Based in Columbia, Missouri, Cooking Education is a top-tier education provider for those looking to take their culinary expertise to the next level. With a team of experienced chefs, food scientists, and nutritional experts, Cooking Education offers a comprehensive range of courses and services that build upon essential cooking skills. Whether it’s as basic as learning to chop vegetables or as complex as mastering modernist cuisine techniques, Cooking Education has something for everyone.
The Bread Baking course is an all-time favorite, teaching the basics of dough mixing and fermentation, and culminating in a final project that puts those new skills to work. Participants leave with a full package of recipes, educational materials, and a network of new contacts that opens up all kinds of potential opportunities. For those working on improving their knife skills, Cooking Education’s Knife Mastery Class is perfect. Covering the fundamentals of knife handling and knife care, as well as more advanced techniques such as julienne, chiffonade and batonnet cutting, this class takes your knife skills to the next level.
For those interested in exploring sustainable and holistic approaches to cooking and nutrition, the Essential Cuisine Series dives deep into the realms of organic growing, farm-to-table sourcing, and permaculture principles. This course balances theoretical and practical instruction, covering topics from traditional fermentation methods to preparation of wild edibles. Through this course, participants gain an invaluable perspective and set of skills catering to a sustainable lifestyle.
At Cooking Education, the team is dedicated to creating a unique curriculum that truly strives to create a sense of culinary excellence in each participant. With knowledgeable instructors and personalized classes, anyone can turn their passion for cooking into a career.