Name that Chef
Culinary Facts
Kitchen Brigade
Definitions
Miscellaneous
100

this chef is an American woman known for introducing French cuisine to  America 

Julia Child 

100

What is the system called where specific preparation and cooking tasks are assigned to each member of the kitchen staff?

Kitchen Brigade 

100

This chef manages all kitchen operations 

Executive Chef 

100

What word comes from the French verb that means to restore or refresh?

Restaurant

100

Part of the brigade system whose job it is to prepare roasted and braised meats and their gravies and broils meats and other items to order.

Rotisseur (the roast cook)

200

This chef invented kitchen brigade system


Aguste Escoffier 

200

a professional organization dedicated to promoting the professional image of American chefs worldwide through education of culinarians at all levels 

American Culinary Federation 

200

Responsible for making baked items such as desserts and pastrys. 

Patissier /Pastry Chef

200

What did Boulanger claim in court that allowed him to win - when the stewmakers took him to court?

Boulanger won by claiming he didn’t stew the feet in the sauce, but served them with the sauce.

200

What does a leavener do?

It is added to baked goods to help them rise.

300

This man was not necessarily a chef, but he invented a process which heated food quickly to destroy bacteria.

Louis Pasteur  

300
each time a chef masters a technique they earn another pleat 

Chef toque

300

Works on the production line 

Line cook/Station cook 

300

Between the 16th and 18th centuries,these were created in France tohelp regulate the distribution of food.This restricted chefs from experimenting with food that they were not specified to make.

The guilds

300

What does "farm to table" mean?

food that travels directly from the farm to a commercial or home kitchen

400

I am known for my "grand cuisine, elaborate, and overblown cuisine as well as pasteries

Marie Antoine Careme 

400

associated with introducing the fork to Italians 

Catherine Medici

400

Responsible for preparing cold food items 

Garde Manger

400

WHAT WERE THE FIRST FOODS TO BE MASS PRODUCED?

YEAST, BAKING POWDER, AND SELF-RISING FLOUR

400

Name 3 of the first processing and preservation methods used on foods so that they last for longer periods of time.


Drying, salting and smoking foods

500

Who Invented the First Modern Restaurant?

Boulanger

500

HOW DID THEY FIRST MAKE CHEESE?

Milk was placed in the stomachs from slaughtered animals. In these containers the heat began to CURDLE the milk to make cheese.

500

accepts orders from waiters and passes them on to the cooks on the line.

Expediter or aboyeur

500

name the 5 kitchen brigade positions

Executive Chef, sous chef, garde manger, pastry chef, line cook

500

What is the difference between the USDA and the FDA?

  • FDA regulates 80% of food supply

    • NOT meat, poultry, eggs (USDA)

  • USDA inspects processing plants, and ensures safety of meat and poultry

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