The Humble Back Bone

          Hello, my name is Alyssa McGhee. I am a freshman as well as a student of Professor Ella Kirk's. I feel as if I have a pretty important position in the Terrier Bakery, as if I am the backbone. I am a member of the Pastry Team, in charge of inventory, orders, and somewhat of an event coordinator. I place myself as my manager's second hand woman as well as Professor Kirk's. However, I could not do what I do without the help of my other team members and our customers, whom are the adrenaline that keeps me going. Professor Kirk recently gave me the position of General Manager over the baking team, and it's an honor every day. Being a part of the Terrier Bakery has not only provided me baking skills, but also the feeling of business management skills. Before this class, I was not efficient with working with others and time management; but now I am right on point. This is not just a class to me, it is a new door opened into my life!

The Trash Man

           

 

 

 

 

  

 

 Hello! I am Brad Krueger, and I am part of the cleaning team.  It has been a great experience  working in the bakery .  It has really made me step out of my own comfort zone.  Most of the time, I am outside in the heat and sun either working or playing football.  The first time I stepped in the bakery ,I felt like a bull in a China shop. I was just so overwhelmed; I did not know where to start.  We got the chance to move into a new kitchen, but it was not so new at all. It was more like a locker after a muddy football game.  This kitchen was so dirty, and I did not know even where to start to clean. Dust was on everything, old grease on the ground and in the stove.  It was a mess ,and if there was a trophy for the world's best cleaners, we would have won it.  Once a week,  I have to mop the floor as well, and it is just like a arm workout. Even though we are not  the bakers and producing the produce, I find the cleaning team the hidden hero of the bakery.

Waiting on my Prince Doughboy!

Hi! My name is Pamela!  I'm on the cleaning crew for the bakery team, so that means, I go digging for the dropped chocolate chips that roll into hidden spaces in the bakery. Washing dishes, scrubbing floors..... sometimes I feel like Cinderella waiting for my Prince Doughboy to come and rescue me. It's been fun and a learning experience working with a group that are of a younger generation than me. I enjoyed being the test taster on occasion so they could get my opinion on bakery goods! Yummy!

The Early Bird

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! When most people grudgingly roll over at 8:30 a.m. to turn off their alarms, I have already been up and about for hours. It is a common misconception that the early bird gets the worm. In actuality, the early bird makes the bread.

Hi, my name is Erin Smith and I work in the Terrier Bakery as a member of the bread team. Even though I have only been baking bread for about five months, baking has become a normal, and even pleasurable, part of my weekly routine. Baking bread does, however, start to take control of your life. I doubt that it is normal for teenage girls to excitedly leave a party because their poolish is ready to be made into dough. I don’t mind that taking both of Ella Kirk’s classes, “The Art of Making Dough” and “The Transformation of Dough into Sweet Success”, has driven me a little bread crazy. There is something special about being alone in the kitchen, elbow deep in bread dough, kneading and shaping a mound of pale white nothing into the day’s delicious baked goods all before the rest of Hiram is stirring. I always feel a warm wave of accomplishment run through me when I leave the bakery knowing that I have gotten a lot of work done when my day has just begun.