Do You Have a Passion For Cooking? If so, Culinary School May Be For You.
What to know and what can be gained from culinary school.
Eating and cooking provide the basis for many people's favorite memories, and the best chefs are people who are truly passionate about their cooking. This passion is essential for those considering culinary school. Students who possess it are not just training for a job - they are pursuing their calling.
Consider how Tom Colicchio – chef, owner of several restaurants and co-star of the hit television program "Top Chef" – describes his passion for cooking and how it developed.
“I kind of fell into it,” Colicchio with Curiosity.com. “The idea of starting with raw ingredients and creating something...I was hooked from the very beginning, and I threw myself into it. I mean, I read everything I could possibly read, every magazine...every book I could get my hands on about cooking, about food.”
If this sounds like you, culinary school might be a great step to take. The appetite for knowledge that Colicchio references is a huge asset. Students in the Culinary Arts Program at Lincoln Technical Institute learn to identify foods, refine their sense of taste, become proficient with knives and apply a healthy and nutritious food selection and preparation to classical and modern cuisine – and that is just in their introductory course.
Hands-on training is provided in many regional cuisines, along with professional baking and pastry techniques. Seasoned culinary professionals work with students in kitchens fully stocked with industry-standard equipment. Contemporary food reception and presentation skills are taught, as are modern gastronomy techniques such as SousVide, thermal immersion and manipulating scientific techniques to create food with depth and dimension.
If learning more about these subjects, and becoming skilled in these techniques appeals to you, contact Lincoln for more information about culinary school and to find out how you can get started.