La training in the kitchen is not something taken for granted or even outdated. On the contrary! While it is true that this profession needs a lot of practice, it is also true that to get to this practice one must, first of all, acquire the right technical knowledge and the appropriate skills.
And technique is learned by studying and learning from the great masters, professionals, teachers who know how to pass on to learners the tools, the irons of the trade, the cooking techniques, the machinery and new philosophies in kitchens, the achievements and milestones of the culinary sector.
Become a professional chef with Italian Food Academy course
Italian Food Academy is the vocational training institution that trains future protagonists of Haute Cuisine: chefs, pastry chefs, food&beverage manager and wine and viticulture experts.
Thanks to aeducational offer wide and varied, to top-notch faculty and ever-changing programs, IFA has become a true benchmark in the field of professional training in the kitchen.
The IFA Professional Cooking Course is a full-time training course on basic and advanced techniques for preparing extraordinary dishes, starting from ingredient selection and various types of cooking, to the presentation of the finished dish.
Course location: Milan
The course venue is in one of the most captivating cities in the culinary world viz. Milan, a hub also of industry winds and events, a crossroads of cutting-edge culinary trends, and a destination for many prominent chefs who have opened their own restaurants or started their own projects here.
The program of the professional cooking course
- Work tools and their use
- Organisation of the pantry
- Choose the ingredients
Know how to prepare
- Meat
- Fish
- Vegetables
- Fruit
Know how to cook
- Traditional cooking methods
- The rapid cooking methods
- Fish and meat appetizers
- Starters and main of fish and meat
- Basic recipes: bases and sauces
- Dessert
- Decoration and presentation of dishes
Why choose a professional cooking course to become a chef
Choosing a professional cooking course that is comprehensive, state-of-the-art, and taught by excellent faculty, is perhaps the first real step to entering the restaurant business. Here's why:
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- First, because one does not improvise as a chef or restaurateur: specific training is the first important step to high professionalism.
- Cooking is not simply about cooking foods: it is necessary to know their chemical basis and nutritional principles in order to properly combine individual ingredients.
- It should not be forgotten that becoming a chef also means learning the organization of the stages of food preparation, coordinating other people, distributing tasks for the optimal success of the business, it means learning about legislation, equipment selection, inventory management, menu and food cost organization.
- Becoming a chef means presiding over the cleaning of the kitchen and work equipment, defining the menu, learning how to select products, and managing relationships with suppliers.
The teaching materials provided
Italian Food Academy provides students, in addition to the teaching material represented by manuals and digital handouts, with an important tool of the trade, represented by a set of kitchen knives: During the course, participants will also earn a Level 3 HACCP Certificate, a private certificate of attendance at the Course and an Internship Certificate issued by the host facility.
