Month: November 2019

Attending a culinary arts program will allow you to learn the skills and knowledge that are required of a chef in the kitchen, which includes not only knowing how to cook but also how to create new dishes, how to keep the kitchen safe, how to run the kitchen efficiently and more.

Studying the culinary arts can help improve your life in many ways, including allowing you to improve the lives of the people you cook for as well. The following are just a few of the reasons why you should study the culinary arts:

1. A variety of career opportunities

There are a broad range of opportunities within the culinary arts fields. Career paths range from members of the preparation staff to head chef. Culinary arts training can provide the skills you need to safely prepare food and present it promptly in a visually pleasing way. With further education, you can even specialize in a specific area of the culinary arts, such as pastries. To become a chef, you could work your way up as you gain more experience. With a culinary arts education, you have the ability to start in professional environments and advance your career further.

2. Hands-on training

A culinary arts program will help prepare you for food safety, professionalism, entrepreneurship, and ethical practices. At OTTIMMO International, you will also get knowledge about food sanitation, cost control, entrepreneurship, wine, coffee, and many others along with learning how to cook in a variety of distinct and creative ways.

3. Try new flavors

An education in culinary school can give you the opportunity to try new flavors and experiment with the creation of dishes. You will be educated in flavor pairings and profiles that will give you the foundation and the potential needed to create culinary masterpieces.

4. Healthy lifestyle

Good culinary arts programs will teach you about nutrition. Many chefs these days have emphasized the importance of creating delicious dishes that are actually healthy in order to promote nutrition to their customers. This is the reason why the restaurants that offer vegan or plant based menus are getting popular.

5. Have the chance to travel the world

One of the advantages of going to a good culinary arts school is the opportunity to travel the world. Traveling the world will provide some enlightening experiences that will help to shape your view of life as well as your thoughts about food. OTTIMMO International will give you a chance to do an internship abroad, like to Europe, Asia, USA and Australia.*

When food is put in front of us we eat first with our eyes. We imagine the tastes and the textures that we’re going to enjoy, how the flavours will balance each other out, we’re curious and hopefully excited about what we’re about to eat. Therefore the presentation of a dish is vital for creating the right impression on the dinner. The look of a dish should stimulate the appetite and create a sense of anticipation of how the meal will be enjoyed. Here some tips and tricks on plate presentation:

1. Choose Your Plates Carefully.

Beautiful crockery is essential as it acts as the backdrop for your food. Play with colours, patterns and textures. In general use pale plates for bold vibrant colours so that the contrast is highlighted. Darker plates can be used for lighter coloured foods. If you use patterned tableware, make sure that the overall look is muted enough so as not to distract your guests from their meal. Use large plates as you will have more room to present your food.

• Don’t Serve Huge Portion

The smaller your portions, the easier they will be to style. Also stick to 4-6 elements on each dish and don’t be overcrowding.

• Contrast Colours and Play with Symmetry

This will add energy and fun to your presentation. But remember not to repeat the same look too often, because of becoming monotonous.

• Position Your Ingredients With Care

Imagine that your plate is the face of a clock: the centrepiece of your dish (meat for example) should go at 6 o’clock. Place vegetables at 11 o’clock and perhaps starchy foods at 2 o’clock for slight asymmetry.

• The Right Tools

The right tools such as pastry cutters, brush, pipette and moulds will be very helpful in giving shape to your dishes and to build layers.

• Use Small Individual Sauce Boats

Really useful if you are serving a curry or a stew. This allows your guests to help themselves to as much or as little as they like, and it will be neater.

• Decoration

Use herbs, spices, edible flowers or citrus zest for decoration. By using edible flowers and micro herbs you can completely transform the look of your dish.*

Source: La Belle Assiette

OTTIMMO — As a fast-growing culinary campus, Ottimmo International was awarded as a flagship university from the Coordinator of the Higher Education Service Institute (L2Dikti), Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education. This award was given on October 30, 2019 numbered 168 / L7 / SK / KL / AKU / 2019.

In the award, it was stated that Ottimmo was included in tertiary institutions with the title of ‘Utama’. With the title of ‘Utama’, the campus located in the elite residential area of ​​Citraland is included in the category of the best vocational campus in East Java.

As one of the best private campus benchmarks, of course the assessment category from L2Dikti is very strict. The assessment covers several fields, namely Institutional and Collaborative, Educators and Educational Personnel, Research and Community Service, and Learning and Student Affairs.

The predicate of flagship campus complements the achievements of Ottimmo International which previously received B accreditation in mid-2019 ago. Ottimmo International Director Zaldy Iskandar welcomed and was grateful for the achievement.

According to Zaldy, a chef who had studied in the United States and Switzerland, Ottimmo never stopped to innovate and improve in all aspects of education, starting with institutions, infrastructure, curriculum, and other aspects.

“This achievement is certainly very proud and I thank all the staff, students, and Ottimmo’s partners who strive to make Ottimmo better. We will continue to make improvements so that Ottimmo continues to be the best culinary campus, “explained Chef Zaldy.

As a culinary campus with a D3 + S1 program, Ottimmo has many advantages compared to other culinary schools. In addition to facilities and curriculum that refer to international standards, Ottimmo also continues to enrich student insights by bringing in experts from abroad, opening internship opportunities abroad, and increasing knowledge with special classes such as coffee, wine, fruit carving, and more.*