Tips and tricks from culinary school
Obviously I've learnt ridiculous amounts over the 16 weeks, but here are some of my top tips that have really upped my game as a chef....
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LABS TO LADLES
Culinary School Diaries
A blow by blow account of studying at Ashburton Culinary School
Will Kendall
- Jan 20, 2022
- 2 min
Gluten free goodies, grades and goodbyes - Culinary School Diaries, Week 16
Our final week of school only had 3 days in the kitchen, with the first two spent focusing on "free from" cooking - in this case, gluten...
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Will Kendall
- Jan 19, 2022
- 2 min
Final Exams - Culinary School Diaries, Week 15
The week that our course had all been building to, the dreaded exam week. Monday to Friday this time, 3 hours each day, to make 10...
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Will Kendall
- Jan 17, 2022
- 2 min
Science, sauces and souffle- Culinary School Diaries, Week 14
Week 14 was our final full (non-exam) week in the kitchen and was right up my street, beginning to look more at techniques a bit more...
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Will Kendall
- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
Dumplings, diners and disaster - Culinary School Diaries, Week 13
Week 13 was dining club week, a very different experience to the rest of the course, where we were serving the public each night Monday...
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Will Kendall
- Dec 22, 2021
- 3 min
Red week - Culinary School Diaries, Week 12
Week 12 was a week affectionately penned as "red week" by the cohort and tutors, or "hell week" by me. Past day 1, pretty much the entire...
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Will Kendall
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
A really not so offal week - Culinary School Diaries, Week 11
After a very long and stressful month or so, I'm back writing! Week 11 was the week in the course where I think I learnt the most,...
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Will Kendall
- Oct 24, 2021
- 3 min
Fish and curry, Go-aaan - Culinary School Diaries, Week 10
This has been the week I've been most looking forward to most since starting the course - Sushi, Indian and Thai week. This was a week...
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Will Kendall
- Oct 17, 2021
- 3 min
Game, guns and grape juice - Culinary School Diaries, Week 9
What a joy to be back in the kitchen this week without the stress of exams at the same time, and just to be able to enjoy learning....
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Will Kendall
- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
EXAMS EXAMS EXAMS - Culinary School Diaries, Week 8
As you might possibly guess from this week's title, it was exam week this week. 4 days of 3 hours, with 6 different dishes to serve....
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Will Kendall
- Oct 9, 2021
- 2 min
Molluscs, mousse and murder - Culinary School Diaries, Week 7
As the final week before exams begin, I was expecting quite a tough, exam dish focused work, but was very pleasantly surprised by a very...
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Will Kendall
- Oct 3, 2021
- 3 min
A Minda Kuddled Food Week - Culinary School Diaries, Week 6
Week 6's food was very varied, both in ingredients and in the quality of my creations. After a bit of back-in-the-kitchen nerves on...
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Will Kendall
- Oct 3, 2021
- 2 min
Beef, butchery and (bunking off?) - Culinary School Diaries, Week 5
Bit of a fragmented week for me, unfortunately, as I had to miss Wednesday to Friday due to reasons out of my control. Thanks to my very...
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Will Kendall
- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
Pork, prep and plenty of pastries - Culinary School Diaries, Week 4
We're fully getting into the swing of things now, with more and more exam dishes popping up. I think this has been my favourite week so...
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Will Kendall
- Sep 4, 2021
- 3 min
Fish are food, not friends - Culinary School Diaries, Week 3
A new week brings new chef tutors, new techniques and new challenges. This week had a big focus on pastries, lamb and fish, particularly...
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Will Kendall
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
Butchery, Broths and Many Breads - Culinary School Diaries, Week 2
I'm 5 days into learning in the kitchen now, and loving every second of it in all honesty. Some things are definitely harder than others...
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Will Kendall
- Aug 22, 2021
- 2 min
Hygiene, Safety and Admin - Culinary School Diaries, Week 1
This week marks my first foray into official culinary training, written from the lovely Devon town of Ashburton. Tuesday: The week...
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