Yes I have been off blogging for a long time and that's because of certain issues with work which are taken care of now..So now I shall be writing more often and will see you guys around.Till then"keep calm and cook".
Monday, 7 October 2013
Chef not a Cook..
This argument has probably been going on for ages..What is the difference between a Chef and a Cook??Are they the same??If no what is the difference.
The reason I took up this topic is because of making people understand that there is a significance difference between these two terms.Well you can say that all Chefs were Cooks,but all Cooks are not Chefs.
Chef is a food professional who has sound practical as well as theoretical knowledge about food production,whereas a cook just does what he is commanded to do,in this case mostly by a Chef who heads the kitchen or a section.
A cook has all the possibilities of growing to the position of the Chef over the years ,gaining theoretical knowledge,certain terminologies,methods of cooking,etc and this combined with the practical knowledge that they already posses will make them a Chef.
A Chef is responsible for managing a team of trained cooks and responsible for honing their skill set so that they go on to become chefs in the future.
That is the difference between both,although the term Head Cook has been used from time to time in the culinary world,it according to me is not the right term to give a Chef.
A Chef mainly has supervisory roles in the kitchen as well as managerial,its upto a Chef to implement a menu in an establishment and for a cook to actually carry it through.A chef has to either have a Culinary Degree or should have done an Apprenticeship Course of a similar time frame under the guidance of a Chef so as to have the knowledge of a Culinary Degree.
A cook is still at the learning level of his career and will go through a time frame and a hierarchy to become a chef.
But no matter how much I try to explain this old argument,its is never going to end with a justified decision as at time there have been situations where i have seen good cooks perform better than Chefs and work much harder than them .And I have learned a lot from them over the years I have been working.I have high regards for both but at the same time as in any commercial establishment a hierarchy has to be maintained and in the kitchen the Chef is always right.PERIOD.
The reason I took up this topic is because of making people understand that there is a significance difference between these two terms.Well you can say that all Chefs were Cooks,but all Cooks are not Chefs.
Chef is a food professional who has sound practical as well as theoretical knowledge about food production,whereas a cook just does what he is commanded to do,in this case mostly by a Chef who heads the kitchen or a section.
A cook has all the possibilities of growing to the position of the Chef over the years ,gaining theoretical knowledge,certain terminologies,methods of cooking,etc and this combined with the practical knowledge that they already posses will make them a Chef.
A Chef is responsible for managing a team of trained cooks and responsible for honing their skill set so that they go on to become chefs in the future.
That is the difference between both,although the term Head Cook has been used from time to time in the culinary world,it according to me is not the right term to give a Chef.
A Chef mainly has supervisory roles in the kitchen as well as managerial,its upto a Chef to implement a menu in an establishment and for a cook to actually carry it through.A chef has to either have a Culinary Degree or should have done an Apprenticeship Course of a similar time frame under the guidance of a Chef so as to have the knowledge of a Culinary Degree.
A cook is still at the learning level of his career and will go through a time frame and a hierarchy to become a chef.
But no matter how much I try to explain this old argument,its is never going to end with a justified decision as at time there have been situations where i have seen good cooks perform better than Chefs and work much harder than them .And I have learned a lot from them over the years I have been working.I have high regards for both but at the same time as in any commercial establishment a hierarchy has to be maintained and in the kitchen the Chef is always right.PERIOD.
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