Master Cooking Basics

When one takes up cooking, the amount of information, recipes and suggestions can be overwhelming. It's easy to get lost in a sea of recipes, to spend time pondering WHAT to cook and miss one of the most important aspects when it comes to preparing a great meal - the HOW. The real success of a dish comes from correct preparation techniques just as much as it comes from high-quality ingredients, flavour combinations or creative plating.

In this online course, you'll learn some of the most important culinary techniques that any cook, anywhere in the world, be they amateur or professional, absolutely needs to use in his kitchen. They have been developed and perfected over generations by professional chefs and for many years, have been set as golden standards in international cuisine.

What you will learn:

• Understand the HOW of cooking, before thinking of the WHAT to cook.
• Learn the ABC of cooking to international standards. The basic skills covered in the course are: chopping and blanching vegetables, butchering a whole chicken, making basic stocks, making mother sauces, correctly cooking eggs, rice and pasta.
• Learn DEF of cooking to international standards. The basic skills covered in the course are: cooking beef fillet, rack of lamb, duck breast, veloute sauce, creamy omelette, deboning chicken, making French onion soup, cooking fish stock, tomato concasse, mushroom duxelles or making French fries cooked three times.

What you will get:

• Three-and-a-half-hours of HD videos
• Culinary tips and tricks from a professional chef

Who is this course for:
The course is perfect for both amateur and young professional cooks who want to start their journey in the kitchen from a solid foundation of cooking techniques and methods.

Please note:

• This is a digital file. No physical product will be sent to you.
• Due to being digital files, it’s impossible to have the product returned. Therefore, we’re unable to offer refunds.
• We do want our customers to be 100 per cent happy, so if there’s something we can help with, we will always do our best.

All a student needs in order to benefit from this class is a genuine passion for cooking and interest in building sound technical skills in the kitchen.
  Have your sharp knives, clean pots and pans ready.