Essential Culinary Skills for Beginners
Learn essential cooking and kitchen skills from home, guided by a chef instructor with video and online materials. Ideal for beginners seeking practical culinary knowledge and life skills.
NZ$249
inc GST
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Core skills this course teaches
Work safely and hygienically in the kitchen
Learn to follow best practices for kitchen safety and personal hygiene while preparing food.
Understand and apply basic kitchen dress and knife skills
Know how to dress appropriately and use knives safely and efficiently.
About This Course
This beginner-level course offers step-by-step instruction in basic culinary skills, kitchen and food safety, and foundational food preparation. Lessons are accessible online and cover key life skills such as healthy eating, kitchen hygiene, basic mathematics related to cooking, food nutrition, and culinary creativity. Graduates can progress to advanced culinary studies and will receive both a certificate and a digital badge.
Course Content
- Food hygiene
- Kitchen safety
- Safe knife use
- How to dress for the kitchen
- Preparing and cooking from a recipe
- Maintaining a clean workspace during cooking
- Planning a cooking production schedule or workflow
- Writing shopping lists and costing recipes
- Adapting recipes for dietary restrictions (e.g., vegetarian)
- Pasta making
- Meat preparation
- Vegetable preparation
- Bread making
- Cake and biscuits
- Desserts
- Basic chocolate making
- Consumer awareness and creativity in cooking
Entry Requirements
You must be able to speak, read and understand English.
Build towards these roles
Foundation for entry-level kitchen rolesPreparation for further culinary studies
Build skills in these industries
HospitalityFood and Beverage
