Do you like to begin a career as a Personal Chef? Would you like to find out about the culinary industry, but don't know where to start? Have you contemplated enrolling in a culinary school? These questions have led you to come upon this article on how to become a personal chef, where you can find tips to help you make a few important decisions about your future in the culinary world.
Based upon comprehensive research plus some past experiences from my wife I put together this valuable guide for individuals wishing to have a career in cooking. My hope is to help you pursue your own Personal Chef objectives.
Deciding to be a Personal Chef is an extremely important decision it can mean starting a career in cooking or modifying careers altogether. For several aspiring chefs, they will be deciding a career path that is totally different from what they have been trained and educated for. Becoming a Personal Chef allows you to combine your interests in cooking, entrepreneurship and overall enjoyment in life into an exciting and fulfilling cooking career.
Even if you're not considering personal chef training, you can learn more regarding the culinary industry, cooking hints and kitchen products.
To start with you have to make sure you have the right equipment. A personal chef has to have good quality sharp knives. Don't worry sharp knives actually help you steer clear of injury. I know it is counter intuitive but it is true. A dull knife gets stuck and causes an uneven cutting which can result in slippage and injury.
It is very important that you make a list of all the things you need on a daily basis. This can vary from chef to chef as some will prefer food processors comapred to hand blenders, etc. The trick to choosing the best items is to watch what you use while you are cooking in the kitchen. Then take a note after a few weeks you should have a good idea for how much you use different kitchen appliances, pots or pans. Once you're done selecting your stuff you know what you'll need for your portable pantry.
What is a portable pantry? This is typically a couple of buckets so feel free to use Rubbermaid ones. You will store your pans and pots and other such items for easy transportation to your cook dates. Usually, you might want to divide each bucket into a group, such as dry stuff, wet, and appliances. My wife used one big bucket for appliances, one medium bucket for wets and a small one for dry stuff.
OK. Now that you are all set with your kitchen items, you should make sure that you have a food safety class. There are many extended education institutions that will offer one. This is pretty much helpful as it will show you have done your due dilligence and you might be amazed on how much you will learn. The majority of food safety is common sense but not all.
Finally, I recommend practice sessions. Tell some of your friends who enjoy your cooking and organize a cook date with them. I suggest that you move through the whole process. Interview them first and find out what they like and don't like. Then use this information to create a proposed meal plan for the week. This assists you to practice mixing and matching your meals and sides. Eventually, once the meal plan has been created and your clients have approved it get started.
On the meal cook date be sure to bring your pantry and get started by doing your shopping early so that you have plenty of time to do your cooking. Plan on the right number of people and serving sizes. These are things that you should have talked about when interviewing your clients. Once you are cooking you need to focus on time and also make certain that you do things in an appropriate order. This is why I recommend a few practice sessions. You don't want to use up all your time or find out you made something too soon or late.
Becoming a Personal Chef can be a truly fulfilling career for many individuals, maybe even you. I hope to provide you with the training to help you reach your aims!
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