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Real Life 101: Culinary

23 minutes 21 seconds

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2 chefs in white chef's jackets and hats stand at a counter. 1 holds a small dish in their hands while the other stirs something in a bowl. 4 other chefs stand in the background. Caption. Now we're gonna take some black pepper.

Visit the Orlando Culinary Academy to find out what goes on at a culinary school and how future cooks and chefs are trained. Afterwards, the executive chefs at a fine-dining restaurant discuss what it's like to run a busy kitchen. Have more of an interest in baking or design? A cake designer explains what skills are needed to do her job. Finally, learn about opening a dining establishment with the owner of an Italian restaurant. Accessibility options on the DVD are: (1) description, (2) English subtitles in a black box.

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Runtime: 23 minutes 21 seconds

Topic: Careers, Home and Family
Subtopic: Cooking, Job Skills, Occupations
Grade/Interest Level: 6 - 12
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Release Year: 2008
Producer/Distributor: Landmark Media
Series: Real Life 101
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Blonde woman in a black blazer stands in front of a diploma on a white wall talking to someone off screen. Caption. For persons with disabilities.

Surgeon wearing glasses, a white coat, a blue medical cap, and a medical mask around his neck sits next to an ultrasound machine. Caption. And then one or two years of vascular training.

Man and teenage boy sit behind a table with large white papers in front of them while they talk to each other. A woman sits at the table in the background. Caption. In our electrical engineering group as well.

Man with short gray hair wears a red necktie and gray sport coat and sits in a black chair in front of windows with blinds. Caption. Mortgage brokers and mortgage bankers.

Closeup of man with longer black hair and a white hard hat talking in front of a large orange construction truck. Caption. Or the way the plans tell them to build it, quality control.

Aerial view of 2 hands holding a fish restaurant menu open. The menu shows appetizers and main dishes featuring crab, with 5 images of different dishes. Caption. And it helps them to decide what they should eat.

Police officer with a dog on a leash walks around the front of a silver sedan in a parking lot. Caption. To go in the car and search the car for narcotics.

Close up of a young girl with blonde hair holding her mouth open and sticking her tongue out while a hand shines a light into her mouth. Caption. Oh, look at all those teeth, and say, 'Ah.'

Man with dark hair looks at woman in a blue shirt with her hands in her pockets as she talks. They stand in a pen holding goats, sheep, and llamas. People stand around the fence petting the animals. Caption. And let them know about the animals.

Closeup of bald man in a black polo shirt sitting in front of a beige wall, window, and plant. Caption. I think of my job as just communicating with people.