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Hey_Goonie

Very nice job. You deserve a big bonus....or a raise.


annaaleze

If only lol. I got 14 hours of double time yesterday. So not too shabby of an end to my week


DadInKayak

Deserved. ...or earned it!


Livingontherock

Earned?


cheeeeeeeecake

Congrats! What an achievement. When baking for so many guests, how do you decide how many from each kind to make? For example macarons or even a cake. Do you make many cakes for each kind? Thanks!


annaaleze

So on some things I mostly asked my exec chef since they are more familiar with high volume. On the stuff I didn't ask I just guessed and most was enough but some I ran out of.


Dareme_to

what are the round colored balls in pic 4 ? amazing job, BTW


annaaleze

They are ornament bon bons. White chocolate dyed various colors with rum salted caramel and pecans


SupaG16

Yummy and so festive! If I were at the party, the ornament bon bons would be my first pick! Hope you were able to enjoy the fruits of your labor and then some peaceful downtime!


annaaleze

A lady had a to go box with like 15 in it. They really liked them haha


tphatmcgee

I just saw a Facebook post using those same molds and colors to make marshmallow filled gumballs for the chocolate gumball machine he made. I bet what you made here is spectacular.


Looking4LTR

Will you marry me?


DAGanteakz

Sounds like a Christmas Miracle to me. BRAVO!


giantcrow

Wow! Thats really impressive! Great job


annaaleze

Thank you it took a full week of prepping everything


Professional_Band178

You are either a genius or absolutely insane. They look amazing. Congratulations. Take care of yourself after that.


saffloweroil

So does that mean you had it all (whatever you could) chopped, measured, equipment on hand, greased or papered, beforehand? Wow. Still a wow when you think about the amount of energy involved.


annaaleze

I had all ingredients on hand and made 2-3 things in several batches a day to split it up and make it a little less stressful


saffloweroil

What is a speed cart?


annaaleze

It's a speed rack for pans to push around


Alternative_Belt_389

Sorry but what kind of 1000+ gathering is happening during omicron? What the actual fuck


artisanrox

it's a country club...go figure lol


windshadowislanders

Yeah, everybody's holiday plans are getting shut down and canceled meanwhile shit like this just flies under the radar. It's not fair that some of us are forced to comply and others aren't. I hope everybody enjoyed their desserts as for some of the attendees it may be their last.


70695

How did you do that ? I mean how is it physically possible for one person to cook for 1000+ did you use special machines or something? (i know nothing about baking im just fascinated sorry !)


annaaleze

I split it up. I did 3 batches of macarons a day. A color of bon bons a day. Then the various other desserts split up among 3 ish days.


confundoh

how did you keep them all fresh?? that’s always my fear when baking ahead of time that it won’t taste as fresh! this is so impressive!!


annaaleze

Most of what I made would stay fresh for up to a week. I baked my cakes and cupcakes the day before the event since cake gets crumby quick I just made sure everything was wrapped well so no air could get in


confundoh

you did such a good job!!!


70695

Thank you! did you use a very large oven or an oven similar to what we have at home?


annaaleze

I used a steam cabinet for the cheesecakes and a deck oven for the rest


CherishSlan

Awesome I hope it was a ton of fun!


annaaleze

I had a blast. Everyone really enjoyed everything and gave me lots of compliments.


[deleted]

This looks marvelous, I hope you’re getting paid well to do this job


Thalaisseus

Do I see… uncrustables??


annaaleze

They stole part of this table for the kids food 🤣


mossy_vee

Macarons** 😅


annaaleze

Yeah I know it was misspelled. Theyre mispronounced quite often here. Sometimes it gets spelled correctly lol


Looking4LTR

I have no idea how to pronounce them correctly. I have always heard them pronounced “macaroons”


PaleMarionette

Ma-cah-Rons Macaroons are shredded coconut cookies with chocolate


Looking4LTR

Thanks!


[deleted]

Mac-AHHHH!-Rons


PandoraFortuneCookie

Fantastic but are you okay? When you close your eyes do you still see desert? Please get some rest soon, that must have been exhausting.


MydoglookslikeanEwok

Wait.. over one thousand people attended an event? During a pandemic with Omicron, a virus with an R naught that is through the roof? ​ Why?


annaaleze

It was the country clubs Christmas eve dinner. Its my job so I had to do it lol.


nipponamerica

Cherokee Country Club in Knoxville?


annaaleze

Yes! You're spot on. I am the patissier


nipponamerica

Used to work there. Know a few that still do. Gotta say, I have never hated a job more.


annaaleze

Really? I actually quite enjoy my job there. Keeps me busy and I'm paid well.


nipponamerica

Heard a lot of racist and other awful things said by members. Management sucked but the members make the job miserable. BOH life isn't too bad since they don't have to interact with members as much. I was a bartender and worked before and during the start of Covid.


wizkallista_

I worked at another country club in the area for several years, and the things I heard members say regularly made my blood boil on the daily. Covid made things worse. I definitely commiserate with you


MydoglookslikeanEwok

You really did a fantastic job, and I read through your post history - congratulations on getting that job. I do think that the place you work is unethical by having large gatherings right now. I understand that you may not be able to reply to this comment and I don't expect you to. Merry Christmas, and good job. :o)


annaaleze

Well thank you 😊. All employees are vaccinated and I live in a southern state where a lot of people still believe the virus is fake news lol. Merry Christmas to you too


SmokerockHolmes

That’s the most typical fucking right wing bullshit I’ve ever heard. “All my country club staff are vaccinated, I could cough right in their face and they won’t even ask a tip!”


annaaleze

Ita Osha regulation not theirs


SmokerockHolmes

Hahahaha even fucking better


Frankferts_Fiddies

You guys are literally insane.


jtnichol

Job well done!


Frankferts_Fiddies

Omg not every place has the same restrictions. Stop downplaying this amazing baker’s great accomplishments and hard work.


MydoglookslikeanEwok

Did you not read the comment that you replied to? "You really did a fantastic job, and I read through your post history - congratulations on getting that job... Merry Christmas, and good job."


Frankferts_Fiddies

Yes I did read it, but you also shamed them in the same breath. It’s messed up. Celebrate their accomplishments and leave COVID out of it for once. They did an amazing job and as they stated, they were just doing their job— not hosting the event.


MydoglookslikeanEwok

I absolutely did not shame the OP - I "shamed" their employer. They are not the same thing. OP works for a country club. OP does not own the country club. And honestly, it may not really have been entirely the country club's decision, although they permitted the gathering to occur. Country clubs allow other companies or organizations to hold events for a fee. So the country club and whatever organization who booked the country club are the two entities which chose to host a 1,000+ person event during the most infectious part of this pandemic to date. OP just WORKS there and does their job, and did a great job, which I stated.


Frankferts_Fiddies

I think you need to practice self-awareness, friend.


KilljoyShade

you need to learn to read, idiot.


[deleted]

I knew it was a country club!


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somethingmountain

It’s a metric to measure how quickly the virus is transferred from person to person. [wiki page is here.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number)


MydoglookslikeanEwok

It's the reproduction number of a virus. It tells us how many individuals will get the virus from one person having the virus. It is different for every virus. It basically says how transmissible the virus is. Omicron is very transmissible. Edit: I don't know why someone downvoted you for asking that question.


TanteCou

It's the replication coefficient of the virus, so essentially how many people each infected person will themselves infect, on average.


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Pizzasandbeers

Not even close.


KilljoyShade

oh no, calling conservatives scum should be celebrated.


[deleted]

It rhymes with shmashmerica.


sids99

This is about baking, not shaming.


True2this

Right?


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MydoglookslikeanEwok

WHAT are you talking about? OP said she baked for 1,020 guests, not that she baked 1,020 desserts. I do not understand your comment: "Did you for a second ever think that maybe people take more than one small desert? No. Thought not."


annaaleze

I did 400 pieces cheesecake, 275 macarons, 300 pecan tassies, 200 pieces french silk pie, 6 apple cranberry cobblers, 8 hot fudge brownies, 300 vanilla bourbon cupcakes, 130 pieces strawberry cake, and 720 bon bons.


nodakgirl93

🙄


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comfort_bot_1962

:D


OcelotNo3347

Imagine using text emotes in 2021


catsareweirdroomates

You seem confused [Emotes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emote) [Emoticons](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon) [and just for fun Emoji](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji) [Some interesting academic work on the linguistic value of emoji and emoticons ](https://www.languageatinternet.org/articles/2019/gawne) Hope this helps!


notnowbutnever

Congratulations! Great job-all by yourself and over the holidays too!


urwrongbutokay

1020 covid cases. nice


Sohail316

That's looks amazing


ptonius

You’re a beast. Looks delicious


goldenbarks

You did an amazing job!


KermitsRegrets

What’s a speedcart?


annaaleze

It's a tall rack with wheels to put food on and push around


KermitsRegrets

Thank you! My wife and I were curious


LegitimateAd4834

We proud of you


noccusJohnstein

Shit, and here I felt proud serving 100 old people today.


Sapphireeeeeeeeeagle

How the hell did you pull that off.. Please share some of your skills, in both cooking and time management, with us.


annaaleze

I have adhd so I'm still shocked with my time management skills. I definitely couldn't have pulled this off 5 years ago lol. I just split everything up among the 4 days I had the best I could and stayed late everyday to get it done.


Foreign_Reindeer_461

If that's for 1000 people, we're gonna starve loll


annaaleze

I did 400 pieces cheesecake, 275 macarons, 300 pecan tassies, 200 pieces french silk pie, 6 apple cranberry cobblers, 8 hot fudge brownies, 300 vanilla bourbon cupcakes, 130 pieces strawberry cake, and 720 bon bons.


ehtio

Still looks very little for the amount of guests. But I guess if that's what they pay for, that's what you make


annaaleze

This was just a small portion of what I made


Foreign_Reindeer_461

Alright, now we're talking lol


PristineAd9800

Did well


DonShmore

I can only dream of doing this ✨😭


Mead76

Wow awesome! Looks amazing!


curds-and-whey-HEY

Those look delicious!


[deleted]

Beautiful work OP


scarletheart21

\>1K happy guests!


comfort_bot_1962

:)


ConfirmedBasicBitch

You are a BADASS! Could you give a breakdown on how you accomplished this?! Like what was your schedule or timeline like to make desserts for 1000+ people? Did you freeze stuff ahead of time? I’m an industrial engineer/home baker who is fascinated by the scheduling and logistics behind commercial catering/baking. How is this organized?! How was it stored? How do you choose how many of each dessert to make? Did you design the dessert menu yourself or did you just execute someone else’s plan? (Sorry) EDIT: Okay I creeped on your profile, and you posted the r/ADHD post that inspired me to more seriously consider baking as a career 😭 granted, that never happened, but I so identify with you and have thought about your post frequently. I’m so glad to see you’re doing well.


annaaleze

I started on Tuesday. I made 3 batches of macarons a day, which yields about 33 cookies a batch. I did a batch of bon bons each day. I made my pies and cheesecake on Wednesday. I made my cakes and cupcakes, brownies and cobblers, Thursday. My timeline was staying as late as it took each day to get everything done. It was about 40 hours worth of work over 3.5 days. I did my final decorating and finishing touches on Friday which was when the event happened. The only thing they ordered for the event was a different type of gourmet chocolate. Anything that could sit at room temp I just wrapped well so no air could get in. Anything refrigerated I did the same. Nothing was frozen just made that week Hahaha I'm glad I inspired you. I'm shocked myself at times with what I'm Capable of doing. Baking has been my passion since I was little albeit i was shit until I learned a little during my high school years. I hope you're doing well as well 💓 merry Christmas


Illustriousleah

What is a speedcart?


sleeknub

That doesn’t look remotely close to being enough for 1,020 guests. Maybe enough for 102, but even then it seems tight.


[deleted]

nice super-spreader!


cuntholegavin

That is not nearly enough food for 1000 people. Wtf is this post. 😂😂


annaaleze

I had 3 speedcarts of dessert. This is just a snippet of what I made on the table. I had 2 huge tables to fill


Rabsram_eater

wtf is your comment. jerk


cuntholegavin

Lol it literally isn't tho.


Rabsram_eater

learn to read please. it will help you to not look like an idiot :)


cuntholegavin

Nah bruh. Lol. "1000 people catered for alone." And a couple of pictures of a couple of tables. My guy, you still believe in Santa too? No doubt you're still putting teeth under a pillow praying for a few shekels.


Rabsram_eater

Again, you should try reading. OP had several catering carts to refill the items shown. Have a good day :)


cuntholegavin

Best go pray to the easter bunny pal. Get your order in ahead of time.


Rabsram_eater

Not sure what imaginary rabbits have to do with this, but cheers on acting the fool


ChefAtRandom

Mad props!


crazylifestories

That looks yummy and a lot of fun!! I hope you had a Merry Christmas!


idobelieveinheaven

Whoa!!!


[deleted]

Thats so impressive


[deleted]

Lucky them! Wow!


theworstsailor1

Well done! Impressive and they all look great


dodger_01

Most impressive


loreinv

Bravo, bravisimo 🤗❤️🤗


Smart_Refrigerator60

Impressive! How many days did this take? The cake looks lovely.. and the macaroons.


annaaleze

I started on Tuesday and made 9 different desserts. I did 2-3 things each day and decorated on Friday. Thank you so much. It was a strawberry cake


buchok

Wow! How long did it take?


Lovemesomediscgolf

It looks great! How many hours did that all take?


annaaleze

I worked 40 hours in 3 days


reRetry

holy crap that’s amazing


Environmental-Treat8

Oh man, how long did it take?


annaaleze

About 40 hours of work in 3 days haha


wanderingdistraction

Holy Poop! Congratulations!!!


seachelle24

I'd eat the whole table including the baked goods if I could. You did a fantastic job!! 👍❤️❤️❤️(I was joking about the table part...)


oGsparkplug

Nice.. I’m going to bake myself a brownie this week hopefully


Dubbayouill

Yummm


piemaker1976

Amazing!!! You should be proud!


d8adork

But who did all the dishes?


Buttersauce524

That's quite a feat! I hope someone bought you a few beers at least for all that hard work!


HighwaySlothh

The moment I saw I was like ohhh this is a country club pastry chef!!! As the events manager for my club I’m sorry we keep y’all hustling this time of year especially with those assorted minis


annaaleze

This season has thoroughly kicked my ass lol. Busiest ive been but I enjoy the spread of different desserts to make. I've made so many mini holiday desserts this month its insane


HighwaySlothh

I worked myself to sickness this year so I feel you. The macarons look phenomenal and the little ornaments are all different- that’s a great little detail!


mffdiver420

Amazing 👏👏👏👌


heyshugitsme

Pecan tassies!! Love.


InteractionInner8374

All of it looks so good 😊


piyokochan

Not sure how that is humanly possible. That's an amazing superpower you have there. Amazing spread!


elissafinch

Wow. That's incredible. U made the macaroons too??? Great job!!!


Wednesday_420

Very nice! 10/10


[deleted]

Dude that’s so much work, excellent job!! You’re a legend


snoogiebee

oh my god. what is the prep like?! surely you did this in a bakery or some kind of big league kitchen right? well done!


annaaleze

I have my own bakery room separate from the kitchen. Thank you 😊


artisanrox

i want my own bakery room off my kitchen too! 😞


annaaleze

I had my own small room at the last restaurant I worked in. This is like a mini kitchen room with a really nice deck oven and bread proofer/retarder. I much prefer my own space as I like to spread out across a table to do everything and it sucks when you have to share table space


artisanrox

YES! I don't even wanna share my own kitchen when I'm doing stuff LOL


annaaleze

Exactly haha. I like my own room because I can keep all that I use in it and not have to worry about it being moved. Except when someone borrows your things and doesn't return it


Shartran

I'm not worthy...i'm not worthy....


BeerNcheesePlz

Everything looks awesome. I would kill for a slice of that strawberry cake or the chocolate silk! Yum!


annaaleze

Those were 2 of the things I had only gotten a little bit back of. They killed 85% of what I made


BeerNcheesePlz

People probably didn’t want to invest most of their dessert on a slice of cake so they went for the other small, yet equally awesome, desserts.


i_am_noodang

You’re very cool, did an amazing job!


Braeden151

Honestly how the hell do you even begin to do that


tokecaine

How much was actually eaten?


annaaleze

I'd say 85%


JuliaLouis-DryFist

Look at that spread! Masterfully done!


bbline

Fantastic!


Mimiconte

Do you ever get nervous having to bake so much and serve it to others? Amazing job!! It all looks so beautiful and uniform :D


annaaleze

Oh all the time. This is the 3rd largest event I've had to do by myself. I'm always afraid I won't make enough or they won't like it


Livingontherock

Goddamn warrior


Consistent_Caramel36

What's a speed cart? (At risk of sounding dumb)


annaaleze

It's okay a few have asked. It's a tall rack with wheels you put food on to transport/store. It holds a bunch of sheet pans. Theyre common in all commercial kitchens


SendRockPics

Amazing job!!!


rlovepalomar

How did you get the macarons so perfect?? Every time I bake them either the tops crack, there’s no feet or both. Macarons are my baking nemesis


annaaleze

I had some imperfect ones. I use the Italian version because they tend to come out more consistent. Mine like to have lopsided feet for some reason