Cooking- Introduction to Culinary Skills

Course Description

• Free
• Beginner (No experience needed)
• 24 Lessons Online
• No Schedules, Self-Paced
• Detailed Videos & Exercises
• ***This is no longer a program to potentially receive college credit***

This course will provide the foundational culinary skills in your path to become a Chef, or for anyone looking to elevate their cooking to delicious and impressive meals.

If you have a passion for cooking and are looking to brush up your culinary skills, then with this course, you can do that and more. The most important aspect of cooking is preparing a nice meal and that involves more than just the ingredients, the combination of flavours or the recipe at hand. It requires cooking techniques as well. The course offers a complete cooking guide, with skills needed for professional as well as amateur level cooking equally.

Students begin with learning about some of the essential skills as well as the kitchen tools and how to use them for getting the best results. Building upon these techniques, the different methods of cooking, explaining when and how to use them. These include sautéing, frying, poaching, and others. The course also covers other important essentials for cooking such as the mixes of herbs and spices, sauces, and salads, along with going in detail about the treatment of vegetables, meat, and seafood.

The bonus of the course is our lesson on wine which as explained by the instructor, makes for an important part of the meal and how the flavours turn out while eating. At the end of the course, students will have learned everything they need to start on their cooking journey or just simply put together a complete and beautiful meal.

The course ensures students will know and learn cooking terminology and be able to apply the latest and best culinary techniques. The terminology and techniques are Classical French in nature with an emphasis on growing research, trends, and new learning to keep the students up to speed with current and historically proven skills. Students learn to properly care of kitchen tools and equipment as well as develop confidence in a kitchen space. Also addressed is order of operations, time management and patience.

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Sample Lesson List

• Cooking – Ingredients, Technique, and Flavor
• From Poach to Steam- Moist Heat Cooking
• Your Most Essential Tool- Knives
• Sauces- From Beurre Blanc to Béchamel
• …and More! 24 free lessons in total.

Professor

Kari Rich

Mrs. Rich is a Chef with a Culinary degree from Le Cordon Bleu. She's a well-known restaurant consultant and has been running kitchens for over 17 years

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The culinary industry is fun, creative, fast-paced, and delicious! There are a variety of careers and sub-specialities for those with a culinary degree, and someone can work for a hip restaurant, create their own, work at hotels or cruise ships around the world, etc. The following is sample job data on salary and growth from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for jobs as a master or executive chef, along with recommendations based on our research.

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A master or executive chef is the ultimate leader of a kitchen and its staff. His/her role is to ensure exceptional customer service, and that requires menu and recipe creation, staff hiring, training, and management, food ordering, order expediting, and improving workflow processes in the back of house.

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