Autodidacticism - NO MORE!

Oh don't worry, I'm still as healthy as the Cookie Monster.I'm just fancy and not self taught anymore.

The days of basking in the glory and comfort of being a "self taught" baker have now officially come to an end. Well, the journey until this point was ummm..lets see, easy peesy lemon squeesy! In fact, it was as easy as starting this blog (Oh who am I kidding? *tears rolling*). I was sinking into the false belief that I knew it all and would one day "figure" it all out on my own. In other words, I refused to accept that I needed HELP! I had to let go of that false belief and self-pride and stoop down a little. After long hours of self-talk, self-debate and self-reflection..... I made a decision. I decided to pursue something big, scary, exciting and expensive (thank you Dad!).

Diploma de Patisserie, Lavonne

I chose to tread on my current path by accepting that I needed to grow and add technical and professional knowledge to the natural skill I possessed as a novice baker. But ,was knowledge and intelligence the only two factors that were enough to keep me motoring forward? Haha,...Ambition stood across and begged to differ. "Intelligence or knowledge without me is like a bird without wings.", she said.  Well, I guess you can't argue with that.

If I was to think that knowledge, recipes and skill are the only things that I would learn at Lavonne then I'd probably be utterly stupid. Guess what? I was. From respecting one another and the tables we work on, to being well-groomed and neat at all times, to respecting the chef's coat oh we so proudly adorn, to being disciplined with time and set, to keeping everything around us clean and tidy (Oh my mom would be so proud), to teaching us to always stay grounded and to being a team player; these additional lessons came without a cost as these invaluable traits are passed on to help us grow better as human beings before we use the skills to build our understanding in the kitchen.

The journey ahead for the next 6 months will be rough. So should I give up now and let that fear of failure take control? Well, the key I suppose is to use the fear that you so dearly hold on to and create something that is so very rare and precious which you will be remembered for. Well, here goes nothing.

Cheers to the brave act of accepting! Cheers to learning!