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Optimal Living, Inc.
Dave Howley
(630)835-4931
dave@optliving.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

The main purpose of this service is to help you expand your culinary knowledge and to demonstrate the professional techniques that the master chefs of the world use to make their rudimentary foods complete works of art in both taste and appearance. It is important to understand that my lectures and demonstrations are designed to help clients “ramp up” towards these levels without intimidating you and leaving you overwhelmed with information. 

Anyone can become an efficient kitchen gourmand and it usually requires a high interest and desire to learn and expand on the base skills that you currently have. I will help you expand in these areas by showing you simple demonstrations and by providing you with fun and exciting culinary lectures.  Once you have mastered the secrets behind these techniques, you will be able to expand your talents beyond the basics. Learning the basics is easy but creating and improvising on them will come with desire and the willingness to have fun in the kitchen.

Planning and preparation will be the main tools that will help establish the link between the skills needed in production and the presentation of a finished product. A menu is the most powerful module in the planning phase. I will show you how to plan and compose a menu within the many ethnical, nutritional, seasonal and cost effective manners. Effective menus will help you harvest a consistent understanding behind the planning phase of a wonderful meal.

Of course, no plan can be executed without the correct tools within the kitchen itself. I will show you how to master kitchen tools and where to purchase them if needed.  I will share my knowledge on how to maximize these tools to their fullest extent in order to minimize the essential inventory that you will need to run an efficient kitchen. Also, I will demonstrate how you can maintain your tools so you can work with top culinary equipment at all times.

Finally, I encourage you to set a time and date to enjoy visits to restaurants, grocery and specialty wine stores in order to get a feel for what types of products and exciting ideas are being offered to the general public.

Group discounts are available so call the family, friends and neighbors!

Culinary Coaching is a great gift giving idea for holidays, birthdays and wedding showers.

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