Orlando Culinary Arts Academy Spices Up Career Education Classes With Training Events For Local Chefs
Food preparation demonstrations show the simplicity of fine cuisine in even the most trying circumstances of the hurricane season.
Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) July 6, 2005 -- There’s a certain culinary twist in
how to live well even if you are living in the dark, with no electricity;
meaning no fridge, often no oven or stove and lack of ingredients. Orlando
Culinary Academy is determined to show Floridians how to live well, regardless
of such conditions.
This indoor event, “Hurricane Survival Cooking”, is
Saturday, July 16, 2005 from 11AM to 3PM. This event is free to the public and
will feature numerous demonstrations such as “Cooking without Heat,” “Safe Food
Handling,” “Selecting the Right Pantry Items,” Camp Stove Cooking” and more. In
addition, visitors will have an opportunity to meet various local emergency
management agencies and emergency supply vendors. During the event the Chef
Instructors and students will conduct demonstrations in our kitchen classrooms
located nearby.
Even in the darkest of times in a state where the people
can be forced to go weeks without power it is possible to have higher quality
meals. A charcoal grilled fish, which can be cooked either with charcoal or even
on the family car’s engine, while they are inside the car cooling down, might
not be able to be accompanied by rice pilaf, but the school will show how to
make a delicious corn relish with items from a properly stocked pantry. Ideas on
how to have mayo and mustard available for sandwiches throughout a blackout will
be shared. These items just might improve the quality of life, the school
believes.
The Senior Community Relations Representative, Cletus Ford,
stresses the quality of culinary education, “While the Le Cordon Bleu reputation
for quality speaks for itself, at Orlando Culinary Academy our fundamental
approach to all we do is to stress the value and importance of doing the right
thing, the right way.”
The importance of career education is emphasized
by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics in April of 2005
when they stated that people who have had courses in commercial food preparation
may start in a cook or chef job without spending a lot of time in lower-skilled
kitchen jobs. Their education may give them an advantage when looking for jobs
in better restaurants.
The Orlando Culinary Academy was established in
January 2002 to bring the Le Cordon Bleu culinary arts program to the Orlando
area. The Academy's association with Le Cordon Bleu represents a union of some
of the finest in European and North American culinary arts training programs
available today, resulting in a curriculum that is comprehensive, challenging
and hands-on education. Le Cordon Bleu was founded in Paris in 1895 and it's
name traces back to a high honor bestowed upon members of the Order of the Holy
Spirit by King Henry III in the 1500's. The awarded medallion, called the Cross
of the Holy Spirit, was suspended from a Blue Ribbon which is: Le Cordon Bleu.
The Orlando Culinary Academy is located off John Young Parkway at 8511
Commodity Circle, Suite 100, Orlando, FL 32819. Visit www.orlandoculinary.com
for more information.
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