culinary skills
Ability to cook
Culinary skills are the abilities involved in preparing food—knife work, heat control, seasoning, timing, and technique.
The term covers everything from basic competencies like sautéing and roasting to advanced abilities like sauce-making and pastry work.
She honed her culinary skills at a French cooking school.
Someone with strong culinary skills can execute recipes reliably and improvise when needed.
- choppingCutting into pieces
- spicingAdding aromatic ingredients
- sautéingQuick cooking in fat
- pan searingQuick fry for crust
- garnishingDecorating food before serving
plating up · taste testing · peeling · seasoning · deglazing · drizzling · grilling · dicing · caramelizing · boiling · chiffonade · steaming · brining · blanching · deboning · emulsifying · flambéing · julienning