| While some may turn on the television to watch the | | | | culinary education and will help once they become |
| news, find out the latest scores or shop from the | | | | chefs at a restaurant. Whether a chef is working at a |
| comfort of home, a growing number of individuals are | | | | five star resort or a small restaurant these skills are |
| turning to their favorite food show to learn how to | | | | invaluable to the profession. The more a chef knows |
| make the latest dish. From Rachel Ray's Thirty Minute | | | | about these areas the more marketable and appealing |
| Meals and Giada De Laurentiis' Every Day Italian to | | | | they will be to potential employers. |
| Iron Chef and Hells Kitchen, every day viewers are | | | | Another crucial skill for chefs is leadership. A chef |
| tuning in to learn cooking tips and techniques. These | | | | needs to be able to take charge in the kitchen and |
| shows have stream lined culinary education and touch | | | | delegate tasks to other chefs. If a chef does not have |
| base with viewers who may not be experienced in the | | | | leadership in the kitchen it can be a disaster. Food |
| kitchen but are hungry for the knowledge. | | | | would not be prepared on time and there would be |
| Learning to become a chef is like an art. Just as an | | | | utter chaos. Culinary education emphasizes leadership |
| artist pours their heart and soul into painting portraits, | | | | because not only is it essential in the culinary world, but |
| chefs put their heart and soul into what they cook. | | | | it is important in everyday life as well. Along with |
| However, there is more to cooking than learning | | | | leadership, chefs also must have excellent |
| cooking techniques. The culinary arts include refining | | | | communication and interpersonal skills. If a chef cannot |
| skills such as math, nutrition and management. It is | | | | communicate what he or she wants, then tasks are |
| important that chefs understand what they are | | | | not going to be completed. |
| cooking and what is in the foods they are preparing. | | | | One criterion important to the service industry is |
| These skills are essential to the field. While cooking is | | | | personal and industry sanitation and safety. With |
| the most important aspect of culinary schools, most | | | | national outbreaks in E.Coli and Salmonella, it is |
| schools offer classes that put cooking secondary to | | | | important that students learning to become chefs are |
| learning the skills and knowledge that help chefs | | | | taught principles in sanitation and safety, which they will |
| understand culinary arts to the fullest. | | | | use once they go out into the real world. Culinary |
| One skill that is important to culinary education is math. | | | | education emphasizes these principles. Students will |
| Recipes contain numerous amounts and numbers | | | | establish standards while in culinary school and maintain |
| whether it is cups, tablespoons or teaspoons. A chef | | | | them throughout their education. |
| must know how to divide and multiply recipes into | | | | There is a lot more to becoming a chef than just |
| equal proportions. If a recipe makes five servings and | | | | cooking. It is important for schools to incorporate these |
| only three servings need to be made, the chef needs | | | | skills into culinary education and offer students the |
| to know how to divide the ingredients so that they are | | | | knowledge that will help them become successful in |
| proportionate to each other and that the basics of the | | | | the restaurant setting. These skills will not only help |
| recipe stays the same. | | | | them once they graduate and are concocting their |
| Besides math, aspiring chefs must also gain | | | | own masterpieces, but it will also help them in |
| experience in purchasing, receiving, storage and | | | | everyday life. |
| inventory. These skills are taught during the students' | | | | |