Gourmet Cooking

If you love food isn’t it time you learned how to cook it? We start with organising your kitchen and building up the essential equipment and ingredients of the gourmet cook. Then you’ll discover exotic and unusual ingredients that will take your cooking to a whole new level. By the end of the course you’ll be able to use equipment correctly, plan menus, and create an ambient atmosphere in which to dine.

Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Stotts Cengage Education Gourmet Cooking Certificate.

SUBJECTS:
1. A Brief History of Cooking Equipment Lists
2. The Larder – Corrective Knife Usage
3. Stocks and Sauces
4. Using Sauces for Entrees and Hors d’oeuvres
5. Yeast Cookery Pasta and Rice
6. Eggs: Their value in cooking
7. Fish and Shellfish
8. Meat Dishes
9. Pastry
10. Classic Desserts
11. Garnishes, Soufflés, Mousses, Cakes, Biscuits
12. Canapés and Party Snacks, Microwave Cooking

Course Number:	504110
Prerequisites:	Open entry
Assessments:	12 lessons / 12 assignments
Duration:	This course must be completed within 24 months.
Level:	Level 3
	Stotts Cengage Education is registered as a private training establishment by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) under the provisions of the Education Act 1989 and its subsequent amendments. This course has no National Qualifications Framework accreditation and no credits will be reported to NZQA upon completion.