Monday, October 17, 2016

Virginia Department of health (Week 6)

The Virginia Department of health are the local and state health regulators to Virginia. They are in charge of writing our needed regulations to keep food safe, as well as inspecting our establishments. Visit the Virginia Department of health website, and research the most resent health inspections for three different restaurants in your area. The link is below. Write a brief overview of the inspections and the violation the establishments had. Please include how they could have prevented the hazard or problem in the kitchen.


http://healthspace.com/Clients/VDH/VDH/web.nsf/home.xsp


To find recent inspection:
1. Choose a district
2. Type in name of establishment in search box
3. (Inspection should pop up immediately after hitting search) click most recent inspection.


Please include the establishment's name, address, and date of last inspection in your summary.


Chef Felton


Homework is due by 3 pm on Friday the 21st.

Monday, October 3, 2016

Safety and Santation (Week 5) 10/03/16 - 10/07/16

I hope everyone is having a great week!


This weeks assignment is personal, and I am very excited!


Go into your fridge and look at how everything is organized. Is it in the proper place to prevent contamination. Explain where everything is in your fridge in your post, as well as what should be moved to make it safer. Are their any expired items you should be worried about? What illness are you at risk of contracting with the food items in your fridge out of arrangement? Looking forward to hearing from you all!


Chef Felton

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Safety and Sanitation week 3 9/19/16 - 09/23/16

View the following video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBvU4Bmu5O0


Summarize the video in 2 paragraphs (5-6 sentences per paragraph), using specific details from each section. Please watch the video in it's fullest before responding. Also check back throughout the week to make sure you did the assignment correctly. Homework must be posted no later than 3 pm on Saturday 09/24/2016.


Chef Felton

Monday, September 12, 2016

Safety and sanitation (week 1) Culinary 1 and Intro: 9/12/16 - 9/16/16

Read the following short article:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/31/health/hepatitis-a-outbreak/

Answer the following questions:

What is Hepatitis A?

What is the incubation period for Hepatitis A?

Where were the contaminated berries from?

How many cases of Hepatitis A are there reported annually?

How much has the rate of Hepatitis A declined since 1995?

Answer the questions in full sentences, using your own words. Please do not copy and paste, this will result in a zero. Thank you to everyone who posted last weeks homework, you will continue to do well in the course.

Chef Felton

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Welcome to Culinary Arts 2016-2017

Hello Students,

Welcome to Norview High School Culinary Arts with Chef Felton. Our goal as a class for the 2016-2017 school year is to learn what it means to be a culinarian, and how to continue our growth in the culinary industry well after our time together.

This blog will be used through out the school year for homework assignments, and extra credit as needed. Please take advantage of this resource in anyway you possibly can. Check the blog weekly no later than Wednesday for your homework assignment, any responses turned in after 3 pm on the Friday of each week will not be excepted. Also please be sure to put your proper first name and last initial at the end of all of your response so I know who to give credit to each week.

Discussion topic for week of September 5, 2016:

What made you sign up for Culinary Arts? What do you expect to gain from taking the course? Do you see Culinary as a future career pathway? What is one personal goal you have set for yourself for this school year in Culinary?


I hope you enjoy your time with me as much as I will enjoy my time with you. I look forward to reading and responding to your responses.

Chef Felton