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01-23-2007, 09:40 PM
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Assistant Cook
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 47
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Going to CIA Boot Camp!
Hi everyone! I'm new here, only a few posts. But I wanted to know, has anyone ever been to the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) Boot Camp? The one week one?
I'm leaving this Sunday night and I'm a bit nervous. I hope I can keep up. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks!
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01-23-2007, 11:01 PM
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Chef Extraordinaire
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: I live in the Heartland of the United States - Western Kentucky
Posts: 16,480
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No, I've never had the opportunity. But, all I can suggest is that you give the experience your utmost attention and take copius notes. What a wonderful adventure! Keep us posted and have a great time! You'll be just fine.
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"As a girl I had zero interest in the stove." - Julia Child
This is real inspiration. Look what Julia became!
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01-23-2007, 11:39 PM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 19,725
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I'm jealous! 
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"Count yourself...you ain't so many" - quote from Buck's Daddy
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01-24-2007, 01:01 AM
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Assistant Cook
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 11
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When you get back, do let us know how it was!
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01-24-2007, 08:23 AM
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Sous Chef
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Straits of Juan de Fuca
Posts: 893
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I've never been to one either, but I did present a scholarship at the CIA in Napa a couple of years ago and talked to a few of the administrators about the programs. Don't be nervous or apprehensive - you have a passion for cooking and that's all that counts!!! You'll fit in perfectly. Have a great time and I hope you'll tell us of your adventures also.
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01-24-2007, 08:30 AM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Small Town Mississippi
Posts: 17,542
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What a great gift idea!!! Really..how neat of a gift that would make!
My Birthday is in June 
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01-24-2007, 09:44 AM
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Executive Chef
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: SE Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,655
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I know the CIA
You will be fine if you don't let the suroundings intimidate you. Ask questions, learn, from your partners, the chefs, the other students. Enjoy it to the fullest! It is exhausting, but it is a good exhaustion. Leave all your food phobias at home and have a great time!
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01-24-2007, 01:48 PM
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Executive Chef
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,927
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I just purchased the book and am dying for it to arrive. I would love to go to one of their bootcamp weeks. That would be the best vacation/gift EVER!
Lucky lucky you! Can't wait to hear about your experiences and bring us back some recipes. 
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01-24-2007, 02:23 PM
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Assistant Cook
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 47
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Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! What you said is true. These classes are primarily for regular people who seriously love food, like us!!! I have to leave my "food phobias" home.
I'll be sure to post about how it went when I get back. Look for my post around 2/5.... Thanks again!
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01-24-2007, 04:21 PM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Boston and Cape Cod
Posts: 10,401
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all I can say is WHAT FUN!!
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Less is not more. More is more and more is fabulous.
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01-24-2007, 04:37 PM
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Assistant Cook
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 25
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Please keep a daily journal (if you can muster the energy at the end of the day) and share it with us! 
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08-07-2007, 02:37 PM
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Assistant Cook
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 2
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You are so lucky! I have wanted to do a BOOT CAMP for years now. Please post a journal if you get the chance.
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08-07-2007, 02:42 PM
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Master Chef
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: USA,Minnesota
Posts: 9,918
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wow, cool, do you need some body to cary your suitr case, i'd more more than happy to help, you know, for the small price of helping you to cook there too.
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08-08-2007, 11:37 AM
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Senior Cook
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 102
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This post is from January. How did it get dug up?
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