Developing Culinary Confidence Online and Beyond

While the idea of online culinary training might seem disconnected to a hands-on, in-person approach, in fact, it is becoming the new industry standard for teaching foundational culinary techniques. Top companies including Whole Foods, Marriott Hotels and Wegmans have trained their cooking staff using Rouxbe. Recognized by both the American Culinary Foundation and World Association of Chefs Societies, the company has been training hundreds of thousands of cooks in 180 countries since 2005.Co-founders, Joe Girard and Dawn Thomas. were both classically-trained chefs who previously owned a catering business for the film industry. They rented a house and turned it into a full production studio. With their film industry connections, they were able to use food as a bribe to entice rigging crews from the X-Men movie to rig the entire kitchen set, and an Emmy-awarding winning producer to help them through lighting and camera set-up. 

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine met…