Cooking skills and techniques

Explore cooking techniques and level up on your kitchen skills.

Pasta Done Properly

Make pasta from scratch with true Italian techniques in these online culinary courses! Learn about Italian cooking & how to mak...
Operational Efficiency

Improving your restaurant's operational efficiency ensures your kitchen's gross profit is as high as possible. These videos hig...

Mise En Place

Mise En Place translates to “set in place”. Having equipment and ingredients ready to go makes for greater efficiency. We will ...
Cost Management: Purchasing & Stock Control

Proper food stock management (ordering minimum stock, checking deliveries, rotating stock), are important areas for minimizing ...
Food Costing & Maximising Profits

Food costs vary for a variety of reasons. Knowing how to purchase and use ingredients in a smart way can lead to better profit ...

Classic Stocks

The right stock can fill your dish or sauce with wonderful flavours and enticing aromas. Chef Vusi tells you how to make some o...

Steak: Butchering, Ageing, and Cooking
Kitchen and cooking skills
Sous Vide
Kitchen and cooking skills
The Art of Plating
Kitchen and cooking skills

Learn the art behind plating your dish from Chef Coetzee FREE training for Chefs. Get access to plating techniques and tips from a real pro!
Food Safety
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Safety and Hygiene How-to’s
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Waste Management
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Professional Development
Kitchen and cooking skills

Want to know how to kick-start your kitchen career? Follow this inspiring, practical advice from several successful chefs.
Selecting equipment & safe use
Kitchen and cooking skills

Working in a kitchen, you will be required to use different kinds of equipment, ranging from knives all the way up to large pieces of machinery. Being able to identify what you need, and how to use it will help each day run more smoothly. Take this course to learn more.
Moist Heat Techniques
Kitchen and cooking skills

Simple techniques to perfect your liquid-based cooking. Discover how just water and steam can help you create amazing dishes for your diners.
Dry Heat Techniques
Kitchen and cooking skills

From frying to searing, sweating and baking, dry heat techniques are important skills that most young chefs will use time and again during their careers. Chef Vusi gives you the lowdown.
Pasta Done Properly
Kitchen and cooking skills

Make pasta from scratch with true Italian techniques in these online culinary courses! Learn about Italian cooking & how to make the perfect Tagliatelle - Italian style!