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Does cooking frighten you? Do recipes overwhelm you? How do you prepare a fish? You may have more questions and few answers. My new online cookery school can help you. 

Be the Chef in your Kitchen is all about raising your confidence in the kitchen and doing that as part of a community. I believe that confidence is the essential key to becoming a chef. You can acquire the required skills and techniques. The school is there to support you through the articles, podcast and more that are published weekly.

Below is an example of one such article which describes the process and importance of Mise en Place. So subscribe to Be the Chef in your Kitchen and start your journey in the kitchen to become a chef, today!


A Trio of Desserts prepared for a dinner party!

With time and building your cookery skills and techniques, you can prepare a dessert like this easily. It is all down to planning, preparation, recipes and taking time to put it all together. This is what the online cookery school Be the Chef in your Kitchen is all about. Explaining skills, techniques, cookery processes, recipes so that your confidence grows. 


Learn about ingredients and preparation

Cooking involves ingredients, preparation and skills. Preparing fish, chicken or making pastry. Then combining these skills in one recipe. All your cookery skills and experience in one place!

Enjoy having a professional chef feeding you skills, techniques, advice, recipes and a podcast to help you each week.

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The Island Chef: Chef, teacher and food writer from the Isle of Wight. Teaching you the why behind great cooking since 2008.

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