The Best Cooking Secrets Real Chefs Learn In Culinary School
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Culinary school has been an aspiration of many that feel right at home in the kitchen, and shows like Chopped and Top Chef have brought some of the more advanced techniques of the culinary world into our living rooms. However, there are many remedial skills you need to master before you can move on to the intricate skills. Aside from innate talent, practice is really what separates the novice from the expert. From knife skills to deglazing a pan, so much more goes into cooking than which spice to choose. Before you quit your job and apply to the Sorbonne, check out the best cooking secrets real chefs learn in culinary school.
#CulinarySchool #Chefs #Cooking
Knife skills | 0:00
High-quality broth | 1:20
Recipes are just guides | 2:10
Deglaze every pan | 3:05
Toast your spices | 3:57
Salt, sugar, acid, fat | 4:51
Be prepared | 5:44
Match plate and food temperature | 6:25
Cooling food properly | 7:02
Fat is flavor | 7:55
Make food ahead | 8:35
Wasting food wastes money | 9:18
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If you could go to culinary school, would you do it?
@rochim.1192
4 жыл бұрын
Yes!❤👌🏼
@nancyshinen437
4 жыл бұрын
YES!!!!
@kathleendexter5999
4 жыл бұрын
At this point, when so many varied culinary programs are easily accessible online for the cost of electricity, internet access and an internet-connected device, why would anyone spend the money, effort or time unless it was to enter the highly competitive and poor financial reward culinary field? I can see the appeal, truly, but only on a personal level. If I were smitten with wealth, single and had nothing better to do with my time.
@mroie
4 жыл бұрын
Nope after 70 plus years of cooking I wouldn't last 30 Day
@m3vt2seffn
4 жыл бұрын
This is what the video didn't mentionyou know over here in California or United States or whatever the hell you want to call it we use cups 1/2 cup of this 1/2 cup of that but the rest of the world use metrics I didn't understand to take the 1/2 cup and turn it into the metric systemso that's why two days later I dropped out because math was never my forte and regular high School
I now teach culinary school. One thing we're not able to teach is how to handle the stress of a busy kitchen. I've seen students drop out from minimal stress in school. This is unfortunately why so many kitchen workers turn to drugs and alcohol.
@LironKabizon
4 жыл бұрын
What's you're advice for a slow sleepy cook who considers entering the culinary world?
@boodoggy
4 жыл бұрын
@@LironKabizon There's no such thing as a slow, sleepy cook. If you enter the culinary field, you need to be attentive, fast and alert. Even though I teach culinary school I never attended it. I did the old school method of following through with a culinary apprenticeship with Gordon ramsey's more hateful twin. Lol If you can find an apprenticeship I highly recommend it. Please learn the difference between your and you're! Lol
@LironKabizon
4 жыл бұрын
@@boodoggy Lol, are you referring to Marco Pierre White?
@boodoggy
4 жыл бұрын
@@LironKabizon no. I apprenticed under a wicked French chef. He was a monster to me. That's so old school these days. Most chefs have gotten away from treating employees that way, however, there are exceptions.
@cookncrook6902
4 жыл бұрын
I've seen it too. Culinary grads that cant handle the stress of the line during the rush
I went to the Grandma Roberts School of Cooking. Basically, I grew up watching my grandmother cook and learned most of my skill from her. I'm no Master Chef, but I'm a good cook.
@nicknoodleman3169
3 жыл бұрын
That's how I learned! I started watching my dad cook at the age of 3 to 4. I would just watch him make all of the meals. Fried chicken, homemade soups and stews, pies, and fresh seafood. He had me helping him. I was so little. He would pull up a chair, for me to climb on so I could reach the counter to stir stuff.
@QueenBee-gx4rp
3 жыл бұрын
Me, too.
@altanic5855
3 жыл бұрын
, ph
@everettesmomma2081
2 жыл бұрын
@@charlesdjones1 why are you hostile over this comment lmao you're a weirdo
@danlapidus3827
10 ай бұрын
For me it was my aunts, I loved watching them cook growing up. And then one summer when I was home from college one of my aunts taught me the family blintz recipe and I treasure that experience
You should go to culinary school if you want to learn the foundations of cooking, how and why things are done. You get out of school what you put into it. When I was in culinary school, there were some people that just wanted the degree and didn't pay much attention in class (don't be the person). If you just want to cook then you don't need culinary school. You should definitely work in a real commercial kitchen while you're in school though
Culinary arts schools are great for beginners. They really get you on the right track to mastering the basics and give you all the tools you need to be a fantastic cook/chef. But nothing compares to the experience you gain growing up in a multi racial kitchen. My dad was middle eastern and my mom is Italian and the experience I learned growing up not only helped me excel in culinary arts school but showed me how I was wasting my time and money learning shit I already knew...
@ah_libra
3 жыл бұрын
Great story, and your story will probably save many others from wasting money...
@vrses1879
3 жыл бұрын
i mean, a piece of paper saying you legit sounds really good with a good atmosphere and ability to bring out food in a chef
@charlespettit7149
3 жыл бұрын
I believe the importance of going to culinary school lies not just with learning kitchen skills, those can be found in any kitchen, but it helps you to grow connections to further better yourself. I am about to be 23 and have worked in kitchens from cafes to fine dining and am now looking to go to culinary school to further myself with connections.
@alostgod6776
3 жыл бұрын
Takumi aldini in the flesh lol
@saltpndesal7330
3 жыл бұрын
There is a culinary school that teach a unique opportunity like Culinary in barcelona they teach you molecular gastronomy and so on. Culinary school is for student who doesnt have a background about food and cooking and they want to know how
I have been working at a restaurant since I was 14 years ago, I started work at a professional restaurant in New York 7 years ago. A chef is all about the passion.
@rishita6.o160
3 жыл бұрын
Perfect saying...... THANKS FOR SAYING THAT..... I WAS LOOKING FOR A COMMENT... WHICH IS NOT SENDING NEGATIVE VIBES TO ME....
This is all common knowledge that can be learned on the internet. Plus the one obvious misnomer: noone is a chef just because they go to culinary school. A chef is just the boss in the kitchen and any chef worth his weight will admit that 99.9% of everything valuable learned is through working, not in school.
@CulinaryImageseason
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed education simply found a new way to rip more people off by popping up with these overrated expensive culinary schools.
@godaistudios
4 жыл бұрын
@@CulinaryImageseason I went through a community college culinary school - still accredited with the ACF. It is true that some culinary schools are ridiculously expensive, but the education doesn't have to be.
@ah_libra
3 жыл бұрын
@Eric I love this comment!
@lifeisarockbut
3 жыл бұрын
And another sad fact is just because someone went to culinary school does not mean they can cook. I've worked with culinary graduates that had the knowledge in their heads, but could not cook to save their souls.
@shibumijones
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
You learn the basics, how to work the equipment and safety. After your 2 years it gets cooler but all the great chefs did their own thing. Thats why they are great.
This a great video, I have always chopped the my ingredients small when it comes to onions, bell peppers when sauteing. I like to cook and have my church family over. I have picked up great cooking tips.
Love how they feature Gordon Ramsay throughout this video! He is an awesome chef!
@seiikei
2 жыл бұрын
WHERES THE LAMB SAUCE
Never throw out the onion skins and trimmings, garlic skins, meat scraps, carrot tops, celery ends and so forth... it’s all great for making stock. Even roast chicken bones ( as long as they haven’t been chewed on first make great broth. Also keep your fat offcuts and render them, except possibly lamb because it’s very strong. We keep jars of dripping, fat from roasts and braises, use them for the next roast... I grew up eating dripping on toast as a late evening snack. Spread like butter and and sprinkled with a little salt... heavenly. Fat is not bad for you... trans-fat that has been processed is. We need to educate that fat is flavour and better than carbohydrates. Any processed food has something inherently bad in it for you................
KZread is the best culinary school and it's for free
@kombijr
3 жыл бұрын
agree
Attended CIA Hyde Park late 70s - 1st thing hammered into our heads/ego; no one graduates a 'chef'. Skills & techniques learned were to be considered as the launching point, not the culmination. Where, and how a student took culinary arts forward was up to the individual, not the attainment of the degree. Many aspects play into subsequent fame of the few that achieve industry recognition and international acclaim, not the least of which is true study and mastery re fundamentals and ability to transfer same in changing tastes & customer preferences.
@jeremiah8080
4 жыл бұрын
I'm going there later this year! Well hopefully anyway, they don't know what's going to happen due to covid but I'm still so excited
@thymeofourlives1477
3 жыл бұрын
@@jeremiah8080 I am at the CIA currently. When do you move onto campus? Those of us that are making up courses from spring semester start-up classes on Monday.
@jeremiah8080
3 жыл бұрын
@@thymeofourlives1477 I move in in September
I find many culinary school grads want to be the chef right away .
@cookncrook6902
4 жыл бұрын
They think they are even though they are starting at the bottom lol
@geminiblue43
3 жыл бұрын
True. Too many people think going to culinary school will allow them to skip steps instead of working their way up. WRONG!!
I really appreciate this its very informative also I've learned all of these, basic " need to knows" in the field and not in culinary school
@irishdivajeffries6668
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I’ve learned them on PBS, Food Network and KZread. Jaques Pepin and Julia Child are my heroes!
I cook at home and ever since I’ve learned to follow recipes then food has tasted better
What you hear in the video it’s real we as a chef learn everything in step by step and it’s real
As a culinary school graduate I can say I can never cook the same after learning these things and it’s actually annoying when I’m home cooking
@elijahrelucio3427
3 жыл бұрын
Wait wdym by that?
I wish folks would understand there is a difference between cooking delicious food and being a chef.
@carlosv5859
3 жыл бұрын
I’m not a chef but im a line cook and it is way different than what I thought cooking comes down to knife skills,knowing what food combinations are the best and so much more along with working hard hours probably 15 hours a day without sitting unlike a cooking food at home
I love your Channel!
A very well explained video ,thank you
Would also add - personal motivation for attending culinary school is important. Having attended, with (@ that time) somewhat broad range of mostly young students, the few that chose a very rigorous curriculum simply for a degree acronym appended to their CV were not well received by either fellow students nor chef instructors (Joanna, am referencing you - 40yrs on, still remember your blatant disrespect to fellow students when mashing out your cigarettes on the meals prepared for you). The culinary arts are driven by passion for the sake of itself, not expectations of immediate notoriety & gain. Perhaps an altruistic view, but 40yrs in the industry has done little to disabuse the belief that those genuinely committed will always be able to hold high their talent - blood, sweat and tears are part of the journey.
@ah_libra
3 жыл бұрын
Lisa this is an incredible comment; being a great cook for the sake of passion!
I'm definitely still learning!!!! Learning the difference between, Searing, Sauteed, Smoking, Carmelized, Deep Fried, Steaming, when to cook at Low temperature or Hot temperature? What Spices go with what Meats? I'm all ears..
Great work mate
Will try this.
How Much Beautiful Food, I Was Hungry 😋, Top Tips
Great
Worked in a kitchen cooking for 2 years, it’s a nice trade to learn and comes in handy but it’s not worth it as a career. Too much stress and the schedule fluctuates, you won’t have a happy life after a while
@chrisrose4769
4 жыл бұрын
What do you do now .?
@chrisrose4769
4 жыл бұрын
The stress goes away I'm completely numb to it now do your part and make sure your crew do there part too and service will be come easier and easier
@kunu98
4 жыл бұрын
life of chris tried that but management wasn’t the best, and still after a while it took a toll
@kunu98
4 жыл бұрын
life of chris going for cdl to drive trucks,
@chiyerano
4 жыл бұрын
I can believe that but I guess I say that just based on what I've observed of many who work in food service.
After watching this I no longer cook but create an atmosphere of elevating the taste buds.
Well, idk about culinary school, but these sermed pretty accurate after 4 years working in a restaurant and working for some decent chefs...
@rohitsharma-iq8yq
4 жыл бұрын
Check @chefrohit.30 at instagram
Ya true but so much more love to say ...❤️
Very informative
Mashed : *talks about the danger zone* Kenny Loggins : Did somebody say... Danger Zone?
Rodney Dangerfield🎯😊✌"Nailed it"
I’ve been on the culinary grind for 5 years now ever since my freshmen year of high school.
I plan to make BBQ for the fourth of July. it's February I made my sauce over the weekend so it'll be way better by then.
Grated ginger can brighten up a dish as well, something that's pretty common in Japanese cuisine, but plenty applicable elsewhere. Use a small amount to taste as a little goes a long way-- stop short of being able to identify it individually in a dish.
@thedjabzz2774
2 жыл бұрын
i know someone who watched food wars
@slofty
2 жыл бұрын
@@thedjabzz2774 ?????
@shawnbennett3902
2 жыл бұрын
Brooo what the hell is jabzz talking about 😂
@slofty
2 жыл бұрын
@@shawnbennett3902 Apparently I watch the same TV as him or something... I dunno.
Nice 👍
Nothing but the best for the relatives
im a culinary student. some are spot on some a little of
i love your video
A real chef knows where the lamb sauce is
Tnx for the secret
The first thing u do in culinary school is theory.. first aid is usually the first module but it can be healthy and safety or firefighting as the first module.. pracs start after safety modules are covered
Maybe one day!
Im from serbia and i planing on going to culinary high school
your vlog I’d excellent.
Wow
Air fryers are excellent at reheating fried foods and getting them just as crispy as it was when it was served right in front of you
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am i just tripping? but ive had wine based sauces all my life, even as a child, and its not ever gotten me near buzzed
@shibumijones
3 жыл бұрын
You’re not tripping.. doesn’t get you buzzed
@AltCTRLF8
3 жыл бұрын
because there’s really not enough alcohol there to get anyone drunk.
@eveliinaaurora7168
2 жыл бұрын
The alcohol cooks off in sauces
Ethyl alcohol’s boiling point is 173 f. There is no alcohol left after cooking. Even a simmer is 185 f.
I have decided I'm gonna be a cook😁
So we're just ignoring the chick at the end deep frying fish bones...? 😂
Did I miss the part about the Knorr stock cubes?
Very first thing you learn is sanitation. Knife skills come later.
02:08 I wish my cooking school did it that way.
I still struggle with my knife skills. I know how to start each cut but im very amateur when it comes to knife cuts and im a 5 months culinary student
@shibumijones
3 жыл бұрын
Repetition and also having your mise en place ready for service everyday.. knife skills get good quick because they have to be 🤪
Butter , onion and garlic is really OP , it carry’s everything
I'm 15 I plan on being a chef but after reading these comments I'm not so sure. What are some jobs that have to do with cooking but not I'm a line or a resturant?
what is good to follow, western/french cuisine or western/Italian cuisine
It's all fun and games until you were assigned to clean the grease trap... after 7 hours of cooking class. Much fun
@jasonbell6670
3 жыл бұрын
yea it sucks but yea gotta do.
@arkadiuszacap7670
3 жыл бұрын
@@jasonbell6670 totally agree. It's part of the learning process/experience, only the first time that suprised me how "beautiful and harmony" it can be the mixture of it haha 😂
@jasonbell6670
3 жыл бұрын
@@arkadiuszacap7670 haha yea thats true
@emiliob8538
3 жыл бұрын
when you work in kitchen you have to clean it everyday, in the morning and at the end, not just that but the entire kitchen as well :c
@arkadiuszacap7670
3 жыл бұрын
@@emiliob8538 i know right? Closing is next level tiring because you already tired and have to do all those cleaning afterward. Honestly i kinda dont like the one off-day in a week in a 24/7 F&B settings, it's not enough to rest and do stuff. Btw I hope you're okay buddy, keep on fighting yeah you can do it 😊
There are some clips from a movie .. anyone know the name of that movie??
I learned not to leave a plate in the salamander .plate sometime go boom and shoot pieces of plate everywhere . Also don't try to put a bag of whip cream in the vaccum chamber to seal it .
Sugar to balance salt: too much salt add sugar! That is some shoemaker shit right there, 13 years in the kitchen never once did it and I saw it happen only once and the kid just out of culinary school looked like an idiot! Butter, cream.. maybe or just start over.
@rohitsharma-iq8yq
4 жыл бұрын
Check @chefrohit.30 at instagram
Ooooooohhh now I'll challenge saiba to a food war.
So these are secrets, eh? S'funny, I had always thought of it as . . . cooking.
@shibumijones
3 жыл бұрын
😂
I want to become a chef but idk know where to start I want to get a degree first since diploma doesn’t count as a high level education can you please suggest me what type of bachelor degree options I have which can help me later to become a chef?
What movie was that in the background
Don't forget, when in doubt... add MSG!
Your temperature danger zone is old science. It has been 41-135 for several years now.
@Orokusaki1986
3 жыл бұрын
I think it might be a thing with state laws in the U.S.
@PaulTheFranklin
3 жыл бұрын
@@Orokusaki1986 it's an FDA Food Code thing.
Culinary school is a lil bit overrated but valuable in that it offers new cooks an avenue to make mistakes so that they don’t happen in a professional kitchen.
of dried spices: "add them to the pan in the early stages of cooking - about a minute or two before de-glazing" ? wouldn't the 'early stages of cooking' be long before the de-glazing process ?
I Would Love To Be A Master Soup Chef.
@Goldhawk7
4 жыл бұрын
The Rolls Royce Trent bro, let the title come to you. Just keep cooking and making new dishes. You can do it!
I think being a professional chef would be way too stressful, but wouldn't mind going to culinary school to gain cooking skills like Gordon Ramsay.
Looks Delicious... Keep Motivating... @Beingbhantai
What is maillard reaction can you explain .. please
The easiest way to warm up a plate is to just stick it under a hot tap for a minute or so. Or if you are cooking something with boiling pot of water (pasta, blanching veggies, etc.) you can add a ladle of the water over the plate. Wipe it dry, and done.
@jasonbell6670
3 жыл бұрын
pasta water will leave behind starch on your plate.
@wezzuh2482
3 жыл бұрын
@@jasonbell6670 depends on how thorough you are with the wiping
What is the show were gordon is teaching
Exactly. I love culinary school. Its so worth it
To anyone who doesn't know how to cook yet, you have the internet and your tastebuds.
@strikerzac
4 жыл бұрын
If you don't know how to cook there is a good chance you have not really developed your palette. Therefore your tastebuds starting out are not completely reliable.
Wow! Thanks for reminding me how worthless going to culinary school is when you have passion and know how to read a comprehensive cookbook.
@backpackmatt
4 жыл бұрын
the zodiac guru equating all cookbooks as the same is disingenuous. Learning to read, write and understand when a recipe is right and wrong is crucial to forming the fundamentals of a good cook.
Mashed always provides a luxery of false culinary information that culinary students will not co sign. Signed: Culinary student
What movie was at 2:28
@egementrkgl
3 жыл бұрын
BURNT by John Wells
if its too salty put white bread in it -& you dont know this
Skip culinary school! Just listen to Mashed! I learned a couple things, thank you.
I did and regret doing it. All that money went to waste cause i learned more hands-on by working in a resturant .
@nickf8028
3 жыл бұрын
If you ever want to open a business of your own or even for something like a mortgage application, having a degree in the field you work in is extremely beneficial. Especially with the inherent high turn over rate in the industry, the more you advance in your career the more it will be of use. If you just want to be a line cook or a sous in a moderately successful restaurant than yes it's pretty useless, but you'll also probably never earn enough in those positions to own a home or business of your own.
@CulinaryImageseason
3 жыл бұрын
@@nickf8028 indeed which is why I went back to Uni and got my bachelor degree in Business.
Reduce salt by throwing in a raw potato. Remove potato after simmering a while.
Jammy is good Cook
Knife skills is what I hated most about culinary school 😅
What will you do!!! Is dat the custumers want! Udjust wat we like! Costumer is always ryt!
I want learn so
Do v have any culinary skl in chennai..... If s please let me know
@keertanamurali1042
4 жыл бұрын
Maam I preety sure there is alot of culinary schools just search in google and there u can find
Cooking is like being a musician.... and there are no "best music secrets".... you are a musician OR NOT.... it happens, it is not your mistake.... and IF you are a musician, you have to practice your whole life..... there is no "easy way".... so enjoy perfect music and perfect food ("perfect "is absolutely all about YOU)
Why do you need secrets? What's wrong with sharing honest knowledge and understanding? Would suffice.
Indonesia greets, our channel is culinary Indonesian specialties
Why would anyone go to culinary school and go thousands of dollars into debt for a job that starts you as a line chef for about 28,000 USD GROSS per year? Take a look at the tuition these schools charge and ask yourself if you want to be in that amount of debt? Ask yourself how do you live on the little money left over each month. Look at at what CIA, Cordon Le Blue and others charge. Shocking.
@harveymabalon8005
4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha all i can.say its not about the.cutting ingrednts its about the taste hahaha
I am in a culinary school
@keertanamurali1042
4 жыл бұрын
Is it nice because I'm planning to go
Is that Bradley Cooper in the beginning ???
good knife skills are not for 'cooking food evenly' they are for uniformity in your dish. wanna know how to not burn your small chunks of garlic with your larger chunks of potatoes? you wait to put the garlic in until your potatoes are almost done >4head