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La idea es ayudar y contribuir a la educacion de la poblacion hispana hacerca de lo facil y practico que es cosinar y comer sano, balanceado y nutritivo.. Desgraciadamente tenemos el dudoso record de tener un porcentaje muy alto de personas con sobrepeso, lo cual conlleva a niveles altos en enfermedades como diabetis,enfermedades coronarias , alto colesterol, transtornos respiratorios y todo lo que conlleva este problema...(sin nombrar problemas como auto-estima personal).
The idea is to help and contribute to the education of the Hispanic population about what is easy and practical kitchen and eating healthy, balanced and healthy .. Unfortunately we have the dubious record of having a very high percentage of overweight people, which leads to high levels in diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, respiratory disorders and all that goes with this problem ... (without naming problems like self-esteem). Start with hands on experience in the industry. Get your first job as a dishwasher, the lowest position in the kitchen. Then, prep cook. Next, appetizer/salad cook. Spend a year at each of these positions and take notes on what you are seeing in the kitchen. What you like and what you hate. Work your butt off to almost live in the kitchen and make sure your managers know your name for being a hard worker. 2
veggies Get your education. Some think this is what comes first, not in this industry. Walk in to your first day as if you don't have the experience and life will be easier. Study until you are dreaming about Escoffier and McGee. Taste everything, read everything and graduate with a degree. Pay attention in accounting and business classes. 3
chef Get a new job and continue to work on your experience. After a while you will learn that the customer is your new boss, charm him/her with the romance side of the culinary industry. Someday you can get a restaurant of your own or will meet someone that wants you to be the backbone of their restaurant. Then you will use every skill you have learned over decades every day. Experience gives you ability, knowledge helps with choosing the correct tools and ingredients, charm and presentation brings in the customers and business sense makes the restaurant last.
Cooking no doubt is a delicate combination of art and science. A well presented and well arranged food always appeals your eyes, even if it not excellent in taste. Likewise tasty food attracts your taste buds even if it isn’t appealing to eyes. Sometimes we prepare food at home that is not well presented, but very delicious; and vice versa. But a good Chef possesses both the qualities i-e presentation and taste. He at the same time, while preparing extra ordinary luscious dishes, has the art to present it in the best colorful manner which furthermore enhances the beauty of the dish. Cooking is complex matter, its not just chopping and mixing ingredients. It is all about bringing taste and uniqueness in presentation; and a good chef knows how to bring these both. Below are a few tips on how to become a good chef. To learn anything you have to have determination and have put your heart and soul into it. To become a good chef; it requires time and patience. It is not a matter of one or two days, one might take several years to become an expert. Firstly you should try to stay intact with anything that is related to kitchen or food. You may even gain experience by keenly observing your mom preparing meal in the kitchen. Secondly practice is very important factor in developing your cooking skills. The more you experiment and put in practice; the more perfect you will become. The profession of a chef apparently may seem to be very calm, but is a very physical activity in reality. A chef though standing a static place is constantly required to move his hands in kneading, chopping and stirring. A good chef is required to provide his customers a variety of dishes in time, which requires a lot of expertise. So time factor is something which is attached to every good chef, as he has to manage multi-tasks which no doubt requires experience with hands. Apart from this a good chef should have the ability to distinguish between different spices and their combinations. Which spice will go well with which spice? What color will it give to the dish? All such things should be known to the chef. Finally, being a chef is such a profession, in which, you can get on the job training as well. So it is always advisable to move on and attain the lofty stage of a good chef via the tools of practice and experience.
traducción del inglés al español Cocinar sin duda es una delicada combinación de arte y la ciencia. Un bien presentado y bien los alimentos dispuestos siempre apelaciones tus ojos, aunque no excelente sabor. Asimismo deliciosa comida atrae a su paladar, aunque no es atractivo para los ojos. A veces nos preparamos los alimentos en casa que no está bien presentado, pero muy deliciosa, y viceversa. Sin embargo, un buen chef posee tanto en la presentación es decir, cualidades y sabor. Él, al mismo tiempo, mientras se preparan exquisitos platos extra ordinaria, tiene el arte para presentarlo de la mejor manera de colores que, además, realza la belleza del plato. La cocina es asunto complejo, no es sólo cortar y mezclar los ingredientes. Es todo el gusto de traer y la singularidad en la presentación, y un buen chef sabe cómo llevar estas dos. A continuación se presentan algunos consejos acerca de cómo ser un buen chef.
Para saber todo lo que tiene que tener la determinación y han puesto su corazón y alma en ella. Para ser un buen cocinero, sino que requiere tiempo y paciencia. No es una cuestión de uno o dos días, se podría tomar varios años para convertirse en un experto. En primer lugar usted debe tratar de mantenerse intacta, con todo lo que está relacionado con la cocina o la comida. Usted puede incluso ganar experiencia profundamente la observación de su madre la preparación de comida en la
cocina. En segundo lugar la práctica es un factor muy importante en el desarrollo de sus habilidades culinarias. Cuanto más experiencia y poner en práctica, cuanto más perfecto que se convertirá.
La profesión de un chef, aparentemente puede parecer muy tranquilo, pero es una actividad muy física en la realidad. Un chef, aunque la posición de un lugar estático es constantemente requerida para mover las manos en amasar, cortar y agitación. Un buen cocinero tiene la obligación de proporcionar a sus clientes una variedad de platos en el tiempo, que requiere de mucha experiencia. Así que el factor tiempo es algo que se adjunta a cada buen cocinero, como lo ha hecho para manejar múltiples tareas que sin duda requiere de experiencia con las manos.
Aparte de esto un buen chef debe tener la capacidad de distinguir entre diferentes especias y sus combinaciones. ¿Qué sabor le vaya bien a cual de las Spice? ¿De qué color le dará al plato? Todas estas cosas deben ser conocidos por el chef. Por último, al ser un chef es una profesión, en la que, se puede obtener en la capacitación para el trabajo también. Por lo tanto, siempre es aconsejable seguir adelante y alcanzar la etapa de alta de un buen cocinero a través de las herramientas de la práctica y la experiencia.
How To Be a Chef - Introduction The culinary arts are an excellent choice for a career. It clearly helps if you have a previous interest in cooking. Most people who decide they would like to explore the great field of the culinary arts already seem to have a predisposition for it. Of course, that's not always the case. Some chefs come into the profession later on in life. Naturally, if you want to be at the top of your field, you should at least know that there are quite a few things that you need to ask yourself first. What it comes down to is that not everyone can be a chef. Before you even consider going any further, you should ask yourself the following questions first: • Am I Creative? Creativity is necessary if you want to stand out as a chef. Often a meal is made all the more interesting by the way it is presented on the plate. Creativity will also be necessary in dealing with your staff’s problems. One thing a chef is responsible for is coming up with new and exotic dishes. A great sense of creativity can help with this and also with finding new ways to prepare old dishes. When the average person goes to a fine restaurant, rarely do they consider the amount of work that goes into the preparation of a meal. A good chef is good at making everything look easy and keep things running smoothly. It takes a great deal of creativity to give everything the appearance of being unaffected. • Am I Prepared To Study the Craft? The only real way that you can become a good chef is to put a great deal of effort into improving yourself; not only as a cook, but as a person as well. To do this, you must study the craft. You must be willing to study the art of cooking, preparation, and presentation. For all of the studies that will be done in books, you need to also practice these things in a hands-on manner to get the full effect of the study.
No matter what anybody says, no chef has ever mastered any dish without constant study and practice. As a budding chef yourself, you need to be prepared to put effort into learning the craft, as well as spending a great deal of time doing so. If you want to make the kind of money that goes with any successful profession, you will need to log in the hours and experience, and you must be willing to start small. Cooking is a business; you will need to know the basics of business in order to run a kitchen on your own. It really doesn’t matter if you are running your own kitchen or someone else’s. To be a good chef, you must be able to handle the business aspect of a restaurant, especially if you are planning to be an executive chef or to run your own place someday. The business aspect means you will often be expected to handle everything in the kitchen. That includes dealing with shipments and stocking of food items, the management of other employees, and the direct correspondence with the head honcho or proprietor of the establishment. • Am I a People Person? Being a chef requires you to be in touch with many people during the day and you will need to be able to deal with them in a diplomatic fashion. Many people think that being holed up in a kitchen all day doesn’t really require you to be in much contact with the public, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. As the chef, you will encounter many people during the course of your day. You will be talking to delivery personnel, other employees, and often customers will wish to speak to you either in a congratulatory fashion or for criticism. It’s all a part of being a head chef and you will do this every single day, so be prepared for it! A chef is a person who has studied for many years in the culinary arts learning how to run a successful kitchen and properly prepare meals in a professional environment. There are quite a few places a chef can choose to work in. Some of these include: • Restaurants • Hospitals • Hotels • Cruise ships • Rest Homes • Diners These aren’t all of the places that a chef can work in, but you get the general idea. There are also many choices that can be made regarding the position a chef may take in their work space. To be a chef, you must first study in a culinary school, or as an apprentice. You can’t get to the level of head chef running a kitchen without first knowing the basics. That will be covered in the next step. In a kitchen environment, you are required to lift heavy pots and constantly stirring sauces is also very common. It can be a very stressful job. Being able to handle stress calmly will be a great help to you in this profession. This is just for starters. With all of the things that you will need to know before choosing to be a chef, this manual will be your comprehensive guide to knowing if a culinary profession is right for you. This, like every other professional choice, should be made with the right knowledge behind you. This guide is the best place for you to start making your choice about becoming a chef.
Is It Right For Me? Before you can decide whether or not to become a chef, you should first consider the demands that are placed on a chef’s shoulders. It can be a very stressful situation for someone that doesn’t already know what it's like to be under such working conditions. A chef is responsible for many other staff members in the kitchen as well. You need to know what is going on around you at all times, and have excellent organizational skills to boot. Deciding to be a chef is a difficult choice, but if you are reading this online manual, you must have a genuine love of cooking, a creative mind, and a good temperament. Chefs spend a great deal of time with people and should have a keen desire to work with people as fully functional team. A good chef knows that for a kitchen to run smoothly, you must offer staff members a forum for their stresses as well. A chef must be the glue that holds the kitchen staff together. There is no room for conceit and showing off in a kitchen environment. All members of the “team” must be able to work well together. As a head or executive chef, you must be in charge of the kitchen staff and all of its goings on. That means that in the kitchen, you are the boss. You need to be able to handle a leadership role. There is a great deal that needs to be done in a kitchen environment and the next step will give you a full explanation of what to expect. OK, so what do I have to do? Most chefs begin by becoming apprentices for a few years so that they can get the necessary experience of working in a kitchen. Being a chef often requires that you stand on your feet for hours at a time and you are rarely able to relax for long. Most chefs start out by helping kitchen staff in urban restaurant environments because they are the most busy and offer a great deal of experience. You'll begin by helping the sous chefs, cooks, and prep cooks with their daily work like cutting vegetables, stocking shelves, or ordering food as per your instructions from the sous chef. This position is called an apprentice. You may not necessarily be paid for your work depending on whether or not you are taking your position through a school’s curriculum requirements. Some apprenticeships do pay you for the chance to train, but it really depends on your location. Trained apprenticeships that are required for your certification, and if they do pay; they pay little. Of course, it is worth it because in the end, you can qualify for your certification. And the experience is invaluable to you when looking for a better and higher paying opportunity. You can also choose to work in more than one restaurant so that you can associate under more than one mentor and get a better idea of what you want to specialize in. If you can handle the stressful environment of working in a restaurant or whatever you decide on, then you can work your way into high chef relatively quickly.
For some people it can take as long as ten years to get to that position. In the culinary industry that’s considered fast. Here is a list of some of the jobs that you can get in the culinary industry while trying to work into head chef position. • Line cook • Line or station cook • Garde manger cook • Sous chef • Chef’s apprentice • Prep cook • Front of house Operator All of these positions are great for the chef in training, and all can get you the experience that you will need in order to gain the ability to become the head chef one day. If you setting your sights a little higher, once you have garnered the experience in the culinary industry, you will next look to better positions like: • Head line cook • Executive chef • Kitchen manager • Restaurant manager/owner • Food service supervisor • Caterer • Restaurants • Cruise lines • Resorts or hotels • Private club or spas • Contract food services Truthfully, the possibilities are endless in the culinary field of work. Once you have garnered all of your training, you can pretty much chose any job you’d like to have. This job requires that you work to satisfy the public, but it also guarantees you much freedom.
The idea is to help and contribute to the education of the Hispanic population about what is easy and practical kitchen and eating healthy, balanced and healthy .. Unfortunately we have the dubious record of having a very high percentage of overweight people, which leads to high levels in diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, respiratory disorders and all that goes with this problem ... (without naming problems like self-esteem). Start with hands on experience in the industry. Get your first job as a dishwasher, the lowest position in the kitchen. Then, prep cook. Next, appetizer/salad cook. Spend a year at each of these positions and take notes on what you are seeing in the kitchen. What you like and what you hate. Work your butt off to almost live in the kitchen and make sure your managers know your name for being a hard worker. 2
veggies Get your education. Some think this is what comes first, not in this industry. Walk in to your first day as if you don't have the experience and life will be easier. Study until you are dreaming about Escoffier and McGee. Taste everything, read everything and graduate with a degree. Pay attention in accounting and business classes. 3
chef Get a new job and continue to work on your experience. After a while you will learn that the customer is your new boss, charm him/her with the romance side of the culinary industry. Someday you can get a restaurant of your own or will meet someone that wants you to be the backbone of their restaurant. Then you will use every skill you have learned over decades every day. Experience gives you ability, knowledge helps with choosing the correct tools and ingredients, charm and presentation brings in the customers and business sense makes the restaurant last.
Cooking no doubt is a delicate combination of art and science. A well presented and well arranged food always appeals your eyes, even if it not excellent in taste. Likewise tasty food attracts your taste buds even if it isn’t appealing to eyes. Sometimes we prepare food at home that is not well presented, but very delicious; and vice versa. But a good Chef possesses both the qualities i-e presentation and taste. He at the same time, while preparing extra ordinary luscious dishes, has the art to present it in the best colorful manner which furthermore enhances the beauty of the dish. Cooking is complex matter, its not just chopping and mixing ingredients. It is all about bringing taste and uniqueness in presentation; and a good chef knows how to bring these both. Below are a few tips on how to become a good chef. To learn anything you have to have determination and have put your heart and soul into it. To become a good chef; it requires time and patience. It is not a matter of one or two days, one might take several years to become an expert. Firstly you should try to stay intact with anything that is related to kitchen or food. You may even gain experience by keenly observing your mom preparing meal in the kitchen. Secondly practice is very important factor in developing your cooking skills. The more you experiment and put in practice; the more perfect you will become. The profession of a chef apparently may seem to be very calm, but is a very physical activity in reality. A chef though standing a static place is constantly required to move his hands in kneading, chopping and stirring. A good chef is required to provide his customers a variety of dishes in time, which requires a lot of expertise. So time factor is something which is attached to every good chef, as he has to manage multi-tasks which no doubt requires experience with hands. Apart from this a good chef should have the ability to distinguish between different spices and their combinations. Which spice will go well with which spice? What color will it give to the dish? All such things should be known to the chef. Finally, being a chef is such a profession, in which, you can get on the job training as well. So it is always advisable to move on and attain the lofty stage of a good chef via the tools of practice and experience.
traducción del inglés al español Cocinar sin duda es una delicada combinación de arte y la ciencia. Un bien presentado y bien los alimentos dispuestos siempre apelaciones tus ojos, aunque no excelente sabor. Asimismo deliciosa comida atrae a su paladar, aunque no es atractivo para los ojos. A veces nos preparamos los alimentos en casa que no está bien presentado, pero muy deliciosa, y viceversa. Sin embargo, un buen chef posee tanto en la presentación es decir, cualidades y sabor. Él, al mismo tiempo, mientras se preparan exquisitos platos extra ordinaria, tiene el arte para presentarlo de la mejor manera de colores que, además, realza la belleza del plato. La cocina es asunto complejo, no es sólo cortar y mezclar los ingredientes. Es todo el gusto de traer y la singularidad en la presentación, y un buen chef sabe cómo llevar estas dos. A continuación se presentan algunos consejos acerca de cómo ser un buen chef.
Para saber todo lo que tiene que tener la determinación y han puesto su corazón y alma en ella. Para ser un buen cocinero, sino que requiere tiempo y paciencia. No es una cuestión de uno o dos días, se podría tomar varios años para convertirse en un experto. En primer lugar usted debe tratar de mantenerse intacta, con todo lo que está relacionado con la cocina o la comida. Usted puede incluso ganar experiencia profundamente la observación de su madre la preparación de comida en la
cocina. En segundo lugar la práctica es un factor muy importante en el desarrollo de sus habilidades culinarias. Cuanto más experiencia y poner en práctica, cuanto más perfecto que se convertirá.
La profesión de un chef, aparentemente puede parecer muy tranquilo, pero es una actividad muy física en la realidad. Un chef, aunque la posición de un lugar estático es constantemente requerida para mover las manos en amasar, cortar y agitación. Un buen cocinero tiene la obligación de proporcionar a sus clientes una variedad de platos en el tiempo, que requiere de mucha experiencia. Así que el factor tiempo es algo que se adjunta a cada buen cocinero, como lo ha hecho para manejar múltiples tareas que sin duda requiere de experiencia con las manos.
Aparte de esto un buen chef debe tener la capacidad de distinguir entre diferentes especias y sus combinaciones. ¿Qué sabor le vaya bien a cual de las Spice? ¿De qué color le dará al plato? Todas estas cosas deben ser conocidos por el chef. Por último, al ser un chef es una profesión, en la que, se puede obtener en la capacitación para el trabajo también. Por lo tanto, siempre es aconsejable seguir adelante y alcanzar la etapa de alta de un buen cocinero a través de las herramientas de la práctica y la experiencia.
How To Be a Chef - Introduction The culinary arts are an excellent choice for a career. It clearly helps if you have a previous interest in cooking. Most people who decide they would like to explore the great field of the culinary arts already seem to have a predisposition for it. Of course, that's not always the case. Some chefs come into the profession later on in life. Naturally, if you want to be at the top of your field, you should at least know that there are quite a few things that you need to ask yourself first. What it comes down to is that not everyone can be a chef. Before you even consider going any further, you should ask yourself the following questions first: • Am I Creative? Creativity is necessary if you want to stand out as a chef. Often a meal is made all the more interesting by the way it is presented on the plate. Creativity will also be necessary in dealing with your staff’s problems. One thing a chef is responsible for is coming up with new and exotic dishes. A great sense of creativity can help with this and also with finding new ways to prepare old dishes. When the average person goes to a fine restaurant, rarely do they consider the amount of work that goes into the preparation of a meal. A good chef is good at making everything look easy and keep things running smoothly. It takes a great deal of creativity to give everything the appearance of being unaffected. • Am I Prepared To Study the Craft? The only real way that you can become a good chef is to put a great deal of effort into improving yourself; not only as a cook, but as a person as well. To do this, you must study the craft. You must be willing to study the art of cooking, preparation, and presentation. For all of the studies that will be done in books, you need to also practice these things in a hands-on manner to get the full effect of the study.
No matter what anybody says, no chef has ever mastered any dish without constant study and practice. As a budding chef yourself, you need to be prepared to put effort into learning the craft, as well as spending a great deal of time doing so. If you want to make the kind of money that goes with any successful profession, you will need to log in the hours and experience, and you must be willing to start small. Cooking is a business; you will need to know the basics of business in order to run a kitchen on your own. It really doesn’t matter if you are running your own kitchen or someone else’s. To be a good chef, you must be able to handle the business aspect of a restaurant, especially if you are planning to be an executive chef or to run your own place someday. The business aspect means you will often be expected to handle everything in the kitchen. That includes dealing with shipments and stocking of food items, the management of other employees, and the direct correspondence with the head honcho or proprietor of the establishment. • Am I a People Person? Being a chef requires you to be in touch with many people during the day and you will need to be able to deal with them in a diplomatic fashion. Many people think that being holed up in a kitchen all day doesn’t really require you to be in much contact with the public, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. As the chef, you will encounter many people during the course of your day. You will be talking to delivery personnel, other employees, and often customers will wish to speak to you either in a congratulatory fashion or for criticism. It’s all a part of being a head chef and you will do this every single day, so be prepared for it! A chef is a person who has studied for many years in the culinary arts learning how to run a successful kitchen and properly prepare meals in a professional environment. There are quite a few places a chef can choose to work in. Some of these include: • Restaurants • Hospitals • Hotels • Cruise ships • Rest Homes • Diners These aren’t all of the places that a chef can work in, but you get the general idea. There are also many choices that can be made regarding the position a chef may take in their work space. To be a chef, you must first study in a culinary school, or as an apprentice. You can’t get to the level of head chef running a kitchen without first knowing the basics. That will be covered in the next step. In a kitchen environment, you are required to lift heavy pots and constantly stirring sauces is also very common. It can be a very stressful job. Being able to handle stress calmly will be a great help to you in this profession. This is just for starters. With all of the things that you will need to know before choosing to be a chef, this manual will be your comprehensive guide to knowing if a culinary profession is right for you. This, like every other professional choice, should be made with the right knowledge behind you. This guide is the best place for you to start making your choice about becoming a chef.
Is It Right For Me? Before you can decide whether or not to become a chef, you should first consider the demands that are placed on a chef’s shoulders. It can be a very stressful situation for someone that doesn’t already know what it's like to be under such working conditions. A chef is responsible for many other staff members in the kitchen as well. You need to know what is going on around you at all times, and have excellent organizational skills to boot. Deciding to be a chef is a difficult choice, but if you are reading this online manual, you must have a genuine love of cooking, a creative mind, and a good temperament. Chefs spend a great deal of time with people and should have a keen desire to work with people as fully functional team. A good chef knows that for a kitchen to run smoothly, you must offer staff members a forum for their stresses as well. A chef must be the glue that holds the kitchen staff together. There is no room for conceit and showing off in a kitchen environment. All members of the “team” must be able to work well together. As a head or executive chef, you must be in charge of the kitchen staff and all of its goings on. That means that in the kitchen, you are the boss. You need to be able to handle a leadership role. There is a great deal that needs to be done in a kitchen environment and the next step will give you a full explanation of what to expect. OK, so what do I have to do? Most chefs begin by becoming apprentices for a few years so that they can get the necessary experience of working in a kitchen. Being a chef often requires that you stand on your feet for hours at a time and you are rarely able to relax for long. Most chefs start out by helping kitchen staff in urban restaurant environments because they are the most busy and offer a great deal of experience. You'll begin by helping the sous chefs, cooks, and prep cooks with their daily work like cutting vegetables, stocking shelves, or ordering food as per your instructions from the sous chef. This position is called an apprentice. You may not necessarily be paid for your work depending on whether or not you are taking your position through a school’s curriculum requirements. Some apprenticeships do pay you for the chance to train, but it really depends on your location. Trained apprenticeships that are required for your certification, and if they do pay; they pay little. Of course, it is worth it because in the end, you can qualify for your certification. And the experience is invaluable to you when looking for a better and higher paying opportunity. You can also choose to work in more than one restaurant so that you can associate under more than one mentor and get a better idea of what you want to specialize in. If you can handle the stressful environment of working in a restaurant or whatever you decide on, then you can work your way into high chef relatively quickly.
For some people it can take as long as ten years to get to that position. In the culinary industry that’s considered fast. Here is a list of some of the jobs that you can get in the culinary industry while trying to work into head chef position. • Line cook • Line or station cook • Garde manger cook • Sous chef • Chef’s apprentice • Prep cook • Front of house Operator All of these positions are great for the chef in training, and all can get you the experience that you will need in order to gain the ability to become the head chef one day. If you setting your sights a little higher, once you have garnered the experience in the culinary industry, you will next look to better positions like: • Head line cook • Executive chef • Kitchen manager • Restaurant manager/owner • Food service supervisor • Caterer • Restaurants • Cruise lines • Resorts or hotels • Private club or spas • Contract food services Truthfully, the possibilities are endless in the culinary field of work. Once you have garnered all of your training, you can pretty much chose any job you’d like to have. This job requires that you work to satisfy the public, but it also guarantees you much freedom.
