Friday night I was asked to do the "appetizers" portion of the Cooking School. A lady named Candace had contacted me, and said that lots of people attend this school - and that it would be great advertising for me - I'd be mentioned in the Sioux City Journal, etc. I couldn't really say no...although the thought of doing a demonstration in front of a crowd scared me pretty bad.
Well...Friday night I walked into a packed building with bleachers and chairs, about 300 people, along with news cameras. Come to find out "Candace" was Candace from "Tony and Candace in the morning" on KSUX (pronounced K-Sioux) radio, and Michelle Stuhr from KTIV Channel 4 was also there as a special guest. I about died...this was way bigger than I was expecting! Needless to say I was extremely nervous when all eyes were on me...didn't say half of what I had planned to say up there...and even made a fool out of myself by opening a cheese ball packet with my teeth since I forgot my scissors! At least I made it halfway cute by saying "Okay - don't look - I'm going to have to open this with my teeth!" I got a good laugh...but still - how embarrassing!
I still had a good fair. Sold over $2000 in inventory and made enough to pay off my business credit card. Also had 19 people interested in having parties, so I should be busy for a while!
