You know your recipes. You're practicing tournes with those pesky potatoes. You can whip together a silky crème patisserie in mere minutes, and you have that drip technique for your chocolate sauce perfected.
Now - are you ready for your close up? That interview following the demonstration of your kitchen skills can be the big key you need for a major scholarship. Here's how to prepare.
First, review your application one more time.
Your interviewers will have a copy of your application. If there is a blank, or an unclear answer, they may well have a question for you. They’ll also have a copy of your essay as they interview you.
If you’ve reviewed your application, you’ll know what to expect.
If you’ve reviewed your essay, you’ll remember what you wrote – and be able to think about why you wrote it.
Because the judges want to match your dreams with the dollars they have to award, expect to be asked if you’ve had a chance to consider more than one school.
You may be asked if you’ve toured specific schools, and you will definitely be asked if you’ve thought about how you will live while you’re in school.
If you’re thinking about Johnson and Wales, for instance, they may want to know how you plan to travel to school.
How will you live while you’re in school? Have you lived away from home before? Will you need a part-time job?
Do you have other financial resources? Do you need transportation? What about school supplies (not just your books)?
Your C-CAP interviewers want to know you’ve spent some time figuring out this next step in your culinary career.
Next time: how to do your best in this part of the competition.
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