Cook Like a Chef: Season One V.1 (20 Episodes)

Save your money
This DVD was an almost complete waste of money. All it contains in a bunch of self-congratulatory young chefs running around frantically around a studio kitchen, and then eating their own cooking and praising their own abilities. There is very little to be learned on these DVDs. The one good bit was the chef making risotto, and it was good only for its comic effect, as he ran around the counter from pot to pot to pot. I don't think even an advanced chef has much to learn from this, and it's a total waste for a beginner. Instead, spend your money on DVDs by Julia Child or Lidia Bastianich or Jacques Pepin, chefs who actually teach something.

The best cooking series ever made.
Cook like a Chef is without question the best and most engaging cooking series I have ever watched for a number of reasons. Like many other people I have cooked at home all my life from a young age and enjoy it immensely as well as being pretty skilled at it. Yet almost every episode increases my knowledge, shows me a new technique or broadens my appreciation of the art of cooking in some way.

Head chefs from top restauraunts and institutions across Canada demonstrate techniques and some different ways to cook using the episodes featured ingredient/method/style with their own personal touch - they even bring along their own kitchen assistants. Most of the chefs have great personalities and an obvious passion for cooking which makes for a very engaging learning experience. Anyone who thinks these chefs are inexperienced or overconfident either has no idea about cooking whatsoever, or holds a couple of michellin stars.

It's true they do not give exact recepies...

Disappointing Cooking Video
When purchasing any kind of cooking video/lesson, you anticipate that recipes will be included with the lesson... There were no recipes included, and these cooking videos were extremely disappointing. As one of the other reviewers mentioned, the instructors are all very young chefs who are VERY fond of their cooking. I did not learn anything and was not happy that I purchased these videos.

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