MEET MY CLASSMATES, 17 QUESTIONS...TIM

I've been attending school since January during which time I've gotten to know my classmates but since beginning to write about school in April, you haven't gotten the same opportunity. It's long since time that you were introduced to a great bunch of people. This occasional feature, 17 Questions, will give you an idea of who they are, their culinary likes and dislikes and why they decided to go to FCI in the first place.

Before you read further, CLICK HERE. That's right folks, it's a line cook, it's a pastry chef, it's Super-Tim! Tim loves Superman. He's got the hat. He's got the shirt. He's got the belt buckle. And as you may remember from a few posts back, he now has the Superman tattoo (he also has two women kissing him on his birthday in this picture, Meg, who you've met several times, and Katie, the assistant to the chef at the kitchen where Tim and I work).

I worked with Tim for a week during Level One and then during all of Level Three. I now work with him in a 200-hour internship at a restaurant that he introduced me to. He's instrumental in making any kitchen crew move smoothly. When things get out of control Tim keeps calm and after the heated words fly you're sure to hear him say without any reservation, "I'm over it."

NAME: Tim Kline
FROM: Bowling Green, Ohio
BDAY: September 6th, 1980
FAVORITE FOOD: Pizza

1) McDonald's or Burger King?
-- Burger King
2) Coffee or Tea?
-- Tea (Iced)
3) Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts?
-- Dunkin' Donuts
4) Burgers of BBQ?
-- BBQ
5) What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
-- Moose Tracks
6) What's the dish that if on the menu, no matter how many times you've eat it you still can't help but order?
-- Pineapple Maui Maui
7) What food do you hate the most?
-- ??
8) Do you have any heirloom recipes passed on to you by grandparents, parents, siblings or friends and if so what is the recipe for? If not, what's an old standby recipe you never have to look up that you love to cook?
-- Health Delight
9) Name three jobs you've had:
-- Service Technician at Gas Company, Making Hydraulic Cylinders and Grill Cook
10) You're stranded in the mountains after miscalculating a parachute-jump while foraging for a rare ingredient, splendifera tremens, a spice that grows only on cliff-sides. After 2 weeks surviving on the horrible-tasting leaves of this plant, 20 lbs lighter, you finally return to civilization rich with it. You can afford any food on the plante-- what's your first meal?
-- Pizza for dinner and Grandma's Banana Cream Pie for dessert
11) What's the most inventive and successful dish you've ever made?
-- Duck with a raspberry coulis sauce
12) What's the biggest flop you've ever made?
-- Skate wing
13) Who are your favorite and most hated food celebrities?
Favorite: Jacques Pepin Most Hated: Rachel Ray
14) What's your favorite cookbook?
-- I don't use them.
15) Do you have any tattoos and if so how many? If you don't have one what would yours be if you decided to get one?
-- Yes, one, a Superman symbol.
16) You're cooking for a party of influential people and if it's successful you could win one of the prizes, behind the following doors:
#1 A food TV show
#2 A Ferrari and a KitchenAid mixer
#3 A new commercial kitchen and a lease
Describe what you would cook and circle the door.
-- Breaded veal with cheese and tomato sauce.
-- A Ferrari and a KitchenAid mixer.
17) In 20 words or less, describe what made you make the food leap to FCI.
-- I like the tour. My family lives in New York and the job opportunities after graduating seem really good.