Curated by Skillshare
4 Classes (2 hours 3 minutes)
- Materials
Required supplies are listed above each class.
- Final Product
2 finished dishes of your own design
- Level
Intermediate
Knife Skills: A Mini Class to Chop Like a Chef
First up, jump into a quick review of basic knife skills to get you warmed up and working efficiently in your kitchen. You'll learn 4 essential cuts (slice, dice, mince, and julienne) and gain fundamental skills for the kitchen — making prep faster, smoother, and more enjoyable. Supplies: your home knife set, properly sharpened.
Kitchen Confidence: Practical Tips for Cooking with Intuition
Next, learn to assemble a dish with confidence and intiuition. You'll practice by following a basic "outline" of a recipe for a filling rice dish, while improvising and customizing based on your tastes and available ingredients. Supplies: salt and pepper, cooking oil, 7-8 of your favorite spices or condiments, a grain or pasta of your choice, digital thermometer, oven thermometer, food scale. (More detail in class PDF guide)
Inspired Cooking: Creating Dishes from Art
It's time to get inspired! Follow along as a professional chef concocts a dish inspired by the paintings of Monet, using the colors and textures to inform ingredient selection, preparation technique, and final presentation. You will then create a dish of your own that evokes the essence of a favorite painting.
How To Plate Like a Chef | Beautiful Food
Finally, now that you've learned to create your own dishes through creative inspiration and improvisation, learn how to plate your meals in a way that will please both the eye and the palette. Supplies: 2 spoons, chef's tweezers, small offset spatula, pastry brush, clean squeeze bottles, circle or square cookie cutters, culinary siphon.
Congratulations! You’re All Done.
You did it! You’ve completed the full Learning Path. We can’t wait to see where these skills take you next.