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Pawan Kukreja | Executive Chef | Ramada, Dehardun
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What is Professional Cooking?
There are many nuances of a Career in Professional Cooking. Understanding Why one wants to choose a Career in Professional Cooking is phenomenally more important than figuring out How to get into Professional Cooking. While anyone can have an opinion on what Professional Cooking entails; only a real professional can really explain it.
Executive Chef Pawan Kukreja has worked in Professional Cooking for 12 years & 11 months. Executive Chef Pawan Kukreja defines Professional Cooking as:
Cooking is the art, technology and craft of preparing food for consumption with or without the use of heat. The ways or types of cooking also depend on the skill and type of training an individual cook has. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants and other food establishments
How Executive Chef Pawan Kukreja got into Professional Cooking?
I have done B Sc in Hospitality & Hotel Administration from IHMCT&AN, Chennai. I started my career as a chef with Inter-Continental-The Grand, New Delhi and then Mumbai. I have worked with hotels like Lalit Resort & Spa, One and Only Royal Mirage, The Orchid, Radisson Blue. I am working as an Executive Chef at Ramada, Dehradun.
Executive Chef Pawan Kukreja's Talk on Professional Cooking |
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| Starts with what is: | |
| 1) | Professional Cooking |
| Next, it covers Education. We all know that only 10% of what is taught in Professional Cooking is actually used in real life. The Education section of the Talk clearly explained what is the 10% needed in Professional Cooking. It discusses following headings for Education in Professional Cooking: | |
| 2) | Theory Of Cooking |
| 3) | Cultural & Regional Cooking |
| 4) | Ingredients |
| Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Sills and success in Professional Cooking go hand in hand. One needs to get a hold of essential skills. Here is a list of Skills required for Professional Cooking: | |
| 5) | Passion |
| 6) | Sense Of Taste & Smell |
| 7) | Communication |
| 8) | Presentation |
| 9) | Sense Of Combination |
| Positives of Professional Cooking are quite interesting. These are the Positives of Professional Cooking: | |
| 10) | Independence |
| 11) | Opportunities |
| 12) | Networking |
| 13) | Pride & Recognition |
| 14) | Monetary Potential |
| 15) | Travel |
| It is important that one develops a fair understanding of the Challenges of Professional Cooking: | |
| 16) | Long Working Hours |
| 17) | High Stress |
| 18) | Health Issues |
| 19) | Quality Of Ingredients |
| 20) | Long Gestation Period |
| In the final section of the Talk, Pawan Kukreja talks about How a day goes in a Career in: | |
| 21) | Professional Cooking |
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How to get into
Professional Cooking?
If you are want to get into Professional Cooking, start by investing in a Career Plan.
The 14 hour process, guided by a LifePage Career Advisor, will help you introspect and check whether your interest in Professional Cooking is merely an infatuation or is it truly something you wish to do for the rest of your life.
Next, your Career Advisor will help you document how you can get into Professional Cooking, what education and skills you need to succeed in Professional Cooking, and what positives and challenges you will face in Professional Cooking.
Finally, you will get a Career Plan stating which Courses, Certifications, Trainings and other Items you need to do in the next 7 years to become world’s best in Professional Cooking.
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Links for this Talk
LifePage Career Talk on Professional Cooking
[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/professional-cooking-1
[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20170816-0004
[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxid2aIB7T4
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