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Catering and Cooking Courses Available |
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Catering & Gourmet Cooking
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Do you enjoy
cooking but enjoy the planning part just as much? Becoming a
cook is not only a great career move but can also help you
socially (we will talk about this later). Now as for the
career working as a caterer or gourmet caterer is a very
prestigious career and many of the top corporations in the
world pay top dollar for catering.
Lets first start out defining the career. At first you might
think of catering as something that you see at a wedding or
at special events. This is true but that is just the tip of
the iceberg and having your own catering business is where
the real money is to be made. When you get the proper
training and you have the ability to find clients, cater
their special events and match that with your own style of
cooking, you have a combination that is unique to the
industry. Read More Below...
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Learn the skills you need to succeed in
Catering/Gourmet Cooking at home, at your own pace, with
Penn Foster Career School. Develop your natural talent
for Catering and Gourmet Cooking with the Penn Foster
Career School Catering and Gourmet Cooking distance
learning program. Your customers, neighbors, and friends
will respect your skills and admire the exquisite meals
you prepare and serve. Train quickly and conveniently
with our "Quick Learn" method. Learn about:
* Food styles involved in catering
* The gourmet kitchen and the culinary professional
* Preparing poultry, fish, game, and shellfish
* Baking and pastry
And you'll learn it all at home no classroom needed!
You'll get valuable information about different cuts of
meat and how to prepare them, as well as basic and
advanced presentation. It's like having your own
personal Catering and Gourmet Cooking school.
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Stratford’s Cooking and Catering
Course is the affordable
alternative to traditional, more
expensive cooking schools.
Developed by professional chefs,
this course features a high
quality curriculum comparable to
traditional cooking classes and
catering schools, yet it is
fraction of their cost.
Unlike typical cooking classes,
Stratford enables you learn at
your own pace, on your own
schedule, without disrupting
your current job or family
commitments. From broiling to
basting, panning to pastries,
soups to safety, our innovative
“at-home” cooking and catering
school will prepare you for a
fulfilling career in food
industry or catering.
Cook up a new career with
Stratford’s distance education
cooking and catering school.
Enroll now for your chance to
earn an attractive salary while
expressing your creativity and
culinary talents. |
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Properly catering events
isn’t easy. You’re not just planning out what people
will eat but your also responsible for things such
as drinks, linens, flower arrangements, deserts but
also the theme of the night. Everything that you do
must run perfectly and under budget. Controlling
food costs is very important but knowing what to buy
can make or break your event. You’ll sometimes have
the luxury of catering in and around where you live
but sometimes your experience will be needed in
another state or even country. Knowing all the local
traditions not to mention where to buy the best food
will challenge even the best caterers in the world.
So where do you start? It really depends on your
experience level. Do you already know how to cook?
If so that is a must but if you don’t then taking a
chef’s course would be your first order. Numerous
schools across the country offer cooking classes,
even local live schools. We recommend that if you
can cook at home you will probably benefit from a
self taught online school. Once you have a proper
cooking education then come the business side of
catering. Knowing how to cater, proper techniques,
etiquette and budgeting will test your skills as
that will make or break your business.
We always tell students to find a local catering
business to get your first job. Your overall goals
is to one day have your own business but hands on
experience is key and it is better learned than self
taught. Even if you can get a part-time position it
would help you learn the ins and outs of the
business. Either way the goal here is to get a job
and then work towards opening up your own catering
business.
Would you rather just work for cater as a chef or
cook? Is so then this is the easiest route to take
and can be very profitable without the financial
risk of owning our own business. Many of the top
restaurants and hotel chains have special caterers
that serve 10’s if not 100’s of thousands of people
each year at their properties. If you are a skilled
cook you can easily get a job within the kitchen.
You might start out in food preparation while you
continue with your training but the key is that you
get your foot in the door and start working.
Hospitals and country clubs and places that have
regular visitors are always in need of trained
caterers. You might decide that you want to focus in
a specific area like baking, beverage management or
even deserts. The more specialized you get the less
likely you’ll find the exact job you want so we
recommend you learn about all the different areas
first. This will allow you to test out each one and
find the perfect fit. If you are wondering if the
market will be able to sustain so many people in
catering the answer is yes. Think of Las Vegas and
the 10’s of thousands of people needed to cook for
the massive hotels and conventions that take place.
When a hotel has 30,000 rooms and 24/7 food service
available, it needs 100’s of people working around
the clock to make sure each guess is satisfied.
If you are looking for a great career move and love
to cook and work with others we strongly recommend
looking into this career.
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Stratford
Career Institute
Penn Foster
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