WIIFM – Why should I learn Baking if I want to be Chef

A response to the WIIFM Activity
created by Charlton Alvares (@calvares)

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Why do I need to learn Baking if I want to be a chef? This is a constant debate with my culinary students.

  • Increases my career opportunities by two-fold
  • I will learn two skills instead of one.
  • Braising include a combination of both roasting (baking) and simmering (cooking)
  • By understanding baking, you will better understand dry cooking methods.
  • A better understanding of oven operations and modulating temperatures.
  • More precise with measuring ingredients, a task every cook dislikes.
  • Makes you unique because most Bakers can cook but not all cooks can bake.
  • To progress in your career you need knowledge of both areas of the kitchen.
  • Baking is a science and hence needs more precision, if this is applied to cooking a more standardized outcome can be achieved.

 

 

Example for "WIIFM – Why should I learn Baking if I want to be Chef":
https://bank.ecampusontario.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Beef-and-Veal-Week-4-Winter-2021.pdf