Exploring an array of culinary skills, this video enables viewers to create dishes for a fully catered meal. Grounding students in the elements of plate composition-color, texture, height, and balance-the program demonstrates entree and dessert presentation with elegant examples of smoked salmon, roast turkey, blue-eye fillet, and lemon tart. Detailed instruction is also given in basic and extended garnishes, and in the fundamentals of knife organization,...

In the late-1970s, when she's offered a job at the community pool's snack shack, Sunny must keep her head above water with the help of a cute boy.

This program presents advanced techniques used in cake decorating, as performed by masters of the edible art. Over the course of the video, they work with colored chocolate, chocolate transfers, chocolate piping, and chocolate collars. They also use frosting to create roses-and an amazing rag doll figurine! Correlates to National CTE Organizational Standards (including the provisions of the Perkins Act)

In this program, cake-decorating experts share their knowledge and demonstrate their skills as they make chocolate creations and five fundamental types of frosting-royal, butter cream, ganache, fondant, and marzipan. The video also illustrates how to cover a cake in fondant, make a piping bag, and write in icing. Correlates to National CTE Organizational Standards (including the provisions of the Perkins Act)

The hot station is the heart of the food service kitchen. Most main dishes are prepared here and this is where some of the most important skills in food service are learned. Viewers will see how main courses or entrees are typically prepared, including meat, poultry, and seafood. The video covers storing and preparing meat, methods of cooking, and various professional tips throughout. There is a special section on vegetables, cereals, rice, and pasta....

In our busy schedules it's easy to grab a fork and a paper plate and stand at the kitchen counter to eat. But, it's nice to know the basics. This video reviews the techniques of the various table settings including family-style and buffet. It also reviews the difference between formal and informal settings, and touches on creating a pleasant atmosphere at mealtime.

Follow as Adam Richman works the line at America's original fast-food chain, White Castle, to discover how they grill and serve over a million sliders per day!

This resource offers a comprehensive and detailed look at the restaurant industry for those who are interested in a career in food but don't know where to start. First, the reader is introduced to the restaurant industry and its opportunities. Then, each chapter covers a general trade of the business such as chef, server, and manager, highlighting the skills required for each area. Within each chapter, specific jobs are profiled, such as personal...

Filmed onsite at a variety of popular Philadelphia eating places, this program does an excellent job of giving viewers an overall sense of what it's like to work in the restaurant industry. Composed of a kaleidoscope of fast-paced, highly informative sound bites, Restaurant Orientation communicates the restaurant experience through the people who know it best: waiters, bartenders, managers, owners, hosts, busboys, dishwashers, and cooks and chefs...

What goes on behind the scenes at a restaurant, a hotel, a convention center, a resort, or a cruise ship? Lots of excitement and lots of interesting jobs! In this video, people in the hospitality management field talk about what it's like to work in food and beverage management, hotel management, and convention and event management. Correlates to all applicable National and State Educational Standards including the NCLB Act.