Occidental Cooking
Overview
The Occidental Cooking course at CIS College introduces you to the foundations and techniques of Western cuisine over 24 hours of guided and hands-on instruction. You will start with kitchen safety and knife skills, move through stocks and classic sauces, and go on to prepare well known Western dishes such as chicken piccata, beef stroganoff, and roasted meat with vegetables, along with homemade pasta, salads, and Western desserts and pastries.
The course runs in a hybrid format, combining classroom sessions with practical cooking sessions at CIS branches across Lebanon, so you build real kitchen skills alongside the theory.
What You Will Learn
- Kitchen hygiene, food safety, and safe knife handling
- How to prepare stocks and classic sauces such as béchamel, hollandaise, and bolognaise
- Preparing Western main dishes including piccata, stroganoff, and roasted meats with vegetables
- Making homemade pasta and starch-based side dishes
- Preparing Western-style salads such as Caesar salad
- Baking and finishing Western desserts and pastries such as tarts, croissants, and cakes
- Reading recipes, measuring ingredients, and basic menu planning
Course Curriculum
| Module | What you cover |
|---|---|
| Hygiene and Food Safety Foundations | Kitchen hygiene, sanitation, cross contamination, and food safety standards |
| Knife Skills and Kitchen Equipment | Knife handling, cutting techniques, and safe use of kitchen tools and equipment |
| Stocks, Soups and Classic Sauces | Chicken, beef and vegetable stock, tomato soup, béchamel and hollandaise sauce |
| Cold and Hot Western Sauces | Mayonnaise, pesto, béchamel, bolognaise, espanola and brown sauce |
| Western Main Dishes | Chicken piccata, beef stroganoff, poulet supreme, and roasted meat with vegetables |
| Pasta and Starches | Homemade pasta and sauces, potato dishes, rice and grains |
| Western Salads | Caesar salad and other Western-style salad preparations |
| Western Desserts and Pastries | Tarts, croissants, carrot cake and chocolate cake |
Who This Course Is For
- Anyone who wants to learn Western cooking from the basics
- Home cooks looking to expand their range of dishes
- People considering a career in professional cooking
Certification
Graduates who successfully complete the course receive a certificate recognized by the Directorate General of Technical and Vocational Education (DGVTE).
Target audiences
- Anyone who wants to learn Western cooking from the basics
- Home cooks looking to expand their range of dishes
- People considering a career in professional cooking
Requirements
- No prior cooking experience required
- Comfortable standing and working in a kitchen environment
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