• Question: do you think your job is rewarding

    Asked by cathazz to Duncan, Grant, Julie, Nik, Rachel on 14 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Rachel Edwards-Stuart

      Rachel Edwards-Stuart answered on 14 Mar 2013:

      Definitely – teaching and inspiring the young is so rewarding. And I am also involved in the research side of things and when an experiment shows something very exciting, this can be very rewarding. For example, a student of mine has just done some work on cooking chicken in a water bath at different temperatures and times and then testing it for juiciness, and the results are very interesting and when I shared the results at a conference yesterday all the other chefs were similarly excited! We are hoping to publish the data which is the most rewarding – its like the first time you see your name on a book cover!. (I also just made icecream in class, so this was immediately rewarding!).

    • Photo: Grant Campbell

      Grant Campbell answered on 14 Mar 2013:

      Yes – similar to Rachel, teaching is rewarding, discovering new things is rewarding, and seeing your name in print is very satisfying.

    • Photo: Julie Bland

      Julie Bland answered on 15 Mar 2013:

      Yes
      Straight away when I see cheese but also when I speak about what I discover to cheese maker and then tell me it will make a difference to how they make cheese!

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