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Sabayon - The Component With No Name

Bake Like a Chef - March 24, 2021 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Whipped egg yolks (and egg yolks in general) are at the top of my list of favorite ingredients.  They add such great richness and texture to every dish they're in.  In this episode we cover one of the major ways egg yolks are added to pastries and desserts.  The component with no name (Sabayon) ...

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Mastering Meringue, Episode 2

Bake Like a Chef - January 17, 2021 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
The second part of this series.   We discuss the basics of getting started with meringues, the methods used, why ratios matter to the process and final product. Later we venture more deeply into coloring, additions (color and fold-ins), meringue methods and how sugar-to-egg-white ratios impact t...

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Mastering Meringue, Episode 1

Bake Like a Chef - January 06, 2021 13:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Making a meringue is a critical tool in your baking tool set and before too long should become second nature.  This is the first part of a two parter were we discuss the basics of getting started with meringues and considerations that should be made.  In Episode 2 we will venture more deeply int...

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Master Making Meringues, Episode 1

Bake Like a Chef - January 06, 2021 13:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Making a meringue is a critical tool in your baking tool set and before too long should become second nature.  This is the first part of a two parter were we discuss the basics of getting started with meringues and considerations that should be made.  In Episode 2 we will venture more deeply int...

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Techniques and Components Coming Soon

Bake Like a Chef - December 27, 2020 11:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Hello Chef!  We had to take a little hiatus but will be back soon with additional episodes soon as we begin to talk about baking and pastry techniques and components starting with Meringues and Sabayon!  These are foundational and will help you level-up your baking and pastry practices.   Thank ...

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Ways to Give Better Feedback Online

Bake Like a Chef - October 03, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
How you receive others' work and give feedback can determine how they move forward professional, personally, and how they treat others.  In this episode we walk through the nature of working in the kitchen, how individuals receive feedback, how to give great feedback, and how to capture your wor...

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When Good Eggs Go Bad. Making Good Egg Decisions

Bake Like a Chef - September 01, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
#003 There is very little reason to use bad eggs in your baking and pastry work.  Being a great chef means managing quality and cost as you serve your customers what they love. We'll discuss how to find, choose, and test eggs for freshness setting you up for success as you grow your baking and p...

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Learning in Difficult Circumstances

Bake Like a Chef - September 01, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
BONUS - If you are stuck at home and simply don't have as much to do as you did before consider doing what you can to improve your skills. In this bonus we introduce the idea that you could use any free time to learn from the increasing number of videos being produced by great chefs all over the...

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Trust Your Instincts - "In the Weeds" Challenge

Bake Like a Chef - September 01, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
CHALLENGE - I want you to share your story about a time when you knew things would fall apart the next day if you didn't stay and make them right.  Share your stories about when you trusted your instincts and were proven right or you didn't listen to yourself and everything went horribly wrong t...

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Welcome to the Bake Like a Chef Podcast

Bake Like a Chef - September 01, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
#001 Why would someone create a podcast about baking professionally?  We have two reasons and they are simple.  For one, culinary training is expensive considering how much a majority of individuals make when working professionally. Second, when it comes to professional growth we all learn in di...

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Add a Little Knowledge to Your Bread Baking Process, Autolysis.

Bake Like a Chef - September 01, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
#002 Learning to bake a decent loaf of bread can take new bakers weeks to capture the basics and a lifetime to perfect.  Though nothing can replace working with professional bakers and learning from what they do and how they interpret what they see, in this episode we share information about som...

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