Home Chef Fast-Track: 10+ Core Cooking Skills & 3 Recipes

Organizing your workstation is one of the best things you can do before preparing food.

Confusion creates stress resulting in bad cooking experiences even if we're just doing something as simple as cutting up vegetables or washing dishes!

So in this lesson, you'll learn how to organize your workstation and then customise it in the way that works best with YOU!

The most important things in any kitchen are the cooking tools. Without them, you won't be able to do much, but don’t worry because in this lesson we're going over some great one’s.

Choosing the right knife is important.

Although it may not seem like a big deal at first, you'll find yourself grateful for having good knives once your cooking skills improve, and start taking on more complicated dishes that require different shapes of blades to cut up ingredients efficiently!

In this lesson, we will go through 3 most important knives and how to handle them.

Just like in your closet, you have a range of clothes for every occasion and outfit, so too, does the kitchen require various products to create recipes.

Just as when deciding what clothing will best suit your needs based on where you are going or who you’re with, it's important that before cooking any dish you know the needs of your guests and the type of event you will be preparing the food for.

It becomes crucial to have a base of products that you know perfectly, and on this basis create the foundations for your recipes.

With these basics at hand, it's easy to make lunches or dinners ready quickly or to prepare real tasting menus for your guests.

But in this lesson we will see which ingredients you should always have in your pantry.

In this lesson we will explore the world of herbs.

I'll show you some commonly used ones, then it's on to how they can be combined with your dishes for maximum flavour!

The first step in creating your very own style of cooking is knowing the flavors and spices that go into it.

The spice rack is the best way to make a dish your own.

Not only do spices give off their own unique flavor, but they can also enhance other ingredients and bring out hidden tastes in foods.

In this video you will explore how to take your cooking skills up a notch by incorporating spices into everyday dishes.

Starting a recipe involves some choices.

One of them is surely to choose the fat or fats that we will use in our preparation, but there are two main types of fats: animal ones and vegetable ones!

In this lesson, we will explore the difference between these various kinds and their uses.

In this lesson, we will explore the different shapes of vegetables and how they affect cooking.

You may have heard that cutting your veggies into perfect round or square pieces improves their flavour.

Well, it's not just about looking pretty on a plate; there are many factors involved in getting these flavours perfectly cooked with crisp edges and soft centres!

In this lesson, we'll be sharing essential techniques and tips to help beginner cooks prepare delicious meals with confidence. It's very important not to make a mess when it comes to recipes, so knowing which technique is best for your dish can save you from making mistakes!

In the kitchen, you learn many new techniques and with every technological advance, there's something to keep upon.

Some secrets of a true chef though, can never go out of style: always season your ingredients or preparation before cooking them

In this video, we will be discussing how to determine the appropriate serving size for different types of dishes, so you can serve up the perfect portions and avoid food waste.

In this video, you will be learning about the freezing and thawing of foods, a very important topic for home cooking, fundamental for a better management of your weekly diet.

Understanding how frozen food works, will help you make better decisions when shopping for groceries and prepare more delicious dishes at home!

In this quick lesson, you will learn the best technique to flip a pan like a professional chef.

The second last topic of this course talks about eggs.

The egg is an ingredient that can be found in most dishes, and combined with many other ingredients.

In this lesson, however, I will talk about the egg itself, its properties and characteristics, and finally we will cook eggs in 3 different ways: fried, poached and frittata.

Before you dive into cooking, it's important that your kitchen setup is in order.

In the last lessons, we talked about how preparing a dish means more than just getting all of our ingredients together—it also includes learning basic cookery techniques like knowing how to fry an egg or how to use a knife!

The best way to learn these things isn't from books but by practice, so today you will see some recipes of amazing cold dishes that won’t require much cooking, but some little tricks and tips that you will see now. The first one is the Russian salad.

The last recipe I will show you in this lesson is a refreshing and flavorful recipe that is perfect for warmer weather or when you're craving a lighter meal: he classic bruschetta.