Top Chief BLF Edition

I really enjoyed the teamwork workshop.  I had a lot of fun cooking with my mom, Libby and her friend, and Hafsa and her mom.   I think that our team worked very well together.  We were all very open with sharing ideas and listening to others.

            Our group got off to a little bit of a rocky start because we could not decide what to cook.  Libby is a vegetarian so we had to make sure she was able to eat whatever we made.  We spent about our first 10- 15 min trying to decide what we were actually going to make.  Everyone had a lot of great ideas.  We finally decided to make a vegetable soup and grilled vegie sandwich.  But then…..we found out there was not any bread for us to use, so we were back to the drawing board.  We then decided to make a potato lackey in place of bread.  For all of the confusion about what to make I think our group did a great job with remaining calm and working together.  Once we knew what were making everyone just jumped right in and helped each other with whatever we could.  Since my mom and Hafsa’s mom were the only really cookers in the group we all worked to help them with whatever they needed.  I think that our group was very successful because all of us really enjoyed eating our final product.

            I think that being able to work with a team is very important.   In school we have to work in teams all the time and it is important to be able to work with different types of people.  Also, upon graduation, in the work force I am sure there will be plenty of times that I will have to work in groups.  From this experience I have learned of to work with a group of all different ages and skill sets.  I think with this challenge it was important to take the time in the beginning to plan out everything that needs to get done.  With the Operation Feed Challenge I want to make sure that my group takes the time to make a plan and set up goals in the beginning.