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Kitchen Equipment! This section is for you whether you are starting a professional training or just upgrading your home kitchen with some serious efficient cookery stuff!

Having the right equipment is essential to creating high-quality dishes and enjoy cooking while not wasting time. People like to talk about the essential pantry but I think this subject is as important.

Here THE recommendations and guide. It is for either you in your culinary journey or as part of your Professional CAP or Cert III Commercial Cookery or equivalent certification journey.

So you will need to have access to a range of tools and utensils to prepare a wide variety of ingredients and cooking methods.

Essentials

What are the professional recommendations and kit for professional cooks:

Recommendations for aspiring chefs Ultimate Kit

Advanced

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Become a French Certified Cook CAP Cuisine - Overseas guide

If you aspire to become a chef in France, the main training/certification to obtain is the CAP Cuisine The Certificat d'Aptitude Professionnelle (CAP) Cuisine is a vocational education and training (VET) qualification that provides comprehensive training in the fundamentals of culinary arts. It is also well recognized overseas because of the French fondations of fine dining cuisine. It covers essential skills such as food preparation, cooking techniques, kitchen organization, hygiene and safety, and menu planning. It is actually very similar to the Commercial Cookery Cert III as there are based on the same Escoffier (French Chef who laid the fondation of the gastronomic cuisine) and French influence fondations. While it is absolutely possible to become a self-taught chef through experience, following the CAP Cuisine program in a reputable vocational school can provide benefits such as a better salary, networking opportunities, employment recognition, and foundational skills. Wit...

Hazelnut and Pistachio perfection: Learn the secret techniques of nut paste and praline

For connoisseurs of fine desserts, paste and praline are two essential ingredients for creating decadent and indulgent treats. Spread on toast or used as a base for next-level ganache or fillings, these preparations should be a delicately added basic in your pantry to take your recipes to the next level. View this post on Instagram A post shared by CKA (@ckitchenatelier) While the terms Praline and paste may seem interchangeable , there are significant differences between them: Paste is a smooth mixture made by grinding nuts or seeds into a thick, creamy consistency. This versatile ingredient can be used as a base for pastries, cakes, ice creams, or as a filling adding a subtle or robust flavor to your creation...

Becoming a Chef in Australia: Cert III and Cert IV in Commercial Cookery

If you aspire to become a chef in Australia, the main training to follow is Cert III, or more recently Cert IV in Commercial Cookery. While it is absolutely possible to be a self-taught chef through experience, following this certification in a reputable school can provide benefits such as a better salary, networking opportunities, employment recognition, and foundational skills in the food and hospitality industry. There are various options available to follow this certification for culinary arts, as it is based on unit validations by a certified organization. Unlike in France for the CAP cuisine (the equivalent certification), for example, where you train separately from the formal practical and theoretical assessment, which happens sometimes in May/June (it is free but you need to register via a school or as a candidate libre). You can find more information here (coming soon). Photo by Siora Photography on Unsplash What is it? First it is named commercial cooker...

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