Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company

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Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company

• Baked Goods from Organic Grains
• Presented by Rachelle Sylvestre
• November 2006 December 2006

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General Information

• 3 owners Tabita, Sharon and Lyle
• 2 bakeries the Forks Market location the
  Wolseley location at 859 Westminster Ave.
• All baked goods are made from organic grains and
  milled at both bakeries

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The Breakdown
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Shifts

• 9pm 5am
• Overnight shift where we made lots of breads and
  dropped muffins
• 5am 1pm
• Continue morning bake (finish making breads, make
  cakes and squares, make and drop cookies)

• 1030am 630pm
• Finish morning bake and move to afternoon
  production (make cake filling, decorate any cakes
  on order, prep for the next day)
• Do a detailed cleaning of the entire bakeshop and
  basement (where ingredients are stored)

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Baked Goods

• I made lots of different items breads, squares,
  cakes, fillings, cookies, icings, etc
• Measured and scaled ingredients and doughs
• Shaped doughs by hand and by using the bread
  roller and bun machine
• Am more confident when pulling items from the
  oven and knowing theyre ready to come out

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The Tall Grass Specials

• Tall Grass has daily specials
• Mondays
• Mushroom Turnovers
• Tuesdays
• Yeast Free Bread
• Wednesdays
• Samosas
• Thursdays
• Pie day
• Friday
• Hallah Bread
• Saturday
• Oatmeal Raisin Bread

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Christmas Specials

• Made different fruit breads, Christopomo Bread (a
  religious bread), Christmas cookies, and
  decorated our display case cakes with seasonal
  decorations (for example mistletoe)

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Personal Professional Gains

• Personal
• Better communication skills
• Time management
• Great attention to detail
• Experience

• Professional
• Improved piping skills
• Able to provide consistent products
• Mastered bread skills
• Understanding of the importance of cleanliness

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Different from School

• The large Hobart mixer is cranked up and held in
  place with a bungee cord
• EVERYONE has their own way of doing something I
  didnt like this at all because I would rather
  learn the right way only!

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Some Extra Information

• Both Tall Grass locations are small bakeries with
  lots of neighborhood support
• The Tall Grass in Wolseley will be under
  construction in Spring 2007 this means a larger
  bakeshop (well needed!!!)

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Major Events During Co-op

• Our gingerbread house team took Best in Show
  2006 and Best use of Theme 2006 at the
  Festival of Trees and Lights Way to go!
• The awards were received on November 16th, 2006

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In Conclusion

• Tall Grass was a great place to be for my first
  co-op term. I would recommend it to anyone who
  is highly interested in breads and some pastries.
  I had lots of fun and made some good memories
  and will miss the friends I made there.