 Hello and welcome to interview a production of the government information service. I am Jodyn B. Set Joseph chefs in schools and initiative of the St. Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association Since its conception the aim of the initiative is to aid in providing guidance to food and nutrition students from industry chefs Over a duration of months the chef share experiences and advice with the students the program culminates in a national coronary competition called SLHTA chefs in schools cook off where two students from each school gain a chance to participate and Today I'm actually joined by two of these students out of the Leon Hess comprehensive secondary school who will be taking part in the competition Ladies thank you for joining me today. You're welcome. Now if we can start off by you all just introducing yourselves to our audience Secondary school. I am 17 years of age currently. We are training at the Cap Mesa hotel And we are being coached by chef Billy Morissette. Okay, brilliant. Good morning. My name is Waveney Prospect I'm 16 years old I attend the Leon Hess comprehensive secondary school and we are currently as she said at training at Cap Mesa and our Chef is Billy Morissette brilliant brilliant now first of all Can you tell me about how you actually became a part of the competition? Maybe you would like to start okay? well, I became a part of the competition when Some chefs came to our school and they were showing us some techniques both pastry and Main food and then they told us about the competition and then a few a few weeks after my teacher Spoke to us about the competition and she said she was looking for person She would be choosing and then she spoke to me about the competition and then she chose me because all my skills my speed and The ability my ability to prepare different dishes. Okay, what about you Waveney? Well, I Got chosen because my teacher said I'm a very dedicated worker. I Prepared dishes Well speedily and my passion for cooking. Okay. All right, brilliant. So both of you are Outside of school both have a passion for cooking. Yes. Okay, and what kind of things do you like to like? What what do you guys kind of specializing? I know you're still young But I know everybody likes to do certain things. Is it bacon? Is it cooking? I don't know starters. What kind of things do you like to do? Well, basically, I don't have anything that I specialized in okay I prefer anything you give me. I do very good. Okay. Well, I'm more specialized in like Baking you're like me pies mini macaroni Okay, yes, I'm brilliant now going forward. How do you feel about actually being in the competition? I know that I believe you said cap me so is that where you're training? How's the training been so far? Has it been very intense? The training and cap me so it have been going awesome so far. Okay, and that's very good I cut me so I've learned how to work on the pressure. I've learned how to work speedily my nice girls it's improved and Yes, okay I have experienced how to work on the pressure like she said working with the chefs and just watching how they Be able to prepare the dishes their techniques. I've experienced our knife skills improving them Just clipping keeping ourselves clean as we will go along work along we clean before During and after Okay, now looking forward to the competition now I know there's a mystery basket part and there's another power. What's the other part the signature? Signature this dish. How do you feel about that? Especially the mystery basket? I know that that might be a bit daunting Well For me, I'm confident about the signature dish going into the competition. We're very confident about our signature dish We're also confident about our second round. It's yes. It's a mystery basket What our chef do certain days we come in he Allow us he would give us a protein and then we would discuss them on ourselves and then we would come up with an idea and then we would present our idea to him and then he would Like give us some ideas and then we would join his idea and our idea and we come up with a big idea And we just hope to improve Okay, that sounds good. Okay. All right, then so that you guys are very confident going forward. Yes. Yeah, okay And you kind of do the way you're smiling like you kind of feel like you have something up your sleeves that you have Something that you might bring out you have something up your sleeve. You think you're going to bring out and win the competition Okay, brilliant. And I know that in going forward you also supposed to represent St. Lucia whoever wins the competition in Barbados How would you feel about that? It would be a big experience. Yeah, honest just working with our chefs and going to see the different country and Well, mostly just for the experience. Okay, and we can in the chef life. Okay. All right brilliant now before we go Let me just ask because I know For instance, I know students who have taken part in like F&N at school and such life But don't really see it as a career. I both of you thinking of maybe taking this up as a career one day Yes, I want to continue in the culinary field. I would like to become a chef when After secondary school Brilliant, and I hope one day I can come and partake in something you've cooked I wonder about you with me. Well, when I started F&N in Form 3 my first experience was great I honestly wanted to start my own hotel and I still look forward to doing that But first I would like to enhance my skills more before I do that. Okay. Well, I'm gonna wish both of you all the best of luck Thank you for coming in and talking to us today. It's been wonderful sharing this time with you However, we're going to do a break right now. And when we come back, I will be talking to two students from Marico Secondary Keeping hands clean is important for good health. However, after a disaster staying clean is hard to do Especially if there is no pipe or water simple things you can do stay clean and remain healthy are wash your hands with soap and clean water If these are not available Sanitizers with alcohol are options wash your hands many times during the day before Preparing food eating caring for a sick person or baby treating a cut wound or so wash hands after Using the bathroom changing diapers caring for animals caring for sick or injured persons after handling garbage Washing your hands is one of the best ways to prevent illness for further information Contact the Bureau of Health Education at telephone number 466-5349 Welcome back you are watching interview a production of the government information service and I am joining B. Set Joseph We are now joined by two young ladies from the Stanley John Audlin Memorial School Also known to many as Marico Secondary and they are gonna tell me their names and introduce themselves To us right now. So if you can go first, please. My name is Naira James. I'm 16 years old I'm a from five students of the Stanley John Audlin Memorial Secondary School. Okay, my name is Dean. I'm 16 years old And I'm a student of the Marico story Other Stanley John Audlin Memorial Secondary School. Okay, brilliant now ladies I was talking before about the the competition to the ladies that were here before However, can you tell us a little bit about how you first found out about the competition and how you got involved in the competition? Maybe because I was you Naira. Well, I first found out about the competition when my FNM teacher Miss Yusselta Gostino is talking to us about the competition and She told us like that. It would be a great opportunity for us in the future. Okay, and what about you Denise? I first found out about the competition when the chefs at the Marigold Bay Result and Marina and various chefs came to our school to show us different things like pastry fish chicken and then we told us about the competition and two of us would be selected to Take part in the competition. Okay, brilliant now. What I know that is there's different results actually working with the different schools So what result is actually working with your school? Marigold Bay Marigold Bay. What's the name of your you have a trainer coach right now? What's the name of your chef? Chef Juana. Okay. What's it like training on the Chef Juana? It's a very good experience it teaches us lots of different recipes how to plate our dishes and He also teaches us how to cook with love. Okay, brilliant. I like that. That's very good. Okay All right, and how has the experience been going into maybe the resort and seeing how different it is Well, what were your first impressions when you saw how fast things were actually moving the kitchen, for example? My first impression when I first entered the hotel. I was How would I say it? Like surprise like you see how they work in so fast. I give you up to cater for a hundred people Like they have to move so fast cook a lot like It's so hot and I like I don't know how they do it Okay, but what's the training been like? Is it been very hard? Is it a lot of hard work or is it something you're still enjoying? It's a lot of hard work, but we're enjoying it. Yeah, okay Is there any part of the training that you've liked especially something that maybe you hadn't learned before the night chief? We work sometimes three eleven. Oh, really? Night chief and it does does be fun. Yeah, what makes it what's more makes it fun to you Just to prepare dishes like Being under pressure Working fast. Okay, brilliant. Okay. Now looking towards the competition I was talking to the young ladies before and I was saying I know there's two aspects of the competition where you have your your mystery Baskets and and and the signature dish, which are they are you confident about both aspects of the competition? Or is there one that you're feeling a bit nervous about maybe? No, yeah We must our signature dish often on our chef does give us mystery baskets I run there like I wouldn't give it to us timers. We're not helping us not one bit We have to think by ourselves. Yeah, so like I like that like a helping us Like push forward, you know Okay, and how do you feel in going forth to a competition? Are you very confident? Yes. Yeah. Okay. All right Is anything you you you would say that that is making you confident? Is it that because you you've got your signature signature dish sorry down so packed already is that why you feel so confident going forward And we have a lot of support. Yeah from our teacher. We have to put from our teachers the chefs at the hotel and family members No, that's brilliant. Okay. That's fantastic to do. Okay. All right then so again moving forward Both of you all is this is effin and something that you all Take us as a hobby. I know you're studying in school right now, right? Yeah Is it something that you would like to carry on and maybe I'm develop a career in? Yes, okay Yeah, what would you like to do? I like to be a sous chef. Maybe one day executive chef. Yeah. Okay. That's good What about you now? I want to be a chef We have to take it slow Okay, no what we about and where we heading to in the future. Okay, no problem And how is that the how is actually that the cost been going at school at the moment? And how do how would you differentiate that with how what you've been taught on the in the in the hotel and such That's where you're training. What is what's the main difference between what happens at school? And maybe what happens in the hotel? Well at the hotel we have less time And we have to work very quickly But in the school like they give us a little more time So we can prep and do everything we have to do and we will do whatever dish We have to do and finish on time. Okay, and I know that whoever wins the competition also goes on To represent St. Lucia in Barbados. How would you feel if you came out triumphant and had to do that? Oh? Marvelous Okay. All right, then that sounds wonderful. Okay. Well ladies has been wonderful talking to you But before I go I would like to find out. Is there anything that you would like to say even to your chefs to your chef your trainer or even Maybe to you said that you have a lot of backing from family friends teachers Is there anything you'd like to say to anybody as you go forward? Well, we just want to say a big thank you to all our teachers the chefs at Marigold Berry's odd family members for all the support Okay, and what about you Denise? First of all, I just thank She's one of most of all because you've been there for us from the beginning like Sometimes you often come in and turn it first like You know and I'll have to fuck my effing teacher as well for choosing me. You know, it's a smart decision Very nice, very good, that's very good to have a good ladies out I wish you all the best as you go forward in the competition And I hope to hear your names when people are saying where people placed and such likes and thank you so much for coming forward And sharing this time with us today Okay, all right. However for now, this is all that we have time for on interview So from us here at the GIS. Bye. Bye for now