Practical Skills to Become a Chef

Overview

Many see cooking as an innate talent but no one is born a chef. Everyone who makes food learns to cook by mixing and matching the resources found in their kitchen or working from recipes. Knowing how to cook is a valuable life skill. Have you ever dreamed of becoming a chef but need help figuring out where to start? Are you tired of relying on pre-packaged meals and want to learn how to cook delicious and nutritious meals from scratch? If so, these cooking classes are ideal for you. We provide the basic cooking techniques that every chef should know and show you how to choose the best ingredients for your dishes and combine flavours and tastes creatively to elevate the quality of your meals.

The course begins by outlining some general cooking tips such as adding a little 'zest' to your recipe, trimming the fat from a roast using kitchen scissors, stopping foods from sticking to the pan and many more. We teach how to make the perfect gravy for turkey, thicken any gravy, caramelise onions and even fix lumpy sauces. We compare stock, broth, bouillon and consommé and demonstrate how to make salad dressings. We also discuss how to choose and use various ingredients, including vegetables, eggs, beans, chicken, pork, fish and beef. The course also provides barbecuing tips to help you prepare a grill properly and produce the perfect steak every time.

Fresh ingredients are crucial when preparing a meal so we outline some simple yet effective ways to determine the freshness of fish, eggs, beef and chicken and discuss how to preserve butter and cheese while retaining their flavour. These cooking classes show you how to procure and prepare quality root and shoot vegetables like potatoes, onions, asparagus, carrots, radish, melon, cucumber, cabbage and many more. Lastly, we do the same for various fruits used for dessert. This culinary course is designed for anyone who wants to hone their cooking skills and turn them into a career as a chef. Then roll up your sleeves and sign up for these comprehensive cooking classes.