a music festival that happens every year downtown
Athens. This whole weekend I spent downtown with some friends listening to good
music. The streets were full of people, artisan markets, and music. Past every
corner was another band… it was a blast!
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| The Whiskey Gentry |
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| Family & Friends |
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