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Thursday lunch time mid-March. \u00a0Scattered showers mirrored our morning sensibilities as we worked on something new: bringing our high school students into one of San Francisco\u2019s best restaurants to serve lunch to 40 unfamiliar guests. \u00a0Some might call this a culminating collaboration between education and industry. We were wondering as culinary teachers if maybe we had bitten off more than we could chew, so to speak. It is always that way before an event, isn\u2019t it?<\/span><\/p>\n Our culinary class models itself on the best in a back of house restaurant situation most days, as we cook, eat and serve together in an 8-9 week time frame. This event brought it all to a new level in a wonderfully real way- with hospitality. True hospitality.<\/span><\/p>\n Laurence Jossel, one of the owners of NOPA often mentions the job requirements to work in his kitchen: \u00a0you have to be nice, smart<\/span>\u00a0and hardworking – and out\u00a0<\/span>of those three? Nice is first and foremost. As a guest walking into NOPA, it is almost as if you\u2019ve entered your friend\u2019s (very nice) dining room. \u00a0There is a clear sense of care and human-ness and value that is calming. And the people of NOPA have been there ready to help us whether it has been volunteering in our garden and classroom to supporting our students in our kitchen or theirs. So yes, the people at NOPA understand this true hospitality, in the front of house, the back of house and in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n Maybe this goes without saying, bu<\/span>t it seems easier these days for people to just look at the service surface of hospitality without understanding the strength underneath. \u00a0<\/span>When you look up this wo<\/span>rd hospitality, the root is <\/span>ghosti<\/span><\/i> , one and the same for both guest and host.\u00a0 We are in it together.<\/span><\/p>\n There is a sense of ownership that happens when you serve the food you\u2019ve made that you know is good, and we find ourselves, even our shyest selves, moving from not just \u201cowning\u201d the food we make to then wanting to share it with others. We hear students new to working an event say \u201cI did<\/span>n\u2019t know it felt this good to serve people food\u201d and \u00a0\u201cI loved it when they appreciated us.\u201d Only hospitality can create that experience, this giving value to one another. Thank you NOPA for teaching and reaching our students with your care and hospitality.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thursday lunch time mid-March. \u00a0Scattered showers mirrored our morning sensibilities as we worked on something new: bringing our high school students into one of San Francisco\u2019s best restaurants to serve lunch to 40 unfamiliar guests. \u00a0Some might call this a culminating collaboration between education and industry. 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