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Thanks for all the comments. Just so you know, the chapter has a food liaison with whom I meet regularly. At the beginning of the fall semester we survey the girls asking what meal they would most like to see on the menu. We get good results from that. The sisters all know they can request specifics from me and that I am open to new ideas. I ask about meals you may remember from your days in a sorority because frankly I do not like repeating meals too often. I have tried things like Vietnamese Table Salad with Lemongrass Chicken (went over great) just to push myself and see the response. We try to do special dinners a few times per semester, our most recent being a Dinner at Hogwarts for Halloween. This year I have had to become much more vegetarian conscious so me and the tofu and tempeh are pretty friendly. I have actually done a most heinous desecretion: Tofu Pot Pie. The Tofu fanatics like it but somehow its so wrong. As for talking to other chefs in houses on campus, while the house directors have opportunities to network, I rarely see my fellow chefs (maybe once a year). The house mother last year and before was a great resource, too, having served in 4 different houses on 4 campuses over her many years. But in the end I always find that I can learn something new from people from other places with other experiences.
Just as way of information, the chapter I cook for has about 130 member with 40 in residence in the house. I am automatically the meal plan for all sorority members. I do approx. 40 for breakfast, 80 - 100 at lunch (buffet), and 100 - 110 for dinner (family style Monday and Wednesday, Buffet Tuesday and Thursday).
Thanks for the input and keep it coming.
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