September 14, 2010.
Today was a monumental day in the history of the Culinary Institute of Charleston and in the lives of every student in HOS 181-001. Something happened that just does not happen. No one I’ve ever come in contact with has known of this happening before. In fact, it probably never has happened before.
Chef Gronert missed class.
I sensed that something was amiss as soon as I walked by the kitchen window. Class was starting in about two minutes and he was nowhere in sight. The only chef in the room was Laura Vein, the new adjunct pastry instructor, who doesn’t normally teach on Tuesday at 7:30 AM. When the thought entered my mind that Chef Gronert may not be teaching today, I immediately told myself “Germans don’t miss class.”
And so I walked into the kitchen totally unsuspecting of the astonishing news that would smack me in the face as soon as I walked through the door. I was greeted by a class of shocked and amazed students who quickly informed me, “Chef Gronert is sick and Laura is teaching our class today.”
Fact: Chef Gronert does not get sick. Or miss class.
Once we had all recovered from our bewilderment, class was kind of awesome. We made mocha sticks and pistachio aida, which we called pistachio aida instead of baumstaemmchen because Laura isn’t German. I also ate a ton of mocha ganache, which made me feel like passing out later since I had eaten basically no protein all day.
Even though it was a really fun day and we got out of class early, I think everyone is dying to know why on earth Chef Gronert missed class. Maybe he got sick of us and ran away back to Germany. The world will never know. Until next week.
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