Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Identity different types of soups
• Recognize classical soups from different countries
• Use essential knowledge in soup making
• Understand soup culinary terms
• Be able to prepare all the different kinds of soups including:
• Cream soups and velouté cream soups
• Puréed soups
• Consommé, broth and hearty broth soups
• Crustaceans bisque soups
• Seafood chowder and seafood soups
• Sweet and savory cold soups
• A few world favorite soups like Borscht, Tom Ka gai or Clams Miso Soup.

Content description

Course access: 1 year
Course starts: Immediately after registration
Prerequisite: "Food Safety and Knife Skills" or similar knowledge

Lessons: 15
Videos: 17
Online quizzes: 5
Cooking assignments: 4
Practice recipes: 34
Course booklets (PDF): 6
Chef support: course forum

Certification

To receive a Soup Making Fundamentals certificate for this course, you are required to take online quizzes, complete the assignments, and pass the final exam. In order to pass a quiz, you must receive a grade of 70 percent or higher. You may take the quiz multiple times, but the final exam is only given once.

Graded assignments are required by your chef instructor. The student is required to submit a digital picture and a tasting evaluation card form to Chef Eric to ensure completion of the assignment.

Format

The course is structured with a weekly learning path subject and the cooking instruction includes streaming flash videos, lessons, quizzes, homework, assignments, a certification of completion, and downloadable course textbooks.

Support

At any time during the course you may contact Chef Eric with questions via e-mail. Your French chef instructor will respond within a day - usually much faster. Chef Eric also sets up specific times during the course to answer questions from and interact with you.

Access

Technology Requirements

In order to enjoy all of the course benefits, we recommend the following set-up for your computer:

• A high-speed Internet connection is preferred
• A Flash plug-in is required to watch the videos. You may download a free plug-in from the Adobe web site.
• We suggest that your screen resolution be set at 1280 by 1024 pixels.
• The latest Firefox web browser. A free download is available from the Firefox web site.
• Allow cookies from our site.

Testimonials

"I loved the soup course! Few soups were orgasmic and the smell in the house was amazing. I even cook some recipes with my family, and all of my friends wanted to come for dinner. I never cook so much healthy food before and we have decided to do a Potager. Thanks to the online videos it allows me to learn when the house was quite... " Mirna - Pasadena - USA - Ex food junk eater.

"The best course so far! My university fellow's students are jealous about my lunch box. I survive my studies thanks to your soups. I loved them all..." Heather k. - Chicago - Law student