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Are you a real chef - Should you dare to take it ?

 

Your challenge,  is to establish the level of your professional cookery knowledge.

 

 The rules - do not  cheat - You only fool  yourself.

 

Objective: Correctly answer 12 questions from 20 (60%) to be promoted to a commis.

This quiz is not intended to gauge how good a chef you are. How you cut a onion into a Brunoise, make a soufflés omelet, bone a chicken or make a Genoise sponge and then, with a theory test will confirm how good you really are. This fun quiz attempts to establish in simplistic way your commercial kitchen knowledge at a given level.

 

 Success is: Trainee 60% - Commis 70% - Chef 75% - Sous Chef 80% - Executive Chef 85%

 

There are five progressively complex tests that target a level of professional cookery knowledge at a stage in a professional chefs career:

 

Trainee Cook     1 – 2 total years experience
Commis Cook      2 – 4 total years experience
Chef (not head)  5 – 7 years experience
Head Chef or Executive Sous Chef 8 plus years experience
Executive Chef or Commercial cookery Teacher, 10 plus years experience - leads a brigade above 12
Master Chef level quiz will be available from mid 2008, but you will need to be a member of the Chefs community to access that level.
 

 You may attempt this test many times  and take as long as you like.

 

Quiz - Trainee Cook  - Data Base

1.Question - Which is considered the least important to be a successful as a cook and a chef ?
A passion to prepare and serve food
Willing to work antisocial hours, weekends and holidays
Hold a driving license to get to and from work late at night
A good understanding of personal hygiene

2.Question - Which of the following qualities is required by a career minded cook ?
Willing to work as a team
A balanced calm temperament under pressure
Good communication skills
All of the above

3.Question - Which of the following statements best describes the attitude of a good chef ?
The customer is right, even when the customer is wrong they are right
I hate customers who complain, after all they do not how difficult being a cook is
This is just a job, as long as I get paid that the most important thing to me
Leaving work ten minutes after my shift ends makes me really upset.

4.Question - The term “ Mise en place” literally means?
Miscellaneous items
Everything in it’s place
Basic kitchen preparation
A selection of diced vegetables

5.Question - This cone shaped utensil  is a ?
Sauce strainer
Cone sieve
Chinois
Funnel sieve

6.Question - What is a salamander used for ? Cutting vegetables
Whisking sauces
Grilling food
Roasting meats while turning slowly

7.Question - A tied bunch of herbs tied added to flavour a dish is called ?
Stringed herbs
Aromatic bag
Zestier herbs
Bouquet garni

8.Question - Simmering a liquid to evaporate and concentrate  its flavor is known as ?
Blanching
Glazing
Simmering
Reduction 

9.Question - What is the correct order to panè or place the ingredients in a crumbing set ?
Flour, egg wash, bread crumbs
Egg wash, bread crumbs, flour
Flour, bread crumbs, egg wash
Egg wash, oil, bread crumbs

10.Question - What species of fish is this ?
Snapper
Murray Cod
Ocean Perch
Mullet

11.Question - Which of the following indicators identifies the fish is probably stale?
Bright red gills
Sunken Eyes
Bright eyes
Sea slimy skin

12.Question - To precook a chip potato white, in hot deep oil is called ?
Blanching the potato
Frying the potato
Oiling the potato
Bagging the potato

13.Question - Who takes control in a brigade when the chefs is away ?
Sauce chef
Sous Chef
Second head Chef
Head Cook

14.Question - A rough cut mixture of root vegetables used to add flavour during cooking is a ?
Parisienne
Mirepoix
Brunoise
Macedoine

15.Question - What is the correct name for the classical sauce made from milk and white roux ?
Veloute
Jus lie
Béchamel
Béarnaise

16.Question - Which defines a Brunoise ?
Fine dice
Large slices
Small triangles
Thin Rounds

17.Question - What is a tomato concassé ?
Diced tomato
Diced tomato without skin or seeds
Minced tomato
Puree tomato?

18.Question - What  variety of mushroom is this?
Shimeji
Chestnut
Shiitake
Oyster

19.Question - Which is not a safety issue with the use of knifes ?
Having very sharp knifes
Keeping handles of knives clean
Selecting the correct size for the task
Using metal handled knives only

20.Question - What do you understand by the term  pathogens ?
Harmful germs
Yeast
Fungus
Mould

CHEAT ACCESS: You may enter a more advanced quiz below if you wish to cheat
 
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