Feelings about participating in "Pizza Master Training Camp"

        Yu Chang Technical Commercial Vocational High School and New Taipei Round Table Rotary Club Collaboration between industry and school held a 5-day and 4-night "Pizza Master Training Camp". A total of 6 students participated, including 3 faculty members and 3 students. In addition to arranging 5 hours of theoretical courses and 35 hours of practical training, the organizer also has academic and technical tests on the fifth day. Only those who pass can be awarded the internationally certified pizza certificate.

        The course of "Pizza Master Training Camp" starts with the most basic understanding of flour and olive oil, which enables students to understand the cultural differences between the south and the north of Italy, and how its cooking can play a role in the spirit of Mediterranean diet. Through the process of beating dough and tossing dough, I found that the world of pizza is much broader than before. I learned the origin of the classic Margaret pizza, as well as the most common Milan pizza and high water content Rome pizza in Italian street windows. How can the dough keep enough aroma after freezing, and why can Napoli pizza have a unique Q strength... The only 5 days of course completely overturned our impression of pizza. It turns out that American pizza is quite different from Italian pizza. In Italy, pizza is an independent and specialized technology. It is neither a food category nor a baking category, because "pizza is pizza"! It can be seen how lofty the status of pizza in Italy is.

                On the fifth day of the course, after completing the subject test, followed by the technical examination, each student must complete a pizza independently. From taking dough, patting cake crust, spreading, shoveling, entering furnace, rotating cake, temperature control to discharging, each step is a scoring item, and it should be operated in full view of the public, testing everyone's performance under pressure. Fortunately, all 6 students passed the exam and successfully obtained the international pizza certificate.

        In the learning process, we gained not only the technology, but also the persistence of the master to the works. Take Marguerite Pizza as an example. Although the ingredients are simple, they are only noodles, tomatoes and cheese, but also because of this, each ingredient is a "protagonist", so we should pay more attention to it. In addition, the master also inspired us that, in addition to skills, pizzas should have a good attitude. Only by not following the trend can they create characteristics.

                Thanks to the school's efforts to promote technical and vocational education, so that teachers and students can learn and grow together, and we have achieved a lot in the five-day course. We look forward to integrating what we have learned into the curriculum in the future, inspiring students' interests, cultivating more excellent students, and making technical and vocational education take root downward. In addition, students will be encouraged to learn self marketing and strive to realize their dreams.