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...
Aug 20, 2020 | Food Service
Cooking, like art, requires finesse. Certain dishes require special techniques to attain the best flavour it can have, and much of this is achieved with the proper control of heat. There is a dance at play when cooking. Professional Chefs know the importance of heat...
Aug 4, 2020 | Food Service
Knife skills are one of the essential parts of the culinary arts. In culinary school, holding a kitchen knife is taught very early in the course. A Chef’s excellent knife skills can aid in improving the quality of the food. It helps by ensuring that cooking...
Jul 28, 2020 | Food Service
Restaurant fires happen more often than people realise. And very quickly too. An open flame or a tiny spark from an electrical source can kick off a racing fire in just a matter of minutes. Ensure that your facility is capable of protecting your patrons by having...
Jul 21, 2020 | Food Service
Are you thinking of revising your menu? Many Chefs and restaurateurs now are either tweaking or doing overhauls of their menus to retain the patronage of their loyal customers as they adapt to the “new normal” of the industry pique the interest of people who are...
Jul 14, 2020 | Food Service
Restaurants are feeling the need to reinvent and expand their services. One way to achieve this is by offering restaurant meal kits. A meal kit service may offer fresh ingredients or almost ready meals in fresh or frozen forms – all prepared, packaged and...
Jul 8, 2020 | Food Service
Covid-19 doesn’t discriminate. Yet, we know at this time that there are people who are at a higher risk of serious symptoms more than others. And it is important that you take care of your team, the way you care for your dining guests. How do you determine and manage...
Jul 1, 2020 | Food Service
The public health crisis that is Covid-19 has destabilised how we all used to live. Many things are still unfolding, and as the restaurant community continues to grapple with the current pandemic, the need to communicate clearly with our customers is critical. Much of...
Jun 23, 2020 | Food Service
In light of Covid-19, do your Chefs, cooks and kitchen staff need to use face masks and gloves in your restaurant kitchens? Even before the pandemic started, predetermined food handling guidelines were already in place for food businesses. All Chefs and food...
Jun 16, 2020 | Food Service
The decision for many food industry business owners to resume operation is often a choice between health and livelihood. And the choice to patronise these businesses is left on the customers’ shoulders. In some parts of Australia, the restrictions on pubs and...
