Culinary Techniques April 10, 2010

Not everyone who loves cooking great food wants to do it for a living. If you're a serious amateur, Culinary Techniques will give you the skills and confidence to whip up truly outstanding meals at home.
In Culinary Techniques, you'll become firmly grounded in the fundamentals of cooking. You'll spend 110 hours in classes that are fast paced, hands-on, and taught by passionate and accomplished culinary professionals. Kitchen terminology will become your second language, precision knife work your trusted new skill. This program incorporates many of the 250 essential skills introduced in the professional Classic Culinary Arts Course, including preparing stocks and sauces, executing classic recipes, and proper food preservation.

Learn from the same Chef-instructors who teach our career students
In Culinary Techniques, you'll be taught by the same distinguished Chef-Instructors who teach our career students while also working at the very same workstations and in the same kitchens. By the end of the course, you'll be able to create sophisticated multi-course menus, recognize and evaluate classic food pairings, correctly assess seasonings and flavors, and more.

curriculum

Culinary Techniques will teach you:

* An understanding of basic knife skills
* Preparation of stocks and sauces
* Correct execution of building block recipes that every chef knows
* Food preservation
* Principles of kitchen order and sanitation

A Unique Opportunity for Culinary Techniques Graduates
The French Culinary Institute would like to extend an opportunity for graduates of Culinary Techniques to receive Advanced Standing in the Classic Culinary Arts career program, subject to space availability in the day or evening schedule. With Advanced Standing, students bypass the first level of the career program, Introduction to Basic Techniques.

In addition to Advanced Standing, students who take advantage of this offer will benefit from significant tuition savings. For 2009, the total tuition of both courses would be $30,500. Click here to contact an Admission Representative and find out how to get started.

start dates + tuition

Please note: Classes are limited and tend to fill quickly. If the class you select is full, we'll enroll you in the next available class with the same schedule.

Check back frequently since we are constantly updating our course schedules. Or contact us at 888.324.2433 for additional start dates.