Learn Professional Culinary Course with APAI

A recent study done by the India Brand Equity Foundation, "The Indian food and grocery market is the world’s sixth largest, with retail contributing 70 percent of the sales. It is projected to grow at the rate of 104 percent, touching US$ 482 billion by 2020".

The food industry is growing tremendously, all over the world. But with the change of time, dining out is getting really popular. People who have jobs and get free from office late, they don’t mind eating out as it might save time for them. Therefore, the food industry is trying its best to match with this growing demand.

In addition to that, if you pay attention to the numbers, you might observe that there is a massive demand for trained professionals. Hence, a career in culinary arts has a very bright future. If you are interested in this field, then the first step towards it would be getting training from a reputed college. Now there are many culinary schools in Mumbai, but one of the finest institutes that the city has is APAI.

In APAI you can either opt for their full time or part time culinary courses in Mumbai.

The details regarding their full-time culinary school are as follow-

First, let’s talk about their admission process.

After you have cleared the eligibility criteria, you are all set to move ahead and start a new chapter of your life. To know more about the admission you can -

• Check the website APAI and search for admission form.

• Fill the admission form and attach the documents, whatever necessary.

• You can then deposit the registration fees in their bank account.

• Now what you have to do is wait for the institute to get back to you and take things forward from there.

Fee Inclusions

Things that are inclusive are Study Material, Uniform, Ingredients; Students can consume/ take products and taxes

Fee Exclusion

Things that are exclusive are C&G Fees, Travel, Accommodation, Lunch, Kitchen Shoes or any other personal expenses

Now comes the course details, it plays a crucial factor as it acts as a deciding factor while looking out for institutes. If you are applying for their full-time course, then the things you will get to learn are as follows -

Quarter 1

1. Theory and Food safety hygienic
2. Knife skills, cutting technique
3. Identification of Ingredients
4. Principles of Cooking
5. Vegetables and Potatoes
6. Stocks & Basic Sauces
7. Basic Soups
8. Eggs
9. Fish & Shellfish
10. Meat & Poultry
11. Grain & Pasta
12. Plated Desserts
13. Assessment

Quarter 2

1. Theory
2. Breads
3. Buffet & Staff Meals
4. Complex Sauces
5. Food Preservation & Vinaigrette
6. Forcemeat & Process Product
7. Game and lamb
8. Indian Cuisine
9. Thai Cuisine
10. Plated Desserts
11. Modern French Pastries
12. Final Assessment

Quarter 3

1. Theory
2. Cost Control & Menu planning
3. Basic Molecular and sous vide
4. Classic French Cuisine
5. Fusion Cuisine
6. Italian Cuisine
7. Tandoor cuisine
8. Tapas / Amuse Bouche/ Savoury / Canapes / Plated Desserts
9. Savoury Canapes
10. Ice Cream & Gelato
11. Food Wine combination
12. Plated Dessert
13. Final Assessment

Other than that they a part-time course for six months, in which only the first two-quarters of topics will be covered. Hope, this article helped you out in deciding where to apply!

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