Continuing Education

CULG306 - Gourmet Boot Camp

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Course Overview

Take your culinary skills to the next level with 4 intense days in the NAIT kitchens. Daily lessons will build on kitchen basics, teaching advanced recipes and new skills and procedures for preparation of meats, vegetables and sauces. The Gourmet Boot camp will require students to tap into their creative side and come ready to play! Your experience and comfort in the kitchen will be an asset when you’re asked to put your skills to test with a final day, black box competition.

Students enrolling in Gourmet Boot Camp should be able to:
Slice, dice and chop. Having excellent Knife skills is necessary so that daily time lines can be kept. Comfortably prepare the 5 Mother Sauces. Identify doneness factors in dry and moist heat cooking. Practice excellent safety and sanitation habits in the kitchen.

The course runs over a total of 36 hours, splitting each day into intensive and fun 8 hour sessions.

Prerequisite: You must be at least 18 years of age, as alcohol may be involved.

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Delivery Methods

  • Face to Face: Where: In-person meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Face-to-face instruction at all class meetings. Location may be on campus or at a worksite.
  • Blended: Where: Mixture of in-person & online components. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Combination of face-to-face and online components at specific times. Some online components may be accessed online anytime.
  • Hyflex: Where: Choice to attend in-person or online meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. For each class, students choose to attend in-person with the instructor or online at a specific time.
  • Remote Live Delivery: Where: Online with instructor. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Instruction is delivered at set times online. Students do not come to campus.
  • Remote On-Demand Delivery: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online. While there are no set class meetings, there may be set due dates and deadlines for some activities. Students may interact with peers through virtual tools.
  • Remote Independent: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online, with no instructor support. While students choose when to do coursework, there may be set due dates and deadlines. 
  • Work Placement: Where: In-person meetings. When: Work is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Onsite work integrated learning. Location at a worksite.
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