Vacancy: The Premiere Alpine Chalet Cookery Course - Tignes
Company: Mountain Chefs Cookery School
Category: Cookery courses
Dates: August 16th- 20th in Tignes
Cost: £650.00
Support in place: Ski season placement - CV Help
Age limit: None
Course Details
Mountain Chefs is pleased to offer our one week Chalet Chef Short Course in the beautiful and busy summer time resort of Tignes, French Alps. If you are interested in combining your Chalet Chef Short Course with an active week in the mountains, then this course will be perfect for you.
The French Mountain Chefs Course
The Mountain Chefs French course includes a welcome drink and light dinner when you arrive in the chalets on Sunday evening, five full days of gourmet chalet cookery instruction, all training materials including our Mountain Chefs chalet cooking guide, a complete six day chalet menu plan including amendments for vegetarians, special dietary requirements and a children’s menu, a full book of recipes, assistance in finding work in the Alps, all ingredients and equipment, all food during your stay including a gourmet dinner with wine each evening, luxury accommodation for six nights based on two sharing, linen and towels and a set time pick up and drop off to and from Geneva airport as below.
You will also receive Level 2 Kitchen Health and Safety accreditation as well as a Mountain Chefs Course Certificate upon successful completion of the course. We also provide you with the Chef’s formal assessment and reference you can then use with all of your job applications.
We would advise you to please book your own travel insurance as this is not included in our course fee.
Course Topics
Gourmet cooking basics including knife handling skills and chopping techniques
Kitchen health and safety and food hygiene
Children’s Meals planning and preparation
Canapés – hot and cold dishes that are spectacular and easy to prepare
Gourmet main dishes and sides to complete a Six Day Menu Plan
Desserts and cakes
Altitude cooking specifics
How to be a successful Chalet Host – Chalet Host guidelines and a chalet-running timetable
Working with food allergies and dietary requirements
The Tignes course is delivered by Adam Brown, Mountain Chefs Head Chef and takes place in conjunction with Ski Olympic (http://www.skiolympic.com/summer/). Accommodation is provided in the Ski Olympic Chalet Rosset, a large Chalet Hotel located in the resort of Tignes Le Lac. The course price is £650.00 and this includes the full Mountain Chefs Chalet Chef training and materials as well as luxury accommodation.
Course Structure
Your course day will start each day at 8:00am with 4 hours of cooking where you will learn to prepare a hot breakfast and an afternoon cake and also discuss and begin the preparation for the evening three course dinner.
You will then have a long afternoon break where you will be free to enjoy the mountains and the resort facilities.
Cookery instruction will recommence at 4pm where you will finish off preparation of your dishes for a gourmet three-course dinner. Focus and emphasis will be placed on food preparation techniques, flavours and seasonings, plate presentation, wine presentation and pouring. We also closely monitor kitchen cleanliness and the following of good practice for food and personal hygiene.
You will sit down to dinner at approximately 7:30pm each evening with your fellow classmates, learning about guest service and how to create chalet ambience.
Friends and Family
If you would like family members or friends to accompany you during your week’s stay in the beautiful and lively mountain resort of Tignes, the charge is £250.00 per week for bed and breakfast accommodation and airport transfer.
If they would like to dine on the gourmet three course dinner that you prepare each day, the price is £150.00 for the week.
There are plenty of local activities to keep everyone busy while you are attending the cookery course. For a full list of local sights, amenities and activities, please visit the Ski Olympic web site at: http://www.skiolympic.com/summer/ .