Culinary Diploma Graduation!

I went to a culinary school to get my Professional Chef Diploma in Westlake, California in September 2005. I graduated in March 2006. In those short six months, I learned so much about French Cooking and Fine Dining Cooking. I got to work with so many different interesting ingredients and got to make so many delicious dishes. I was blew away by all the incredible food that we made in class every time. It was so much fun to learn how to make high-class dishes. My teacher, Chef Cecilia De Castro, was a great teacher. She taught us so many things and she never held back any secrets. Whatever cooking questions we asked her about, she could immediately give us a clear answer. She is wonderful and I do miss her.

Here are the pictures of my graduation day banquet. We worked so hard on it. We prepared this banquet at the Hilton Hotel in Westlake for about 200 people, our friends and families. Of course, we prepared for all the food for them. I am so glad that my mom and brother were about to fly all the way from Hong Kong to this special event. Tim's parents, uncle and aunt were there also. What a great time! I do miss my wonderful and fun cooking buddies! I hope they are all doing well and keep cooking great food!