The Chef’s Academy Announces Fall Kitchen Skills Series
Local Culinary Institute Offers Cooking Classes to the Community
Raleigh, NC, October 24, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The Chef’s Academy, the Culinary Division of Harrison College, a 110-year-old, private sector college serving more than 4,000 students worldwide, has announced that it will offer a fall Kitchen Skills Series designed specifically for beginner home cooks. This three-part series will be held Tuesday, Oct. 29, Tuesday, Nov. 5 and Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Chef’s Academy in Morrisville, located at 2001 Carrington Mill Blvd.
The skills series may be purchased for $300 and includes the class package as well as a complimentary custom apron, knife kit, recipe guide, one copy of Flavors of the Triangle: An International Festival of Raleigh Cookbook, and a ticket to the 2013 International Festival of Raleigh. The class schedule is as follows:
Kitchen 101, Introduction to Kitchen Basics, Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The first class of the series is designed to teach basic skills to master the kitchen. During this session, participants will learn the importance of knife skills and care; food sanitation and storage; and starch and vegetable preparation. The chef instructor will present these topics while demonstrating culinary techniques that help develop kitchen skills at home.
Kitchen 102, Cooking Methods, Nov. 5, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
In this hands-on course, participants will be exposed to five cooking methods that chefs have used for the past century. This class will build upon the Kitchen 101 course and focus on preparing meals using various cooking techniques such as roasting, braising, sautéing and pan frying, steaming, poaching and grilling. Participants will learn how to prepare dishes utilizing these fundamental techniques and discuss ways to use one ingredient in multiple recipes.
Kitchen 103, Grand Finale, Nov. 12, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
In the final class of the series, participants will discuss how to build a successful pantry, make substitutions in recipes, and understand nutrition in a meal. They will then apply the skills learned from the previous two courses to prepare a meal to be shared with the class.
For more information or to register for this series, visit https://thechefsacademy.eventbrite.com/.
Quotes:
"This three-part series is a great opportunity for beginner home cooks as well as experienced cooks,” said Chef Jeffrey Bane, North Carolina campus president and national dean for The Chef’s Academy. “These classes teach the basics of cooking and highlight the necessary steps to cooking well-rounded meals. We are excited to see how these events will give members of the community an inside look at The Chef’s Academy.”
New Media Content:
The N.C. Chef’s Academy Twitter:
https://twitter.com/NCChefsAcademy
The N.C. Chef’s Academy Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TheChefsAcademy.NC
The Chef’s Academy Blog:
http://thechefsacademy.blogspot.com/
The Chef’s Academy YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/thechefsacademy
The Chef's Academy Pinterest:
http://pinterest.com/thechefsacademy/
About The Chef’s Academy:
The Chef’s Academy is the Culinary Division of Harrison College, a career-focused institution of higher education serving more than 4,000 students worldwide. Headquartered in Indianapolis, The Chef’s Academy opened a second academy on a 4.37-acre campus in North Carolina’s Triangle in August 2011. At The Chef’s Academy, students become prepared and marketable graduates entering the fields of culinary arts, pastry arts, and hospitality and restaurant management through classroom and experiential instruction that sets up expectations for the real-life industry. The college’s culinary division provides an environment that fosters students’ passion for culinary arts and hospitality and a curriculum developed by the most qualified instructors and leaders in the market. The Chef’s Academy is endorsed and accredited by the American Culinary Federation (ACF). For more information about The Chef’s Academy, visit http://www.thechefsacademy.com.
The skills series may be purchased for $300 and includes the class package as well as a complimentary custom apron, knife kit, recipe guide, one copy of Flavors of the Triangle: An International Festival of Raleigh Cookbook, and a ticket to the 2013 International Festival of Raleigh. The class schedule is as follows:
Kitchen 101, Introduction to Kitchen Basics, Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The first class of the series is designed to teach basic skills to master the kitchen. During this session, participants will learn the importance of knife skills and care; food sanitation and storage; and starch and vegetable preparation. The chef instructor will present these topics while demonstrating culinary techniques that help develop kitchen skills at home.
Kitchen 102, Cooking Methods, Nov. 5, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
In this hands-on course, participants will be exposed to five cooking methods that chefs have used for the past century. This class will build upon the Kitchen 101 course and focus on preparing meals using various cooking techniques such as roasting, braising, sautéing and pan frying, steaming, poaching and grilling. Participants will learn how to prepare dishes utilizing these fundamental techniques and discuss ways to use one ingredient in multiple recipes.
Kitchen 103, Grand Finale, Nov. 12, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
In the final class of the series, participants will discuss how to build a successful pantry, make substitutions in recipes, and understand nutrition in a meal. They will then apply the skills learned from the previous two courses to prepare a meal to be shared with the class.
For more information or to register for this series, visit https://thechefsacademy.eventbrite.com/.
Quotes:
"This three-part series is a great opportunity for beginner home cooks as well as experienced cooks,” said Chef Jeffrey Bane, North Carolina campus president and national dean for The Chef’s Academy. “These classes teach the basics of cooking and highlight the necessary steps to cooking well-rounded meals. We are excited to see how these events will give members of the community an inside look at The Chef’s Academy.”
New Media Content:
The N.C. Chef’s Academy Twitter:
https://twitter.com/NCChefsAcademy
The N.C. Chef’s Academy Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TheChefsAcademy.NC
The Chef’s Academy Blog:
http://thechefsacademy.blogspot.com/
The Chef’s Academy YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/thechefsacademy
The Chef's Academy Pinterest:
http://pinterest.com/thechefsacademy/
About The Chef’s Academy:
The Chef’s Academy is the Culinary Division of Harrison College, a career-focused institution of higher education serving more than 4,000 students worldwide. Headquartered in Indianapolis, The Chef’s Academy opened a second academy on a 4.37-acre campus in North Carolina’s Triangle in August 2011. At The Chef’s Academy, students become prepared and marketable graduates entering the fields of culinary arts, pastry arts, and hospitality and restaurant management through classroom and experiential instruction that sets up expectations for the real-life industry. The college’s culinary division provides an environment that fosters students’ passion for culinary arts and hospitality and a curriculum developed by the most qualified instructors and leaders in the market. The Chef’s Academy is endorsed and accredited by the American Culinary Federation (ACF). For more information about The Chef’s Academy, visit http://www.thechefsacademy.com.
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