Good morning to Mdm Aby and my fellow friends, today I would like to talk about Harland David Sanders. You might be asking yourself: “Who is Harland David Sanders and what is so special about him?” Well, Harland David Sanders or better known as Colonel Sanders was an American entrepreneur who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). Surely there is an interesting story based on Sanders success.
Let’s begin with his background. For your information , Sanders is born in Kentucky on 1890 and he is the eldest child of 5 sibling. His father died when he still in age of 5 and enforces his mother work to accommodate their life family. Since his mother worked, he was required to cook for his family. He dropped out of school in seventh grade. When his mother remarried he ran away from home because his stepfather beat him .Although he is still 6 years old, Sanders interest in cooking make his mother teach various recipe to Sanders including chicken fries recipe. This is how he developed his keen cooking skills as he helped his mother take care of the other children in his family.
During his early years, Harland worked different jobs such as farm-hand, streetcar conductor, soldier, fireman, self-taught lawyer, insurance salesman, and steamboat operator. In brief, he will try anything opportunity as he thought it is able to make he rich. At the age of 40, Sanders cooked chicken dishes and other meals for people who stopped at his service station or petrol station in Corbin, Kentucky. Since he did not have a restaurant, he served customers in his living quarters in the petrol station. His local popularity grew, and Sanders moved to a motel and restaurant that seated 142 people and worked as the chef. Over the next 9 years, he developed his method of cooking chicken. Furthermore, he made use of a pressure fryer that allowed the chicken to be cooked much faster than by frying. In 1935, he was given Colonel title by the governor in Kentucky for his cooking skills.
