Sep 30, 2020 | Food Service
One of the skills that you need to look for when hiring Chefs is their skill in heat control – how the right level of heat is applied to achieve the desired cooking outcome. In the previous article, I wrote about the use of low heat sautéing and why Chef’s...
Sep 23, 2020 | Food Service
A Chef’s skill in controlling heat runs a spectrum, ranging from the highest heat to the lowest heat. Each cooking technique has a specific purpose of achieving the desired cooking outcome. Skilled Chefs know that for each method, you can yield a considerable...
Sep 15, 2020 | Food Service
How does a Chef create fork-tender foods rich in flavour? He does it by doing one of the most fundamental technique in cooking – simmering. Simmering is done by raising the temperature of the liquid where either meat or vegetable is cooked into, to just below...
Sep 9, 2020 | Food Service
What’s a not so secret to faster but flavourful cooking? Parboiling. It is a method of precooking food items by putting them into boiling water and cooking until they begin to soften. However, the food item is removed before they are fully cooked as intended in...