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Being a successful professional chef requires certain skills. Most of them can be learned at institutes, like Prue Leith Chef’s Academy,  that specializes in culinary training. Yet, inherent traits and skills like creativity and the ability to work with people are needed before any formal training can begin.

Personal requirements for professional chefs are as follows.

• Enjoy cooking and working with food
• High levels of personal hygiene
• Flexibility to perform shift work on a 24 hour rotating roster
• Self-discipline and punctuality
• Good communication skills and inter-personal relationships
• The ability to work under pressure and be creative under difficult situations

CONTACT PRUELEITH
Gourmet Chefs Academy South Africa :www.prueleith.co.za

Prue Leith Catering telephone:
0861 105 889

Prue Leith Chefs Academy telephone:
+27 (0)12 654-5203

Prue Leith’s Restaurant telephone:
+27 (0)12 660-3260

Chefs Academy and Prue Leith’s Restaurant physical address:
262 Rhino Street,
Hennopspark,
Centurion,
0046,
South Africa

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A research chef combines culinary training with knowledge of food science to develop new recipes. They are also referred to as food innovation chefs and experiment with flavors and the eye appeal of prepared foods to create new food for chain restaurants, coffee shops and food manufacturers. A research chef understands food preservation, mass production and technical terms used by scientists. 

As a research chef one is always on the look-out for new inspiration in order to create new recipes. They follow new trends in the food industry and often travel abroad, visit places of fine dining and page through culinary magazines. It is estimated that for every product that the public enjoys there are between 30-100 recipes that were rejected. Recipes need to be perfected with precision to the last milligram in order to be cost effective and for all the chefs to be able to duplicate it with success. 

Extensive theoretical and practical training in culinary art as well as degrees in food science is needed to qualify as a research chef. 

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