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Sustainable gastronomy and food sustainability
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Sustainable gastronomy and food sustainability

The kitchen is no longer just a space for creation or tradition. Today, it is also a space for decision-making. Every ingredient chosen, every technique applied, and every menu designed has an impact — on people’s health, on the balance of the environment, and...

Healthiest way of cooking: Effective methods for better health
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Healthiest way of cooking: Effective methods for better health

Sustainable gastronomy isn't just about the ingredients we choose—it's also about how we prepare them. Healthy cooking methods, or low-impact culinary techniques, are a cornerstone of responsible and forward-thinking cuisine. Alongside local and seasonal ingre...

How much does a pastry chef earn?
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How much does a pastry chef earn?

The pastry chef profession continues to be a dynamic and rewarding career path. The demand for skilled pastry chefs is growing across hotels, fine dining restaurants, boutique bakeries, and catering services worldwide. From crafting delicate éclairs to leading...

What can a culinary degree do for you?
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What can a culinary degree do for you?

A culinary degree can take you far beyond the kitchen. In today’s competitive food industry, talent alone isn’t enough—being trained in the right techniques and kitchen leadership is what sets professionals apart.Whether your goal is to become a head chef, lau...

What is the highest degree in culinary arts?
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What is the highest degree in culinary arts?

We’d love to give you a simple, definitive answer – but it’s a bit more complex than that. In the culinary world, skill is everything. But how you build that skill can shape your entire career. While talent and passion may come naturally, formal training helps...

What are the Duties and Responsibilities of a Head Chef?
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What are the Duties and Responsibilities of a Head Chef?

In the world of gastronomy, the head chef is an indispensable figure in any restaurant, responsible for the overall management of the kitchen and ensuring that everything runs smoothly. As the central point of reference in the kitchen, this is a role that many...

What’s the salary of a Head Chef?
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What’s the salary of a Head Chef?

Becoming a head chef is often a challenging journey, but the rewards can be deeply fulfilling. In a world where gastronomy has reached unprecedented levels of prestige, the role of the fine dining chef—also known as a head chef or international chef—has evolve...

How to become a Head Chef?
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How to become a Head Chef?

Becoming a head chef requires more than just culinary skills—it also demands leadership, organization, and a strategic vision within a professional kitchen. Climbing the ranks in this profession can seem daunting, so we’re here to outline the key requirements ...

What Does a Restaurant Pastry Chef Do? | CIB
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What Does a Restaurant Pastry Chef Do? | CIB

Working in the confectionery industry offers many different job opportunities. It is very different to work in the dessert department of a restaurant than in a bakery. The profile of a pastry chef required for each position depends a lot on training and previo...

Executive Chef Career Requirements
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Executive Chef Career Requirements

Being an executive chef is the natural professional outcome for many chefs who seek to go beyond the kitchens and take on new challenges, managing multiple teams and designing diverse gastronomic proposals. The fact that it is a position of high responsibility...

What does it mean and requirementes to become a pastry chef | CIB
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What does it mean and requirementes to become a pastry chef | CIB

The pastry career is in increasing demand. A pastry chef has a very specialized profile, since his way of working is very different from other chefs and his position is one of the most demanded. There are few professionals in the sector with a complete and spe...

Starting your own gastronomic business: The keys to success
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Starting your own gastronomic business: The keys to success

The entrepreneurship sector has undergone significant growth in recent years, driven by the technological, social, and economic boom. The current digital transformation, globalization, and the ease of collaboration between entrepreneurs from around the world, ...

Everything you need to know about molecular cuisine | CIB
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Everything you need to know about molecular cuisine | CIB

When avant-garde gastronomy appeared, it seemed that a frontier was being established between two types of chefs: those who continued to bet on traditional cuisine and those who bet on creativity and technological innovation in the kitchen.Over time it has bee...

Top 3 avant-garde culinary techniques that every Chef must master |CIB
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Top 3 avant-garde culinary techniques that every Chef must master |CIB

The art of cooking is a competitive environment, so being really good at what you do is critical. Cutting-edge culinary techniques offer chefs the chance to stand out from the competition. By mastering the different techniques in trend, they are able to create...

10 useful tips to improve your pastry skills
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10 useful tips to improve your pastry skills

As the years go by, sweet cuisine needs chefs that are more prepared and who stand out for their experience, uniqueness, and ability to add value. Discover in this post what are the necessary skills of the 21st century to succeed in the world of pastry.Content...

The ingredients used in molecular gastronomy | CIB
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The ingredients used in molecular gastronomy | CIB

Instead of following traditional culinary techniques, chefs that specialise in molecular gastronomy experiment with chemicals and techniques to alter the properties of food and create and innovative surprising new dishes. This form of cooking often involves ma...