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| Cooking | 10/7/2008 |
Q: I was just wondering if you had to have a degree or a certificate to have your own catering service ...
A: Nope, but you do have to meet local criteria for your health department and they vary from one ...
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| starting out | 8/13/2008 |
Q: I have a culinary degree and fifteen years in the restaurant industry. I am now looking to get into ...
A: First off, personal cheffing and catering are two entirely different concepts so i recommend you ...
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| freezing half-prepped food | 7/14/2008 |
Q: I'm running a Tex-Mex and American restaurant overseas. I'm one of those fools who started from ...
A: Well, take a look in the grocery store freezer section. There's all sorts of things like you're ...
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| freezer burn | 7/13/2008 |
Q: Can you successfully cook chicken that has some freezer burn on it. If you cut off the bad areas ...
A: You can, but you'll have less flavor. I would use it to make something like chicken salad or ...
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| Small Catering Business | 6/29/2008 |
Q: My husband and I just completed a catering kitchen on our property where I plan to bake cakes, ...
A: I hope you first checked with your local health department and built that kitchen to their code ...
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| Packaging | 12/24/2007 |
Q: What type of packaging options are available for personal chefs,and what are the nutritional ...
A: Sorry for the delay. I turned my computer off to spend time with my family over Christmas. There are ...
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| How to Know if A personal Chef is needed in my area | 10/3/2007 |
Q: I really want to become a personal chef and do private parties and such along those lines but how do ...
A: If there are busy hungry people in your market area with disposable income (which is about any area ...
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| Starting my own home Party baking business. | 6/20/2007 |
Q: I am thinking about starting my own at home specialty baking business. Hand decorated cakes, cup ...
A: Before doing anything, you should first contact your local county Health Department. Requirements ...
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| catering business | 5/4/2007 |
Q: I have had interest of starting a catering business for quite some time now. My biggest question is, ...
A: Absolutely not. Any food sold to the public must be prepared in a health department approved and ...
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| ummmmm... | 1/15/2007 |
Q: For the past year or so i've really enjoyed cooking and baking. I'm always looking for a reason to ...
A: It must be exciting to have an idea at your age about what you would like to do with your future. ...
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| Personal Chef Services | 12/2/2006 |
Q: I am working as an Ex Chef for a major hospital.I teach advanced culinary arts evening classes at a ...
A: It is relatively little start up expense involved with starting a Personal Chef business. Few folks ...
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| i love cooking | 11/3/2006 |
Q: hey, I am currently 17 years old and a senior at Keefe Tech in Framingham MA and in the Culinary ...
A: There are a multitude of variables that will determine fees... I suggest you research personal chef ...
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| Career Questions | 10/26/2006 |
Q: Hi! I am a seventh grade student at St. Teresa of Avila School in Pennsylvania. My computer teacher ...
A: I'm not sure I'm what you are looking for but I will give you some answers. I'm a Personal Chef, ...
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| getting started | 8/8/2006 |
Q: I'm very interested in becoming a personal chef. Right now, I'm catering on average 2 parties a ...
A: I recommend checking out the various organizations. The money you invest in that will more than pay ...
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| Substitution | 6/6/2006 |
Q: What can I use in place of tomatoe sauce/tomatoe paste? What else can I use instead of cilantro?
A: A substitute would depend on the recipe and what you're making. I suppose there could be various ...
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| PERSONAL CHEF | 5/18/2006 |
Q: I WANT TO BECOME A PERSONAL CHEF, AND HAVE BEEN DOING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ONLINE. MOST PROGRAMS ...
A: As CoFounder and previous owner of Personal Chefs Network, I assure you that making an investment in ...
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| chocolate and sugar sculptures | 3/21/2005 |
Q: i'm in 6th grade when i grow up i want to be a baking chef. i'm doing a paper in school on the ...
A: I'm sorry I can't answer your questions, but I simply don't know the answers. I don't like to bake ...
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| Freezer Burn | 3/11/2005 |
Q: My question concerns "freezer burn". When I purchase "family packs" of pork/beef or 5 lbs. of ground ...
A: Anytime air can get to your food you are going to get freezer burn. You can try wrapping first in ...
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| Making Cakes | 4/9/2004 |
Q: I love cooking in my spare time and i always make special cakes for my family, that that really ...
A: This is my FAVORITE cake. It's real easy to make and everybody loves it. I hope you do too. If ...
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| Corn starch on wings | 4/5/2004 |
Q: First, I wonder if you could offer some advice. I am frying chicken wings using a coating of just ...
A: I've never heard of battering wings in only cornstarch so I can't help with that. Please drop me an ...
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| Looking for a Culinary Mentor | 1/17/2001 |
Q: I am a 35 year old professional ready to make a career change...my background is in quality ...
A: I am not familiar with the school you are asking about nor professional culinary training. I do ...
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| Cooking with dried tomatoes & mushrooms | 1/13/2001 |
Q: Every once in awhile, I see a recipe that calls for dried mushrooms or dried tomatoes. My question ...
A: There are times when you would want to used these dried products. Many times a recipe will call for ...
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