England is vaccinating people as if their lives depended on it, which, to be honest, they do and now claim to have given at least one dose of vaccine to half the adult population. This is, of course, excellent news for the economy which has effectively been closed for just over one year and especially for the hospitality industry which has been particularly hard hit by the pandemic.
The English Government announced back in February a plan to reopen parts of the economy with some key dates proposed. April 12th will be significant for pubs, bars, restaurants and cafés. Assuming all continues well with halting the pandemic, and the Government has stated that there are 4 indicators that they are observing with regard to this, hospitality venues will be permitted to open their outdoor spaces to customers for the first time in 5 months.
Under the plans it will be possible to eat and drink in outdoor areas of pubs and restaurants. There will not be an obligation to order food in order to consume alcohol, as was the case at one point in 2020, and there will not be a curfew.
A 10pm closing in the summer of 2020 caused considerable controversy.
If all continues to go well after April 12th it is proposed to allow pubs and restaurants to open indoors from May 17th. A “rule of 6” will still be in place along with distancing measures. The final step of the plan is due to come in from June 21st and will remove all the existing limits on social contacts. Other sectors of the industry should also be permitted to reopen including nightclubs.
All the dates that have been given are earliest possible dates and are dependent on all the factors of controlling the pandemic going in the right direction. There is a gap of five weeks between each phase of the reopening to allow for data to be gathered. It takes four weeks for them to see the effect of the relaxation and the Government has promised to give the public one week’s notice before any changes. It is everyone’s hope that with a gradual easing of restrictions this will be the end of hospitality being closed down. The worst possible scenario for the industry would be further closures.
Early reports suggest a significant increase in recruitment within hospitality particularly in the traditional holiday regions in the south and south-west of the country. There is an expectation of an increase in the number of English who will holiday in their own country this summer. Mainland Europe is still struggling with the pandemic and the English Government are discouraging foreign travel. It is my opinion that the English hospitality industry will enjoy a bumper year this year, assuming that all the indicators for the slowing the pandemic continue in the right direction.
2020 was an epoch-making year for the restaurant industry. A shocking 10,000 pubs, clubs, and restaurants shut shops permanently. Job losses in the industry skyrocketed by an incredible 163% compared to the previous year!
Food outlets of every size were forced to reinvent their business. All R&D into menu innovation, flavour experimentation, and focus on dining experiences took a backseat, as restaurants clamoured to optimize their operations for take-outs and deliveries.
Come 2021, as the pandemic tremors begin fading, the restaurant industry is gearing up for a comeback, and technology will drive their growth. Here are some technology predictions for the restaurant industry in 2021.
1. Heightened Cleanliness, Powered by Automation
Social distancing and incessant hand sanitization have instilled a deep sense of fear of public surfaces among the general populace. Cleanliness will be a priority for diners as they take tentative steps into the outside world after a long year locked inside.
The already overworked staff of restaurants cannot be burdened with speedy, thorough, and endlessly repeating sanitization of tables, seats, countertops, and other surfaces. Disinfectant robots will emerge as a natural solution for restaurants.
2. Digital Ordering Will Grow Bigger
Food delivery outlets like Domino survived the pandemic pains relatively easily, thanks to their infrastructure that’s already optimized for deliveries. For other restaurants, the message is clear – “If you want to survive a crisis, start finding ways to give your customers what they want, when they want, and where they want!”
Restaurants must employ everything from web apps to mobile apps to phone-based ordering to make ordering and deliveries seamless. Once again, food delivery robots will save the day. They’ll make swift deliveries and offer a delightful delivery experience to customers, all at a fraction of the cost it requires to hire humans.
3. Service Quality Consistency
The new year will likely see a low dine-out volume. Naturally, dining experiences and diner satisfaction will gain primacy for the restauranteurs.
Imagine this: you are tearing through your favourite burger and the waitress comes to your table with the question, “Do you like your meal?” The fast chewing, the hard swallow, and a half-legible response that follow even as you struggle with the contents in your mouth, are a common memory for every one of us.
Robot waiters eliminate such occurrences entirely. For once, diners won’t be as hard-pressed by courtesy to respond to robots the way they do humans. So, they’ll be at ease and interact with robot waiters in a more organic and natural way. As a result, the diners enjoy a more satisfying dining experience. As an added benefit, benefits save a great deal of money on staffing costs too. It’s a win-win for everyone, which is the need of the hour for the post-pandemic world. Tim Warrington From www.servicerobots.com has said the take up of the £499 a month robot waiter has seen unprecedented demand from post Covid restaurants ready to be different when they open.
4. Self-checkouts are the Future
The restaurant industry will likely experience a self-checkout revolution in 2021 for several reasons. For one, they improve upsells significantly, as was evidenced in the case of McDonald’s, which reported a 30% increase in order value after implementing self-checkouts. Secondly, they reduce customer lines, speed up ordering process, and improve the accuracy of order fulfilment, all of which improve custom satisfaction rates substantially.
5. Robochefs
Robochefs aren’t a new development by any measure. They’ve been around at least since 2010. But, the restaurant industry has not been very welcoming of them. Although robochefs will not make a huge splash this year either, they will witness a wider adoption, especially by chain restaurants, who tend to be more focused on food consistency.
As the artificial intelligence technologies improve, AI-powered robochefs will become a more common sight in the coming months, at least in major cities.
Wine & Spirits Entrepreneur Dave Phinney’s Mare Island based distillery Savage and Cooke launches a premium Ready to Drink cocktail: Home School
February 24, 2021 (Mare Island, California) – Savage and Cooke distillery, located just outside of San Francisco on historic Mare Island, which was founded by famed winemaker Dave Phinney who is also now known for his distillery efforts, has launched their first premium Ready to Drink craft cocktail in the US.
Home School is a full strength bottled craft cocktail at 70 proof, packaged in a 4-pack with 2 servings per bottle. Savage and Cooke’s bottled cocktails will be available nationwide in select stores. The RTD portfolio starts with a Blood Orange Manhattan and more recipes to follow.
“The craft cocktail consumer demands the highest quality. Consumer behavior has changed with more focus on “at home” occasions. Home School satisfies the need for a high-quality craft cocktail with supreme convenience.” – Dave Phinney
Premium Ready to Drink cocktail: Home School
About Savage and Cooke
Savage and Cooke distillery is located on Mare Island, near the city of Vallejo. Mare Island has a rich and colorful history; first as an important naval shipyard and today as a hub of activity including manufacturing, craft beverages, art, technology, and film production, all located on prime waterfront property. In 1854, Mare Island was established as the first naval yard on the Pacific Coast and was once one of the busiest shipyards in the world.
One of the most prolific winemakers in Napa Valley, Phinney then created the acclaimed flagship blend “The Prisoner” which later sold for $285 Million. Phinney continues to consult for Orin Swift and produces wines from his vineyards in France, Italy, Spain and Greece. Phinney began distilling spirits in 2014, which led to the new Savage & Cooke distillery venture.
Savage and Cooke produces Second Glance American Whiskey, The Burning Chair Bourbon, and Lip Service Rye, and Bad Sweater Whiskey all aged in Phinney’s wine casks with water and grains from Phinney’s property.
Phinney recently produced over 100,000 gallons of hand sanitizer during the COVID-19 shortage in his commitment to helping the community and people all over the US avoid infection, transforming Savage and Cooke distillery into a temporary hand sanitizer production facility.
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Following a meeting between representatives of the hospitality industry and the French Government on Tuesday March 16th a plan for reopening of French bars, cafés and restaurants has been revealed, albeit without a start date at this stage. We have been told that there will be three weeks warning prior to the plan being implemented.
Three phases of Reopening Plan
The plan is to take place in three distinct phases. Phase one will start with hotel restaurants allowing their customers to take breakfast in the hotel dining room. There had been a request for hotels to be allowed to open their restaurants on an evening for their guests as well but at present that has been rejected and they will have to wait until phase two.
Phase two will see bars and restaurants opening their outdoor terrasses and some indoor space. At this stage it appears as if terrasses will open to full capacity, but indoor seating areas will be limited to 50% capacity. On a personal note I think that because of the configuration of the inside of my restaurant I will be limited to a total of 12 customers inside. As part of phase 2 hotels will open their restaurants to guests for dinner.
Phase 3 will permit bars and restaurants to open fully while still observing the same protocols that were in place last October before we were ordered to close.
Those protocols will include, I imagine, taking customers’ contact details, wearing face masks for staff and customers, a minimum distance between tables and a maximum of six people seated at a table.
There is also plenty of talk about using QR codes for contact tracing of customers. The idea is that the QR code system is linked to the government’s Track and Trace App (TousAntiCovid) but with improved functionality. With a QR code scanned on entering the restaurant, or other public place, it will log the time that the customer is in the restaurant. If a customer later tests positive for Covid who has been in the restaurant the Tracking App will contact all other customers who were present at the same time.
Each phase of the reopening plan is scheduled to last 4 weeks with a start date that is dependent on the number of new daily infections and the number of vaccinations given. À figure for infections or vaccinations has not been stated by the Government but unfortunately the number of daily cases is currently rising and the vaccination programme appears to be woefully slow!
An anticipated start date of mid-may has been put forward as being realistic. If we follow that through here’s how hospitality could get started in France. Let’s assume a date of Monday 17th May for hotels to start serving breakfast and move forward 4 weeks to June 14th for bars and restaurants to open terrasses with the final full opening four weeks later on July 12th.
The second week of the school summer holiday and just in time for the French National Day on July 14th. Would I be cynical to imply that after President Biden announced July 4th as the date for leaving the pandemic behind that the French might be aiming for July 14th Bastille Day? However the dates work out it will be a relief to get the hospitality industry started again and I seriously hope that once it is reopened it will stay open.
As a longtime resident of the Jersey shore, I know that Monmouth County is a hotbed for up-and-coming chains. I’ve seen It’s Greek To Me take off, and also saw the entry of Playa Bowls into most of the country. Among Jersey shore locals, one pizza chain has started to become synonymous with #ShoreLife: MJ’s.
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What Is MJ’s Restaurant, Bar And Grill?
The best way to describe this is that it’s a family restaurant that also has a chill, friends-on-the-weekend vibe. If you think about a venue that is spacious, dimly lit, and yet notably casual, you’ll have a good idea of what an MJ’s looks like.
The atmosphere is friendly, loud, and casual. So, it’s kind a better place to go if you’re just looking for a place to hang out.
The Menu
In a lot of ways, it’s a very Italian/Jersey shore type of menu. Yes, there’s pizza in personal, medium, and large sizes. There are also tacos, wings, nachos, as well as a nice selection of Italian dishes. All of it is pretty affordable—think Applebee’s prices without the terrible quality of food.
This is one of those places where you won’t be disappointed in terms of food quality, selection, or pricing. The menu is huge. When I ordered my appetizer off the specials menu, I was floored at how large the portions were.
The Drinks
One thing I noticed is that they have a massive drink menu, and that the drinks are fairly low priced. Then again, I come from North Jersey, where we subsist on Manhattan-style drink prices along the lines of $10 per glass of wine.
As most people know, I’m a huge fan of cheap drinks…but only if they actually get you blitzed and taste good. This is something that I can say MJ’s needs a little help with. Their mimosas are absolutely delicious. In fact, they taste a lot like an Orangina, really. However, they weren’t pretty heavy on the alcohol.
If you are looking for a light drink, their cocktails seem to be decent. On the other hand, if you want to have a heady drink, you’ll need to stick to beer and wine.
The Service
The service here was pretty attentive, and the staff knew what was popular. While I would have enjoyed faster service, the truth is they seemed to understand that this is the type of place where you are meant to spend a while. So, it’s forgivable.
Is It Really A “Jersey” Thing?
In the past, I was floored to find out that a place I thought was a one-off was actually a chain restaurant. (Looking at you, Morton’s!) As far as chain restaurants go, there are a number of places that I can think of that have all of their locations in New Jersey. MJ’s is, in fact, one of those places.
All of MJ’s places are conveniently found in Monmouth and Ocean counties. So if you want to get a distinct taste of the shore and dig in, then MJ’s is the best option out there. It’s a tourist and local favorite for a reason. Overall, I strongly suggest you check it out.
If you are at all interested in becoming a professional chef you need to go to school. There is a huge difference between being a good cook for your friends at dinner parties and being a chef in a kitchen as part of a team. And if you want to be a top chef you should probably learn about French cooking techniques. There is a reason most culinary terms are French and that is that the French consider themselves the creators of modern cooking.
Auguste Escoffier, a French chef and food writer from the late 19th century and early 20th, is often considered the father of modern cookery and his book “Le Guide Culinaire” is still used as a textbook and reference guide. Escoffier also worked closely with Cesar Ritz at two iconic hotels – the Savoy Hotel in London and the Ritz Hotel in Paris.
One of the first things you will learn in culinary school will be the “Grandes Sauces” or Mother Sauces as they are also known – Bechamel, Espagnol, Tomate, Velouté and Hollandaise / Mayonnaise. Once you have mastered the basics of these, other sauces or “petites sauces” will become possible and you will start to create your own food and style.
You may say that you are not interested in traditional cookery and prefer to learn about molecular gastronomy or spherification but back in the early 19th century a famous French chef, Marie Antoine Careme, beat you to it by stating that when making a stock, “the broth must come to a boil very slowly, otherwise the albumin coagulates, hardens; the water, not having time to penetrate the meat, prevents the gelatinous part of the osmazome from detaching itself.” Science was already playing a part in daily cooking.
So where do you learn? Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Barcelona, Switzerland etc and most likely at a school with a name such as Le Cordon Bleu, Escoffier School of Culinary Arts or American Institute of Culinary Arts. Obviously these are considered among the top schools worldwide and have a price tag that matches. For example, Le Grand Diplôme from Le Cordon Bleu will cost you around 50,000 Euros!
However as qualifications go this is considered la Creme de la Creme and will open doors to your career that us mere mortals could not even dream about. Even a basic cuisine certificate from Cordon Bleu will cost in excess of 10,000 Euros for a 3 month course. Most culinary schools are going to be quite expensive as you will be using a lot of different ingredients with some results that may not be that edible!
Some famous chefs have started their own culinary schools. In England chef Jamie Oliver started a restaurant project known as Fifteen. His idea was to help 15 under-privileged youths each year gain a qualification and a vocation by learning to cook. Started in 2002 in London Fifteen had expanded to 22 locations before being forced to close in 2019 when Jamie Oliver’s restaurant group went into receivership.
He has promised to relaunch something similar in the future. But his concept proved that a mix of school and on-the-job training is probably one of the best ways of learning. And if you think Hell’s Kitchen is anything like a culinary school – forget it! It is a contrived TV programme purely to make Gordon Ramsey look good.
There are obviously much cheaper ways of going to culinary school and sometimes the benefits can be just as good, if not better, than spending a fortune on a prestigious named establishment. Natural talent can always outshine a paid-for certificate. Local colleges with a hotellerie course will include all you need to know about becoming a chef. They will teach you to cook, give you the culinary terms, teach you about stock control and costing. But don’t forget there are many facets to cooking and you may wish to specialise in a particular area, such as patisserie or butchery, which should be offered as a separate course.
A further option is to learn on the job and get enrolled at a college which you would attend one day per week. There are some great benefits from learning in the real world but I would always recommend a college course in addition to working.
I have focused here on the professional side of cookery but there is a growing trend toward cookery classes that are part of an overall experience designed to showcase a region’s cuisine for amateur cooks. In a separate article I will look at some of these popular classes and how much fun they can be.
Culinary schools are recent in the history of culinary. Culinary is the art and science of food. The art involves preparing, garnishing, design, and presentation, while culinary science involves nutrition and nourishment, gastronomy, physiology, thermodynamics, and food psychology.
Culinary is as old as man’s existence and has evolved throughout civilization. Culinary began from a not too palatable menu, and all that the earliest civilizations care most were food gatherings and raw consumption. Until man had stumbled onto roasted meat from a forest fire, he realizes it tasted better and had a better feeling in the stomach; as a result, man has over times developed new ways to make foods feel better than he felt in earlier times or just keeping the taste as they used to.
He had crafted tools and methods to bring this delicacy to light and made them a part of his existence. But soon, he realizes that these skills were more important than earlier considered. It was health, peace, harmony with body and soul, pleasure, relaxation. Additionally, he realizes the balance and effects these have on his mental and physical being, and he soon began to understand deeper, to know the arts and sciences of it (food).
Culinary schools are organized systems or institutions designated for the education in the arts and sciences of food preparation. Culinary institutions in the early time were informal. Usually, mothers in many cultures made it a duty upon themselves to guide young cooks. For some, culinary tutoring is a bit more organized where young cooks spend specific time with a professional cook who majorly is in cities. This professional tutoring in cities prepares professionals for queens, kings, priests, royalty houses, and affluence. As society advances, so does the profession to suit the need of the time.
The institutions involved in making these professionals get more sophisticated in tools, knowledge, and organization. Modern culinary schools have gone as far as collecting culinary from different cultures and awarding degrees in a specific program period. These schools expose cooks to different cooking methods, skills, tools, cultures and instilling a professional presentation, services, and character in the arena they will apply to this profession after their studies.
However, a culinary career is a practical career where students spend most of their hours in industrial kitchens, getting hands-on practical cooking and learning the thermodynamics of cooking. Included in the culinary school’s curriculum is manufacturing/making or processing foods from different raw forms. Students of culinary schools are also exposed to gastronomy, nutrition, physiology, thermodynamics a and psychology.
As a subject in the culinary school curriculum, gastronomy equips the students with knowledge of food and food selection, food culture, cooking techniques, palatability, food science, nutrition, and a focus on the application of taste, smell, and reaction on consumption.
Knowledge of nutrition will guide students of culinary schools on the health and development of various foods and understand individuals’ nutritional needs.
The knowledge of physiology in culinary schools is designed to give students an understanding of body functions and how foods influence these functions, and the best culinary methods/ techniques to bring the best in a particular food item.
Thermodynamics equip students of culinary schools with the knowledge of heat and the right amount of heat needed to make a particular taste, smell, or just the right amount to keep a food flavor and nutritional content. Also, knowing the properties of cooking wares and their varying degree of tolerance for heat and food.
Lastly, one wonders why students in culinary schools may stress understanding the psychology of behavior concerning food. However, it is no other than to future arm students with skills of behavioral understanding of individuals, socially or otherwise, concerning food.
Culinary Schools are Organized to galvanize this knowledge and molding professionals to meet the standards required of a modern-day cook. Many culinary schools are scattered throughout the world; some are for professional cooks training, while some for hobbyists and, in most cases, are combined.
Some institutions offer culinary education as a vocation, allowing individuals to acquire experiences by attachments to kitchens. In contrast, other institutions examine students, accessing their level of assimilation of this knowledge and how best they apply them in the profession and issuing certifications.
Until the early 90s, America had no organized culinary schools like the types that exist in Europe. Restaurant owners in the USA had to rely on professional staffing from Europe to run their restaurant. It became too expensive to bring staff from Europe 8and the call for a need to establish culinary schools that will be a pal with Europe’s standards. It is s leads to the creation of the culinary institute of America, unique in its way by inventing new teaching techniques and theoretical aspects that help prepare students for their careers.
The institute allows its students a hands-on experience where they go for an 18weeks apprenticeship in approved restaurants. Students are required to make more than 50% of the foods from their basic forms. After completion at this institution, students are awarded degrees.
Boston cooking school became the first private cooking school in 1877. It was founded by the women’s educational association of Boston. The aim was to provide culinary education to women who may want to venture into a culinary career or find it usual to improve their home culinary skills and better improve their families’ wellbeing through foods.
Today, many culinary schools are spread across the united states. Some are degree-awarding, and others simply vocational and often, certifications issued. Government and private organizations give sponsorship to the individual(s) to professionalize cooks or chefs.
With the improvement in travel technology, with tourism being one of the major revenue earners in many countries today, the demand for professional cooks is increasing daily, especially for the hospitality sector. Culinary schools are improved regularly, updating their curriculum and training quality to meet this industry’s demands.
With these professionals chef and cooks trained from different culinary school, tourists go about their visits to new places and places far from homes with little or no worries about getting rich, clean quality foods, prepared by the hands of professionals who have a concern for their health, culture, and individual needs into consideration.
Many culinary schools invest in organic food research and cheap ways to bring about healthy, quality, and affordable foods. They are also finding ways to operate more cost-efficient kitchens by embracing green technologies and reducing the carbon footprint costs for making foods.
The importance of culinary schools to a nation’s economy is of keen concern to economists. Culinary schools have become a part of the travel, tourism, and hospitality sector of an economy. To boost tourism based in their countries, governments give culinary schools incentives to enhance the school’s capacity to continuously provide professionals with the support of the country’s food culture, tourism, and hospitality industry.
Travel companies and maritime industries also sort these professionals from culinary schools to smooth their business operations. A Sailor and crew member at sea, diplomats in faraway lands negotiating a better relationship for a people, need professional cooks to serve them a healthy meal to keep them going every day, thanks to culinary schools ever producing these professionals.
We have known that many culinary schools spread across the countries of the world, but a few of them stands out the best. Some of these culinary schools include;
If you are a passionate cook and would like to turn your hobby into a profession, it’s time to start searching for some of the best culinary schools in the world. One of the main components that you will learn in this field is how to cook healthy food and the concepts and aspects of food preparation.
Some people believe that becoming a chef is all about having fun. However, training and hard work are essential to obtain experience before you can become a celebrity chef. You won’t achieve success immediately, but you’ll eventually get there with hard work and dedication.
This article lists some of the best culinary schools worldwide to help you choose.
Is culinary school essential?
You may think that provided you know how to cook, attending a culinary school is a waste of time and money. However, even though you are a talented, fantastic chef, there are skills you require which you can only obtain from a culinary school. You will need them to enter the professional culinary arts world.
Even if you already know how to prepare food, the culinary school will teach you all about ingredients, nutrition, and mixing them. You will be able to make greater use of your natural abilities if you are well-informed and trained.
Westminster Kingsway College is situated in London and is part of the Capital City College Network. It has four campuses: King’s Cross, Victoria, Soho, and Regent’s Park Centres.
With history earliest known in 1909, the school has an impeccable record in Culinary Arts and Hospitality. The courses are geared to people of all ages, from the young to adults seeking to start a new career.
A Grand Escoffier Diploma is also offered. It includes six kitchen-based programs from which applicants can choose between a patisserie and culinary training.
Apicius International School of Hospitality was established in 1997 and is now a flourishing center of cuisine, wine, and hospitality – a recognized pioneer in scholarly, technical, and professional training.
The school, which has three locations in Florence’s Italian city, embraces a much more schooling system of lectures, workshops, and seminars.
The Ganzo, Sorgiva, and Dimora learning labs are state-of-the-art facilities that link learners with the surrounding community for hands-on training in catering, hospitality, and management.
It even has its pastry store, Fedora, where a student’s work is displayed. Wine and Culture, Baking and Pastry, Dietetics and Nutrition, Food and Culture, Culinary Arts, Food, Family, and Consumer Sciences, and Wine Specialization are among the School of Food courses Wine Studies.
Hotel and Lodging Management, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Food, Restaurant, Beverage Management, and Spa Management are accessible at the School of Hospitality. Apicius, which is affiliated with the Florence University of the Arts, offers two four-year Bachelor’s degrees: one in Hospitality Management and Food and Wine Studies.
The first school started operating in 1946 at New Haven. The Culinary Institute of America now has branches throughout the United States and an international campus in Singapore. It was established primarily to train to return World War II veterans, with 50 students enrolled at the outset.
The institute’s three US campuses offer associate degrees, but only the main campus in New York offers a bachelor’s degree to culinary learners.
In California, the Napa Valley Campus houses an exclusive Food Business School that teaches ambitious restaurant owners how to tackle the obstacles of running a restaurant. Food and wine lovers can choose from various programs; some last for a few hours, and others take time.
The Hudson Valley campus in New York provides students with real-life experiences by running four public restaurants that specialize in Italian, French, and American cuisines and café dishes like sandwiches, soups, and baked foods.
Learners work at on-site restaurants on the California and Texas campuses, although they do not have the same array of cooking types as the New York campus.
⦁ Gastronomicom International Culinary Academy, France
Martine Lessault established this global culinary academy in 2005, attracting students from all over the world to a beautiful southern France town.
There are various programs to choose from, all of the different lengths, for both beginners and professionals.
The school offers three courses: French cooking, baking, and French language, as part of various programs that include hands-on workshops and internships that last anywhere from four weeks to a year.
The academy also provides a Gastronomic Preparation or Pastry Diploma, which can be obtained in seven or twelve months. Both programs offer internships in high-end hotels and restaurants in France.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy induct famed cooking school teacher Yukio Hattori into the U.S. – Japan Agricultural Trade Hall of Fame at the Ambassador’s residence in Tokyo, Japan on Nov. 20, 2015. USDA photo.
⦁ Hattori Nutrition College, Japan
The Hattori Nutrition College, founded in 1939 by the famous Iron Chef Yukio Hattori, is one of Asia’s most famous culinary schools and a top choice for any ambitious culinarian in Japan.
In addition to culinary classes, the school offers food education to make informed dietary choices based on their own experiences, to enhance people’s desire to consume a balanced diet.
Learners become chefs who will cook delicious meals and make proper selections to ensure the health of the consumers alongside protecting the environment.
The Culinary Arts Academy, a member of the Swiss Education Group, based in Switzerland, prepares students for their potential career journey by concentrating kitchen skills alongside innovation. The academy provides several study options, from one-term education courses to three-year Bachelor’s education programs. Trainees become specialists in international cuisine, from conventional culinary fundamentals to international fine-dining methods, using a modern approach to culinary traditions. Besides that, the industry provides students with exclusive internships.
The New England Culinary Institute, based in Vermont’s capital, has produced some prominent culinary leaders, including the developers of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s.
Learners reside inside the campus. The degrees offered include a paid internship for a fixed period. Culinary Arts, Baking and Pastry Arts, Hospitality and Restaurant Management are also provided as associate degrees.
Culinary Arts, Hospitality and Hotel Management, are offered as undergraduate degrees. Professional Cooking, Baking, and Pastry are provided as certificate options.
Students may select a specialization to supplement their degree, such as sustainability, to learn about sourcing local produce while becoming eco-friendly.
Culinary arts and bakery can also be integrated with management for a potential career emphasis, like operating a bakery or being a chef with baker skills.
Culinary school is essential when you are serious and determined. Well, it may be costly; nevertheless, it would be worth the effort to be able to get a decent job doing what you want at the restaurant or business where you want to work.
Just like the case of other professionals like doctors and lawyers, they could not become qualified without attending medical and law schools. To have a promising career in the culinary arts, you should attend a culinary school.
When looking for a culinary school to attend, choose accredited and can provide you with certification. The course will help you understand everything about food, from sourcing ingredients to the display of the cooked food. With the overall culinary education you’ll receive, you’ll be able to put your skills to good use.
I may not be of Irish descent, but my family and I have always loved St. Patrick’s Day. I think it’s because of the unique food that seems to only come out of the woodwork for this one holiday. So, as St. Patrick’s Day approaches, I thought I would share some staples that everyone should make and enjoy in celebration of this Irish holiday!
10 medium potatoes, cleaned and cut into large pieces (unpeeled)
Fresh herbs or spices, to taste
4 bay leaves
4 tomatoes, diced
3 cups dark Guinness™ beer
1 cup beef broth, low in sodium
Ingredients
Remove excess fat from meat. Season and roll in flour.
Heat up a cast iron pot on medium heat and add oil and garlic. Sauté garlic until tender.
Add meat to pot and brown. Remove from pot and save on the side. In the same pot, add onions and cook for 10 minutes on low heat until they turn clear. Add carrots and mix in with onions. Cook for 5 minutes before adding the rest of the ingredients.
Add potatoes and mix well. Season with herbs, add bay leaves and then tomatoes. Mix well. Cook for 5 minutes and then add meat and beer.
Let the juices reduce, about 15 minutes on medium heat. Add the broth, lower heat and cook on low heat for about 2 hours mixing once in a while.
1 medium head cabbage, cored and cut into 6 wedges
12 small red potatoes, halved
1 pound small white onions, peeled
6 large carrots, peeled and cut in chunks
Sauce:1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream
2 tablespoons coarse Dijon mustard
Instructions
Place corned beef in a 6-quart Dutch oven or heavy pot and pour in enough water to cover beef by 2 inches. Bring water to a boil, skimming the liquid occasionally to remove fat from the top. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover Dutch oven with a lid, and simmer for 2 hours.
Arrange cabbage, potatoes, onions, and carrots around beef and return liquid to a boil. Lower heat to medium-low, cover Dutch oven and simmer until vegetables are tender about 40 minutes. Transfer beef to a serving platter, reserving 1 1/2 cups cooking liquid. Surround the meat with the vegetables.
Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Whisk flour into melted butter until dissolved and bubbling, about 1 minute. Add reserved cooking liquid and vinegar to butter-flour mixture; cook, stirring frequently, until sauce is slightly thickened, about 4 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and whisk sour cream and mustard into sauce. Serve sauce alongside corned beef and vegetables.
Pop 10 cups of popcorn and salt liberally and place them in a large bowl.
Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a medium saucepan. Once the butter is melted, add 3 cups of mini marshmallows. Stir until the marshmallows are melted. Turn off the heat as soon as the last marshmallow has melted.
Pour 3/4 of the marshmallow mixture over the popcorn in the bowl and then gently fold the popcorn with a spoon until most of the kernels are covered in the mixture.
Pour the marshmallow popcorn onto a prepared cookie sheet.
Drizzle the remaining marshmallow mixture over the popcorn on the cookie sheet.
Sprinkle the candy and sprinkles over the popcorn.
Allow the popcorn to cool. Break apart into pieces and serve.
Award-winning Mexican Moonshine rebrands as Canción Led by Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
Flashback, summer of 1994, two lovers spend $600 on a VW Bus and ramble and rattle thousands of miles, discovering the best beaches, Mariachis, tacos, and tequila Mexico has to offer. Fast forward almost 30 years; their three kids are grown and flown, he has recorded 10 albums and been inducted into the AZ Music Hall of Fame, garnered several Billboard #1 chart positions, wrote the theme for the “King of the Hill” cartoon, founded their own music festival in a Mexican beach town where they also established a cantina, and she runs their Internationally distributed, award-winning tequila brand.
Roger Clyne, the singer/songwriter of Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers (formerly The Refreshments), writes and sings of the spirit he and his wife, Alisa, enjoyed on that trip and throughout their lives in the Southwest. Although they once tried to make their own tequila in a stone-lined pit, rigging up a still with found supplies from a ranch barn, they later approached a professional distillery and have been producing their private label since 2011. Named after one of his songs, Roger Clyne’s Mexican Moonshine Tequila is now being rebranded as Canción, the Spanish word for “song.”
The decision to change the name of the ultra-premium tequilas was made to honor the quality of their spirit and dispel the confusion over the word “moonshine.” Once corn whiskey moonshine brands emerged in the US, many mistook the tequila’s name as low-quality moonshine. It is still that same small-batch craft tequila inside the bottles. It is made in a centuries-old distillation process at an amazing modern facility called La Fabrica de Tequilas Finos (NOM 1472).
Canción, An Ultra Premium Tequila Line
Prior to the rebrand, Canción won gold medals from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and became the Arizona Diamondbacks’ official tequila for three seasons. Canción is made with 100 percent Blue Agave from private farms in the valleys of Jalisco, Mexico. It is distilled twice and then filtered three times to clean out the fusil oils, aldehydes, and ketones natural in the distillation process, but guilty of contributing to that nasty headache procured the next day from cheap, less filtered tequilas. The filtration is just enough to keep the American White Oak charred bourbon barrel aging notes in the personality of their Reposado, Añejo, and Extra Añejo for tequila lovers to sip, savor and smile by enjoying neat, on the rocks or in a favorite cocktail.
The launch of the re-brand brings a bartender-friendly Blanco bottle. Alisa Clyne states, “If you take a look at a large tequila section of a liquor store, the bartender is challenged by almost every brand with great looking bottles that are difficult to handle in a busy cocktail-making shift. So I chose to take this opportunity in our rebranding to bring in a great Blanco bottle that is much easier for bartenders to create their cocktails with ease and fit the bottle into the speed rail for easier access.” Their brand is also debuting their Extra Añejo for the first time to the public. Once reserved only for a commemorative ceramic bottle that celebrated the 20th anniversary of Roger’s first major-label album as The Refreshments, “Fizzy Fuzzy, Big & Buzzy,” it will now be available at retail for the first time.
“We celebrate our community and our extended family who have been with us throughout our journey. Above all, Salud, Sip, and Sing with Canción!” – Roger & Alisa Clyne.
The Canción family portfolio offers four luxurious, award-winning tequila expressions with SRP per 750ml bottle starting at $38 for Blanco (unoaked), $48 for Reposado (rested 9 months), $58 Añejo (aged 18 months), and $120 for Extra Añejo (aged over 3 years). For more info, please visit https://canciontequila.com/.
Tasting notes include:
Blanco – Crystal clear brilliance conspires with melon and citrus to subtly harmonize and create an alluring nose—floral agave with hints of quince and white pepper blend for a balanced encounter. The finish is smooth and enduring, leaving the palate with a warm and lustrous invitation to return.
Reposado – Resting for 9 months in Bourbon barrels imparts a golden radiance with a viscous, buttery entry to the palate. A rhythmic balance of agave, hints of honey, and oak accents. It finishes with a smooth and smoldering crescendo.
Añejo – Simple elegance begins with aging for 18 months in Bourbon barrels, heralding a full nose of smoky, woody notes. A silky entry to the palate finishes with a harmonious blend of sweet and dry tastes of agave, tobacco, and hints of vanilla. Perfect for sipping. Lingers with a long, silky glow.
Extra Añejo – A celestial union of a premium bourbon barrel and agave spirit allowed it to rest and coalesce for over three years. Tequila’s legendary obsidian terroir meets American White Oak bourbon barrels’ heritage to conjure seamless notes of dry fruit, woody smoke, and hints of caramel butterscotch. The finish is an extravagant, refined experience of balance between sweet and dry in an alluring palate of agave at its best.
