Category: Getting Ahead in the Kitchen

22 Mar

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Praise from Whole Foods’ Sr. Culinary Educator

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What do the experts think? (link)
From chef Chad Sarno, senior culinary educator of Whole Foods Market’s healthy eating program and chef from the best selling book, ‘Crazy Sexy Kitchen.

“I’ve taken this course myself, testing it to see if it was up to par and I have to say, I’m blown away. I wish I had this resource when I was starting out on the path of healthy cooking. Level 1 will help you create an amazing foundation of knowledge and comfortability in the kitchen.. Trust me you will not be disappointed!

The fact [is] that it’s all online and you can take classes whenever [they] fit within your schedule, from your kitchen.”

22 Feb

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Plant-Based Cooking I & The Cook’s Roadmap I Now Available!

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Dearest Friends and Family (current and future),

You have waited patiently for our new courses, and we thank you for your support, authenticity and honesty.

We are incredibly excited to announce the launch of the first-ever online instructor-guided certification cooking courses! Both The Cook’s Roadmap (Level 1) and Plant-Based Cooking (Level 1) are now available to start on demand!

These courses apply our innovative new learning platform to make the path to better cooking accessible to any skill level, anywhere, on demand. Read below (the press release for this launch) to learn more about how these new courses will transform the way the world cooks, eats and lives!

Cheers,
The Rouxbe Online Cooking School Team

Vancouver, British Columbia, February 21, 2013 – Rouxbe (pronounced “ROO-bee”), the leading online instructional cooking school, has released the first two of its many contextualized certification cooking courses: The Cook’s Roadmap (Level 1) and Plant-Based Cooking (Level 1). These two courses will be followed by a series of additional recreational and professional course launches.

The educational material in each course is equivalent to a multi-day recreational or professional cooking course, yet students can start these on-demand courses at any time and at their own pace. At the end of a course, graduating students will earn a Rouxbe certificate. Courses starting at $49.95 USD are available for every skill level and cater to a wide variety of diets.

“After ten years of teaching in and directing professional culinary programs, I see Rouxbe as the future of culinary education. Rouxbe offers an unprecedented front seat to learn the techniques behind and the foundation of good cooking,” said Ken Rubin, Rouxbe’s VP of Culinary Training and chair of The Culinary Trust.

Rouxbe’s courses are based on a simple theory: Learn the right techniques, take the time to practice and you can master thousands of recipes in a fraction of the time it takes to learn them individually.

People wanting to learn to cook are often caught in a cycle of inefficient learning, bombarded by free online and offline content (for example, recipes, celebrity chefs and out-of-context videos). Even if they find the best recipe in the world from a great chef, tested by a team of experts, it won’t work if they don’t understand how to execute and adapt the underlying techniques.

Unlike recipe-centric approaches, Rouxbe’s instructor-guided certification courses focus on the techniques, methods and nutrition necessary to master one’s own kitchen. Inspired by and designed for recreational and professional culinary students around the globe, Rouxbe has spent seven years developing this innovative course delivery platform and meticulously produced technique-driven content to help any student get on the path to better cooking.

Each course is structured within a modern learning framework modeled after the thinking process of professional chefs: the Map of Cooking. This top-down architecture enables students to dive deep into fun activities—including flavor tactics, memory games, timed visual learning, playing “recipe doctor” and negotiating with the “Rouxbe Supreme Court”—all while keeping a sense of the bigger picture.

Rouxbe’s courses are a catalyst for transforming the way you cook, eat and live.

Rouxbe courses fit into students’ lives in a simple, authentic and time-efficient way. Students dictate their own class time and length, leverage real-life instructor support and track their progress through a variety of assessment activities to pinpoint areas for improvement.

You have the power to change your life through food. Let Rouxbe give you the right tools.

Why would you pass up a chance to have a better culinary relationship with yourself and the ones you love? Get a taste of Rouxbe’s unparalleled cooking courses today with a complimentary sample course: http://rouxbe.com/cooking-courses.

ABOUT ROUXBE:
Rouxbe is the world’s leading online cooking school. Founded in 2005, Rouxbe offers certification cooking courses for cooks of all levels (home or professional) using intuitive learning technology with instructor support. Each course is available to start on demand and can be taken at your own pace. Rouxbe can be found in the kitchens of homes, schools, restaurants and professional culinary academies in over 178 countries.

14 Dec

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Wake up! New Cooking Courses Available for Pre-Sale

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Wake up your cooking brain!

Get ready to explore a new level of cooking creativity: Rouxbe’s new cooking courses arrive January 14th, 2013! But starting today, you can guarantee your seat in any of our new available courses that you choose by purchasing in advance.

Existing Rouxbe Lifetime students have a guaranteed seat, at no additional cost, in any of the courses of their choosing.

Don’t sift through endless online and offline content trying to teach yourself to cook. Let Rouxbe’s guided instruction open your eyes to understanding the map of the “world of cooking”–a set of puzzle pieces that can be rearranged to unlock the code to tastier, healthier food.

Each new course offers a path of professional-grade culinary content in an intuitive learning system, guided by the support of real-life instructors. Made for cooks of every skill level, you can progress through the course at your own pace, on your own schedule.

Head to http://rouxbe.com/cooking-courses to learn more about our courses and the technology underlying our new standard in online culinary education.

Choose the path to better cooking!
The Rouxbe Online Cooking School Team

18 Jun

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Welcome Najat Kaanache! Rouxbe Attracts World Class Talent and She’s on a Mission.

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As we have reported, the Rouxbe Cooking School is embarking on one of its most ambitious feature releases since its inception and launch in 2005 – “Learning Paths” or Online Classes. These classes will lead cooks of all abilities through a variety of curriculum-driven paths to a unique end culinary goal, complete with a “Certificate of Completion” (note: we will be posting screenshots of what this will look like in the coming days).

As part of developing these online classes, we have been working hard at expanding our team and adding some of the world’s best talented chefs and educators. While there will be many new faces joining the Rouxbe culinary team, we wanted to take a minute to introduce you to one of our newest culinary instructors – Najat Kaanache. Najat will assist us with the creation and launch of one of our newest, and most important, class offerings (more details to follow, but let’s just say that we think it has the opportunity to change the world we live in).

Najat Kaanache

Najat Kaanache (aka The Pilgrim Chef) is frequently likened to another creative artist, Frida Kahlo, and her culinary expertise is truly magical and unique. She grew up picking and milling her own olives and wheat in the Atlas Mountains and has gone on to train with many of the world’s greatest chefs including: Ferran Adria, Thomas Keller, Grant Achatz, Rene Redzepi, Juan Mari Arzak, Martin Berasategui, Heston Blumenthal and Bill Yosses. Now hailed as the most knowledgeable and important female chef of the future, Kaanache has “evolutionary” ideas to reach the creative spirit in all people through the magic of cooking.

She worked at El Bulli – the World’s Best Restaurant [video] for its last two historic seasons and became one of five recipients of the auspicious “Masters of Culinary Science” degree created by Ferran Adria in collaboration with the University of Barcelona. She’s traveled all over the world to learn more about global gastronomic culture while teaching monumental seminars and creating unforgettable state dinners. Recently Kaanache partnered with White House Chef, Bill Yosses, to deliver presentations on “Science and Cooking” at Harvard University and New York University.

Najat Teaching at Harvard w/ White House Chef

Najat’s Message:

In my experience, nearly everyone is energized and interested when a meal is being prepared. Our instincts attract us like magnets to a flaming grill or even to a fresh salad. What I want to do is support families by providing straightforward education about natural foods, nutrition and cooking for a healthy life. Growing up on a farm in the North of Spain, I was very fortunate to be raised on the Mediterranean diet. I had a real relationship with each ingredient that came straight from the earth. I never saw commercials for McDonald’s and I didn’t ever crave White Castle. For families living in big cities things are very different and it is my mission to provide a platform that will help them find their way to a healthy eating lifestyle.

My Goal & Reason for Joining the Rouxbe Culinary Team:

My goal, deeply from my heart, is to unite people together around ONE table and show them that it is within their reach to make amazing, unique, and delicious dishes that are fresh, healthy and natural. From the age of five, I was cooking next to my grandma and mama every day. I never went outside of the house to eat until I dedicated myself to working for the best chefs in the world. In each of those kitchens we made the most experimental and difficult dishes on the planet, but we also strove for simplicity in the food we all ate for our daily family meals. To me, there is “Luxury in Simplicity” and that’s what I want to teach people…and without a doubt, Rouxbe is the very best program and platform online to help accomplish this.

Welcome Najat! We are honored to have you join our team. It is amazing for us to have someone with your talents and expertise help us change the world.

As you always say – “Let’s make magic!”

Joe Girard
CEO & Co-Founder of Rouxbe.

29 May

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The Pocket Cooking School – Take Rouxbe with You!

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Hi students! Want to help us test out a really cool new feature? It’s not completely finished and it’s not perfect…yet, but we think that it’s ready for some testing if you’d like to try it out.

It’s called the Pocket Cooking School and it enables you to find and display related Rouxbe video content when you are on other websites.

For example, let’s say you are looking at a soup recipe that you’d like to try, but you can’t remember (or haven’t watched), the Rouxbe videos for making soups. Well, now you can highlight the recipe, click a button and voila, Rouxbe technique videos will magically appear before your eyes related to making soup….right there on the third party site.

CLICK HERE to give it a whirl.

One caveat…during this testing phase, the Pocket Cooking School only works in flash video, so you won’t be able to use your mobile device at this time (something we’ll address later after testing).

Watch video above to learn more.

Cheers,
Joe Girard
Co-Founder & CEO