Would you graduate in Culinary School...?

Take this test to know if you would graduate in Culinary School (according to Buzzfeed)!

There is a lot of new vocabulary here which you can add to your lists, get some pen and paper and click here to start!

Choose food and get a Netflix recommendation

Don't know what to watch on Netflix? Do you want to get a personalised recommendation? 

Choose your favourite comfort  foods you will get a suggestion at the end.

Click here to take the test!

- Comfort food is just the type of food that makes you feel better, one might eat it when feeling a bit low or just because one feels like it, for example: 

Personal interview 4/4

76.What is your favourite TV programme?

77.What is your favourite website?

78. What kind of beverages do you usually drink?

79.What kind of car do you have?

80.What kind of exercise do you do?

81. What kind of movies do you like?

82. What kind of music do you like?

83. What languages do you speak?

84. What sports do you like to play?

85. What will you do on Christmas Day?

86. What's there to do in your hometown?

87. What's your address?

88. What's your hometown like?

89. What's your name?

90. When did you start to study English?

91. When was the last time you ate at a restaurant?

92. When was the last time you went to a concert?

93. Where are you from?

94. Where did you go for your last holidays?

95. Where do you live?

96. Who is your favourite actor or actress?

97. Who is your favourite musician?

98. Who is your favourite singer?

99. Why sometimes is very difficult to speak another language?

100. Would you consider studying / working abroad?

Restaurant & Accommodation reviews

Use the comment section below to post your reviews

Pod Hotels

Another very short article, this one is about Pod Hotels' expansion in the US. Click here to read!

Pet friendly Disney hotels

Click here for a very (very!) short article about how some Disney hotels are now pet friendly. 

Do you take your pets with you on holiday? If so, have you ever stayed at any pet friendly hotel? 

Personal interview 3/4

51.How many hours of sleep do you usually get?

52.How many times have you travelled by airplane?

53.How old are you?

54. How old are your brothers and sisters?

55. How old were you when you got your first job?

56. If you smoke, how old were you when you started smoking?

57. What are some good ways to learn English?

58. What are some popular foods for the Christmas season?

59. What are your hobbies?

60.What countries have you visited?

61.What countries would you like to visit? Why?

62. What countries would you not like to visit? Why?

63.What country are you from?

64.What do you and your family like to do together?

65.What do you do on Sundays?

66.What do you do? What's your job?

67.What does your father do?

68.What does your mother do?

69. What food do you hate? Why do you hate it?

70. What is the food you like about your country?

71.What is the most interesting city to visit in your country?

72. What is the most interesting souvenir that you have ever bought on one of your holidays?

73.What is your favourite country? Why?

74.What is your favourite food?

75.What is your favourite kind of book?

Personal interview 2/4

26. Do you prefer listening to the radio or watching TV?

27. Do you prefer to eat at a restaurant or at home?

28. Do you prefer to travel alone or in a group? Why?

29. Do you prefer travelling by car or by plane?

30. Do you prefer your own country's food or other kinds of food?

31. Do you see your relatives at Christmas time?

32.Do you sing while taking a bath?

33.Do you smoke?

34. Do you think playing sports helps people work better as a team at work?

35. Do you use an alarm clock to wake up?

36. Do you use English a lot?

37. Do you usually want to eat dessert after dinner?

38. Do you watch your weight? What foods do you think are healthy?

39.Do you work?

40. Does your family have any special Christmas traditions?

41. Have you ever been on a diet? If so, how long did you stayed on it?

42. Have you ever celebrated Christmas in a foreign country?

43. Have you ever lived in another country?

44.How do you get to school?

45.How long do you take to eat lunch?

46.How long does it take to get from your hometown to school?

47.How long have you been studying English?

48. How long have you been working at your present job?

49.How many brothers and sisters do you have?

50.How many hours a week do you work?

Food myhts and meat searing

Fact or fiction? Click here if you want to retake the food myths test we did together in class.

There was one particular question which created a bit of a debate: does searing meat actually seal in the juices? According to Buzzfeed, the answer is no, but many of you argued that this is absolutely wrong. So, to fire up the debate a bit more, here are some of the links (other than Wikipedia) I checked yesterday when I was making sure that the quiz was reliable and there were no serious mistakes.

Click here to read an article in kitchn.com about this topic, easy to read - and not too long!

For those of you in a mood for a video, click here to watch this theory put to a test. The video is under 3 minutes and it has wonderful subtitles to go with it.

There is a LOT of new vocabulary in all of the resources above, you can make notes on some words or expressions you learn from reading/watching. 

Last, but not least, let me know (in English) if you agree or not with what you read and why!

50 of the world's most unusual hotels

Click here to read and see some pictures of the world's most strange and unusual hotels. 

My favourite one is the Giraffe Manor in Kenya, how about you? Which one do you like best? Which one would never be on your list?

What's your bartender score?

How much do you know about cocktails? Prove your knowledge! 

Click here to take the test.

How many did you get right?

Welcome pack 1 SERV

Here you can find some of the important things we have talked about in class:

1. Click here for the Europass Diploma Supplement to Technician in Catering Services

2. This is the sequential list of didactic units we will be working with this year (the numbers in brackets make reference to the units in your book)

0. Preliminary contacts with the English Language in the field of Catering Services.
1. Bars and restaurants. Hotel food. (1)
2. Taking and managing reservations. (2)
3. Receiving guests and taking food orders. (3)
4. Describing and recommending dishes. (4)
5. Coffee houses and buffets. (8)
6. Desserts and pastry. (11)
7. Breakfast. Setting a dinner table. (14)
8. Planning and designing a menu. (15)
9. Sociocultural aspects in English-speaking countries.

3. Course material.

Student's book and workbook. Restaurants & Catering. Morgan, Emma. Burlington Professional Modules.

- www.beatrizhotelescuela.blogspot.com (This blog)

- Photocopies

- Material will also be sent via emai

Food Hacks

Did you know that adding a tablespoon of vinegar when hard-boiling eggs will make them easier to peel? And what about actually making an avocado ready to eat by baking in it in the oven?

Click here for more food hacks. 
Did you know any of them? Do you use or know any food hacks yourselves? 

Above, a food hack for egg burgers. Below, a food hack for those of you who prefer to wait for avocados to ripen naturally instead of baking them in the oven.

Personal Interview 1/4

Here are the 25 first questions we have been working with in class

1. Are you a good dancer?

2. Are you a vegetarian?

3.Are you the oldest among your brothers and sisters?

4. At what times do you usually eat your meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)?

5.Can you play any musical instruments?

6.Can you ride a motorcycle?

7. Could you live in another country for the rest of your life?

8.Do you always eat dinner with your family?

9.Do you cook? If yes, what is food that you cook the most?

10.Do you do exercise?

11.Do you drive a car often?

12. Do you eat bread every day?

13. Do you eat breakfast every day?

14. Do you eat fruit every day?

15. Do you have a car?

16. Do you have any pets? If not, would you like to have a pet?

17. Do you have difficulty with school work?

18. Do you like British food?

19. Do you like food from other countries? If yes, which do you like the most?

20. Do you like to eat at fast food restaurants?

21. Do you like to sing karaoke?

22.Do you like your hometown?

23. Do you listen to music while doing your homework?

24. Do you often use public transportation?

25.Do you prefer fish or meat?