01 Food Safety and Knife Skills

Category: Chef Training

Summary:

Stock making What is cooking? It is the manipulation of food for the purpose of making it proper for consumption. It is indeed what this first course is all about. You will familiarize yourself with how to properly handle food in general to prevent any deseases related to food. The second major subject of this course will be about knives. You will learn how to choose your knife, care for them, safely handle them whislt cutting various vegetables into various cuts: sticks, dices, chiffonade, oblique cut, paysanne cut, lozenge cut and tournés cut.

Course access: 1 year
Course starts: Immediately after purchase
Prerequisite: None
Cost: 199 (USD)

What is cooking? It is the manipulation of food for the purpose of making it proper for consumption. It is indeed what this first course is all about. You will familiarize yourself with how to properly handle food in general to prevent any deseases related to food. The second major subject of this course will be about knives. You will learn how to choose your knife, care for them, safely handle them whislt cutting various vegetables into various cuts: sticks, dices, chiffonade, oblique cut, paysanne cut, lozenge cut and tournés cut.

Learning Objectives

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

Follow basic sanitation rules in a kitchen
Identify and choose proper kitchen tools
Safely use chef knives
Sharpen knives
Apply proper knife skills
Identify and make French vegetable cuts
Prepare and cook several types of vegetables

Content description

Course access: 1 year
Course starts: Immediately after registration
Prerequisite: None

Lessons: 36
Videos: 46
Online quizzes: 5
Cooking assignments: 4
Practice recipes: 15
Course booklets (PDF): 5
Chef support: course forum

Certification

To receive a Food Safety and Knife Skills certificate of this course, you are required to take online quizzes, pass the assignments and the final exam. In order to pass a quiz, you must receive a grade of 70 percent or higher. You may take the quiz several 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

After payment with PayPal you may access the course immediately and start to learn when you want 24x7 for 30 days.

Technology Requirements

In order to enjoy all of the benefits from this course, 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 is 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 learned so much in this course that my knife skills have improved greatly, thanks...see you in the next course Chef Eric." Mike S. New York - Amateur

"The course was a good way to start the online cooking instruction; it helps me a lot to follow the next courses." Marie G - London - England

"Food safety was a good refresher and I am so glad to finally know who to cut those fancy French vegetable cuts! Thank you Chef." Jeanette P. Ohio - Real Estate Agent

Question?

If you have any question please contact us at 604 781 9557 or send us an e-mail at: info@onlineculinaryschool.net

Cost: 199(USD)

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