A home chef is a cook who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation and cooks in her kitchen at home. It Is usually the wife/mother of the house who prepare meals at home, thus being the chef of the home.
A home chef is no lesser than a professional chef except for the fact that professional chefs often focus on a particular cuisine to delight their customers whereas home chefs are not restricted to any particular cuisine to delight the family members.
10 characteristics of a food home chef:
1) One who Loves to eat: A home chef should personally enjoy eating tasty food only then she will want to cook it the same way for their family. When a chef enjoys eating, she would try to identify and understand the flavours of the meal so as to reciprocate the same in her dishes.
2) Thirst for learning and exploring: A good home chef always aspires to learn, experiment and create new items from every ingredient available to her. Apart from her own recipes, a home chef would observe and learn different other recipes from tv shows, YouTube videos, books, friends etc
3) No cuisine can be a no-no for a good home chef: A good home chef will learn to cook different types of cuisines, but will try to modify them according to their circle's taste. Not everyone will want a proper Chinese or a continental cuisine so, home chefs try to modify them as per Indian standards (which is also known as “fusion cooking”).
4) Bundles of creativity: Cooking is often regarded as a blend of art and science. Home chefs need to learn cooking skills and techniques, but in order to excel in this job, they also need to have plenty of creativity. The best home chefs are the ones who have tons of new ideas and are ready to take new risks in the kitchen for making something new. Home chef would want to learn about every possible thing that can be cooked and made into a beautiful dish.
5) The one who has a big heart: No matter how well a home chef cooks, people will appreciate the food only when it is served in large portions with a smile. A good home chef should always want to share her food with anyone and everyone for people to enjoy the taste of her cooking.
6) Quality Seeker: A good home chef never compromises about the quality of products she uses in her cooking which helps her in translating it to the plate in her finished product. No matter who is watching or if anyone is monitoring, home chefs will always try to maintain hygiene and cleanliness in her kitchen so that there is no compromise in the quality of food.
7) Willingness to listen to feedback: One of the characteristics that make a truly great home chef is their ability to accept feedback and adjust their cooking to meet the needs of the family member. A good home chef will listen to the feedbacks given and try to improve their cooking methods.
8) Kitchen Organisational skills: One thing in common amongst the most successful home chefs is their exceptional ability in the kitchen. Any task when planned and organised properly will be a success. Though a chef knows the recipe, if the kitchen is not organised or the items required for cooking is not handy, it would be very difficult to prepare the dish with ease and comfort.
9) Attention to detail: Extra salt in the salad, meat cooked for an extra minute or a missing garnish can end up ruining a perfect meal. Home chefs need to be extremely attentive when cooking. Though home chefs do not work at a restaurant, attention to detail is a must to ensure every single dish is made perfectly.
10) Cook with whatever is available: Home kitchens will not have fancy infrastructure nor expensive ingredients to cook food. Thus, a home chef must try to optimally utilise what ever resources are available at their kitchen. A good home chef is one who is able to prepare a meal exceptionally well with whatever is available with them.
If you have almost all the above mentioned qualities of a home chef then you are definitely eligible to join in Sheplates home chef program as Sheplates home chef.
By being Sheplates home chef you can sell your home made dishes to others. Reach out at +91-9884293075 to partner with us to become Sheplates home chef. Your role is to do what you love, i.e. to cook delicious meals and we will take care of delivering the food to the customers.
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