CAA101 Culinary Skills

This course serves as an introduction to the operations of a commercial kitchen. Topics covered are equipment identification, precision knife cuts, basic stock production and dry and moist heat cooking methods. Students will learn the basic principles of mise en place, kitchen safety and the application of sanitary food handling practices. Upon completion, students will be able to set up and break down a kitchen, perform precision knife cuts, prepare classical sauces and apply dry heat and moist heat cooking methods on a variety of foods.

Prerequisites

None