Education
BY DUSTIN BUTLER
Hardy’s Cafe also sells cookies and other desserts.
The smoked brisket burger ($10) from Hardy’s Cafe at Walnut Grove High School features a brisket and burger blend patty with bacon, apricot jam, havarti cheese and chipotle aioli.
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Rock Hill High School student Katie Terry prepares cookies in the school’s kitchen for Hilltop Cafe.
Prosper ISD o ers culinary students work experience Prosper ISD students in the culinary program are getting real-world experience, said Matthew Denman, Walnut Grove High School’s culinary arts teacher. watermelon slices. What’s special about it?
In addition to Hilltop Cafe o erings, Gris- som said Rock Hill students cater most of the school’s functions. “I love to see how proud they are whenever their teachers or their parents come in and they get to serve them,” Grissom said. Prosper High School does not have a cafe like the other high schools, however, students in the culinary program still provide food to the commu- nity and their teachers. Culinary arts teacher Lindsay Swanson said students o er teacher lunch days every Tuesday and Friday. The students in the program also cater for community events as well. What they’re saying Walnut Grove senior Reid Fisher said he enjoys working at Hardy’s because he gains experience he can use if he chooses to pursue a culinary career. Reid said he appreciates the skills he has learned and would encourage students, especially incoming freshmen, to consider the culinary program. He said his time in the program has been a life-enhancing experience. “It’s cool that we have the opportunity to have this in high school,” Fisher said.
PISD has three culinary programs for students at each of its high schools. Students in the program earn ServSafe Managers certi cation, which is required to run restaurants. Along with experience cooking dishes, they also learn how to prep the kitchen and perform closing duties. “When they step into a kitchen, they are not [someone] who needs to be trained,” Denman said. “They’re not a liability, they’re an asset.” What’s on the menu? Walnut Grove’s Hardy’s Cafe has a set menu, Denman said, but it features rotating specials to ensure the students get experience with di erent types of food and dishes. A popular menu item is the smoked brisket burger, which features a brisket and chuck burger patty with bacon, apricot jam, havarti cheese and chipotle aioli. At Rock Hill High School’s Hilltop Cafe, culinary teacher Sherry Grissom said the menu changes every couple of weeks. The restaurant’s rst menu consists of baked potatoes that is served with a choice of a cookie or
Prosper High School students Cole LaCroix and Ethan Sereti prepare dough.
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