Chef Articles

Know And Prepare How To Become A Good Chef

The art of cooking is a delicate and complex matter When one masters the proper way how it should be done, everything else follows

By: Shareen Aguilar

Succeeding in Chef School, How Top Students Do It

To get the most from your education experience in chef school, you will want to take the steps necessary to ensure your future success.

By: Andy West

What Every Prep Chef Should Know About Cutlery

Ah, the prep chef, happily whacking away with a steady rhythm. You have no worries about how the Hollandaise sauce is going to turn out, nor how fussy those customers at table seven are. All you have to worry about is making food the right consistency before passing it off to someone else.

By: Josh Stone

A Guide to Exotic Fruits For Chefs

We will explore the fruit varieties of the world which are far removed from the usual fare. For the bold, the creative, or the daring gourmand...

By: Josh Stone

A Chefs Guide to Sweeteners

The Industrialized world is obsessed with diets, and yet has the raging sweet tooth of a child. Everybody wants non-fattening food that tastes fat. And so here we are in the industrial age, working our laboratories round-the-clock to come up with a way to have the taste without the calories. This has given us a host of sort-of, one-off-from, and flat-out substitute sugars.

By: Josh Stone

Chef Career - A Chefs Guide to Exotic Fruits

Ah, the everyday fruits at the English-speaking table: apple, orange, banana. Tangerine, peach, strawberry. Maybe a bunch of grapes or the occasional kiwi. As anyone can see, the fruit table at the typical banquet is stuck in a rut.

By: Josh Stone

A Passion for Food Leads to Chef School

When attending a chef school, students do not just learn about how to make fancy cakes or fillet a steak. Students are taught in depth cooking techniques and different cultures and cooking styles.

By: Andy West

Famous Chefs in History

Because of the French domination of the culinary scene since time began (or so it seems, anyway), it stands to reason the most famous chefs in history are what else? French, with the exception of one American woman (discussed later), who was, nevertheless, trained in classical French cooking.

By: Keith Londrie

Commonly Used Spices A Chef’s Spice Guide

This guide is a quick look-up table for the commonly-used spices. Oregano - A peculiar leafy green herb, in that it is one of the few which is more potent dried than fresh. Taste like a cross between mint and lemongrass.

By: Josh Stone

A Unique Chefs Spice Reference

This guide is a quick look-up table for the commonly-used spices. Fenugreek - This is native to India and southern Europe. The part used is the hard, yellow-brown seeds that come from the plant’s pods.

By: Josh Stone

A Chef’s Spice Reference

This guide is a quick look-up table for the commonly-used spices. Allspice - Comes from the unripe berry of the Pimienta dioica tree. It has a flavor that is similar to cinnamon, pepper, cloves, and nutmeg, and so it gets its name from the effect of combining those flavors.

By: Josh Stone

You Want to Become a Chef

If you want to become a chef, it might help you to determine exactly what type of culinary master you would like to be before you start on your path.

By: Andy West

Chef Uniforms Style Made to Order

Isn’t it funny how many chef uniforms in high-class restaurants are white? Even a regular person who wears white shirts or pants has a hard time keeping them spot and stain-free on a normal day.

By: Josh Stone

How to Become a Chef

A career as a chef can be an incredibly rewarding one, teaching you all sorts of new skills in the kitchen.

By: Andy West

Chef Uniforms The Importance of Looking Professional

In today’s modern world, getting a job as a cook may or may not be hard. Of course, that does depend on what type of job you would be interested in and what type of degrees the company is interested in.

By: Josh Stone

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