Thursday, April 8, 2010

a chef's image

Well we probably have all seen a chefs hat and that is a must have to show that you are a chef and for sanitation reasons as well. Chefs also wear a chef's coat to prevent things from splashing on them and the chefs coats are usually white and they usually wear black pants with them along with black shoes the shoes must be closed toed for safety reasons. Chefs must respect the customers and treat them well or else you will lose business. Chefs should be kind when off the job and still treat people with respect.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Chef - tools of the trade

Well I will start off by saying that chef's use alot of different tools to get things done. They use many different knive's in doing their job I mean who has heard of a good chef without a decent set of knive's. Now we get to pot's and pan's and everything in between Chef use many different sizes of pots and pans to get all their jobs done. There is many different way to cook food and that means there are also many different pieces of equipment from oven to deep fryers there are so many pieces of equipment chefs use that its just too much to say in a single blog.

How to become a professional chef

To become a professional chef having experience is a MUST! and by experience i mean working as cook and any other jobs in a restaurant. Schooling is also very important knowing how to take care of a buisness and knowing the history of foods is important. Economics and math are very important because if your gonna calculate food cost's you will need math. Chefs need a very comprehensive education to be successful. Being a chef means you have worked your way up in the food business and have experience.