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PAGE 22 - WATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1985 Throwing a party you‘d like catered? Or perhaps you need some party food to satiate that hungry mob. Kids at Laurel Vocational School in Waterloo can appease those party hunger pangs in a pinch. Anything from simple cheese trays to specialty breads to full course banquets, students in the Food and 1lcstaurant Services course are willing and able to fill the order. Each day for 70 minutes, second, third and fourth year students hustle through the kitchens preparing the cafeteria menu. All are assigned specific duties from the main entree to creating a tempting and filling dessert. Murray Milne, one of three qualified chef/teachers said the course is designed as a stepping stone toward post secondary courses in food and restaurant management. The hands-on ex- perience attained over the four years at Laurel gives students that beneficial edge when apply- ing outside the school. . "What we're trying to touch is good work habits you'd find in a good restaurant or hospital." he explained. “We try and stress hygiene, sanitary habits and kitchen terminology.“ Students are exposed to all aspects of food preparation and have catered banquets for the Waterloo Board of Education as well as private parties. And they never need to adver tise. "We turn down more orders than we take," Milne admitted proudly. "But we'll do just about anything thes want." "We've made about 7,000 Christmas cookies," laughed chef Malcolm Hendren. "Seriously! " Lately the students have been swamped with Christmas orders for cookies, breads and sand- wiches, Season's festivities keep Laurel hopping POINSE rrus ll ft Sale 1541 Highland Rd. W., Kitchener 745-9876 OPEN: MON.-FRI. 10-8, SAT. 10-5, SUN. 12-5 Buy 1 Poinsettia at reg. price s6.95 YORK NURSERY Enjoy a cup od hot apple ceidet white btouming. Hendron noted that students also decorate wedding cakes and gingerbread houses which are rented out for parties or recep- Hons. Elsewhere in the school. Graphic Arts students have been designing Christmas cards, printing. pressing and selling them to family and clients. Family studies students are get- ting in the spirit of the season making pinecone wreaths and baking lemon loaves which are sold to the public. A turn of the crank presses dough into tart moulds operated by Tanya White a student in the Laurel Vocational Food and Restaurant Services course. Corsages. floral arrangements and dainty tree decorations abound aplenty in the horticul- tural classroom. Students were commissioned to create 175 (or sages last Friday for the Senior Adults Christmas party at the Recreation Centre. and for the past month have been filling orders for a variety of arrange- ments for both family and friends. Milne explained that because of the invaluable day to day experience the students are ex- posed to at Laurel Vocational School, it enables them to obtain part-time jobs much easier. A? §$v§_____ Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year Herb Epp, M.P.P. Waterloo North 55 Erb St. E., Suite 315 Waterloo 8860780 k JVf' and everlasting pence! bring you and yours the grandest limes yvt _ _ .filltsti with joyous harmony. mm CLOSED DECEMBER 24, 25 and 26th uy the splendor of the season ine Furniture