Research shows that people who often cook dinner at home consume fewer calories than those who are less at home. We're more likely to cook less with age. Why do you cook when you can put something in the microwave, pour something ready to eat into a bowl or choose a quick marker to go? But this rapid trend has led many men to accept diets that put them at risk of weight gain, heart disease, diabetes.
Psychology and cooking:-
Cooking is as effective as a therapy because it encourages creativity.
Another study revealed that the little creativity and creation in the kitchen can make people happier (can be used as the mood therapy)
And give them the feeling of more relaxed and happier in their everyday life.
Cooking also makes people feel good about themselves because its a way for them to take care of others or nurture others.
For most dishes, there is also a sense of immediate gratification.
But cooking is easier than people think. It can drastically improve your health and is more fun and cheaper than eating out. And no matter your ability, anyone can learn to do it."
Cooking affects our mental health!
Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that has er to ring everyone together. No matter what the culture, everywhere around the world people get together.
-Guy Fieri
We all wish we could cook healthy food and with these uncertain times, many are even learning these arts these days.
The Chef-
A chef is the one who is typically the chief cook in the hotel or the restaurant, in other words, the chef is a professional cook who does experiments with different ingredients and flavours.
Some of the Soft skills you need to become a chef:-
- Creativity: You need creativity and open-mindedness to try out new recipes, come up with unique flavours and improve existing dishes. It doesn’t help your career if you are offering nothing new to your clients except replicating existing recipes. Creativity extends to menu making, preparation, and food presentation at the table. You want your food to appeal to as much of your clients’ senses as possible, not just the taste buds.
- Attention to detail: It’s all about accuracy in the kitchen; be it in measuring ingredients and timing cooking time or monitoring temperatures and managing food portions. Your accuracy should be impeccable as one little mistake can render a whole meal inedible and hurt your job. Your keen eye also comes in handy in ensuring that meals meet all the standards before it is presented to customers.
- Organization Skills: Chefs have a myriad of duties and are required to multitask. This requires the ability to plan tasks well. Good organization skills ensure everything runs smoothly and minimizes chaos in the kitchen.
Some of the hard skills needed:-
- Food preparation skills: It goes without saying that as a chef, your cooking skills should be top-notch. You should be able to follow recipes and efficiently prepare a variety of dishes. Other skills like tasting as well as the ability to identify flavours and balance seasoning are also important. You should also be well-versed with basic food preparation techniques like baking, poaching, sautéing and grilling just to name a few.
- Business skills: As a chef, your duties also probably include making sure the restaurant is profitable. This requires you to have business sense including knowledge of accounting, budgeting, and inventory control. Business management skills help you in running the restaurant economically. They also come in handy if you want to go the entrepreneurship route and take care of all financial information yourself.
- Kitchen skills: With the kitchen as your forte, you need to keep it in order and running smoothly all the time. You require kitchen skills like sanitation and hygiene in addition to culinary expertise. You should also know a thing or two about first aid in case of burns or cuts that may occur in the kitchen. The ability to plan menus and manage kitchen staffing also go a long way in keeping you at the top of your game.
Formal education:-
Formal education, particularly a culinary arts degree program, should equip you with the necessary skills to help you scale the heights of your career. You should obtain these skills through courses covering the basics, more advanced culinary arts, and the business aspect of an eatery.
Externships should give you practical skills and hands-on experience in the kitchen. A degree, therefore, helps shape you into a competent and holistic individual ready for any kitchen: whether an independent restaurant or a franchise.
Reason behind celebrating International chef day.
International chef day is celebrated on the 20 October every year since 2004.
Themes for the International chef day included-
- 2020-Healthy food for the future
- 2019-How healthy food works
- 2018-Healthy food for growing up
- 2017-Foods for healthy heroes
- 2016-Art on a plate
History and significance of chef day-
In 2004, Chef Dr Bill Gallagher who was the president of the world association of the chef's societies(world chef) created the International Chef Day. Since that time world chef has used the International chef's day to celebrate the nobility of this cooking profession together.
The day mainly focuses on educating kids around the world about eating healthy.
It's also a day for the chefs to pass on their knowledge and skills to the next generation of chefs.
It could be the one of the best desicion of your life to be a chef.
But ,You don't need to be a celebrity chef to transform your usual cooking skills. "Instead of learning individual recipes, you need to learn techniques. "This way, you can master a few basic staples and have the recipe for making all kinds of meals."
What's better than learning from the best?
You can also learn the recipe by downloading the ebook given below -
101 instant pot recipe for complete beginners-
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