International
week: Farewell dinner at Restaurant Eetvartti on Thursday 29 November
The idea
was to arrange a dinner for teachers of Tampere University of applied sciences
and their international guests. Number of participators was 70. Dinner’s theme
was to spread some Finnish Christmas spirit and give a good sample of high
quality Finnish food ingredients. The project team and working staff were
hospitality management student.
As a
group (2nd year students of Degree Programme in Hotel and
Restaurant Management) we first started
to plan our theme and the atmosphere we wanted to create. It was important that
we had enough space and supplies to organize dinner for 90 persons. The most
important task of the dinner was to sufficiently inform the staff in order to
be sure that everybody was on the same page.
Our menu
was:
Amuse
bouche:
White fish
tartar and malt bread
Starter:
Beetroot
soup and goat cheese mousse
Main
course:
Turkey
breast, cranberry sauce, potato-mushroom press and vegetables
Dessert:
Chocolate
cake, sea buckthorn parfait, sea buckthorn syrup, lingonberry-vanilla jelly and
lingonberry sauce
The IWBAS
final dinner also offered some entertainment. First the students welcomed the
visiting professors and TAMK staff. After a brief slideshow the guests were
ushered downstairs to have dinner. There were some more welcoming speeches and
a band playing Christmas songs in both English and Finnish. In the end the
guests were also invited to join in and sing some Christmas carols. Judging by
the applause and "We want more!" shouts the band was a huge success.
After all our dinner succeeded beyond expectations.
Because everything was precisely planned and our project team was very
motivated from the beginning, it was easy to make the
grade. Happy faces and empty plates of the guests were a proof of our good team
work.
Text: Emmi Vihersaari ja Lauri Ronkainen
Photos: Riitta Brännare
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