chef's notes

Private chef preparing and plating dinner in a home kitchen

What does a private chef do? Understand the ser...

Taylor Corbett

A private chef plans a custom menu, sources ingredients, prepares and serves the meal, and usually cleans the cooking area. See how the full process works.

What does a private chef do? Understand the ser...

Taylor Corbett

A private chef plans a custom menu, sources ingredients, prepares and serves the meal, and usually cleans the cooking area. See how the full process works.

Elegant buffet beside a plated dinner place setting at an event venue

Buffet vs. plated dinner: Choose the best cater...

Taylor Corbett

A buffet offers choice and flexible pacing, while a plated dinner creates a more structured guest experience. Compare cost, timing, staffing, and venue needs before choosing.

Buffet vs. plated dinner: Choose the best cater...

Taylor Corbett

A buffet offers choice and flexible pacing, while a plated dinner creates a more structured guest experience. Compare cost, timing, staffing, and venue needs before choosing.

Seasonal Ontario produce arranged with frozen, fermented, dried, and pickled examples

Seasonal food preservation: Match each ingredie...

Taylor Corbett

Seasonal food preservation starts by matching each ingredient and intended use with a safe method such as freezing, tested canning, fermentation, drying, or cold storage.

Seasonal food preservation: Match each ingredie...

Taylor Corbett

Seasonal food preservation starts by matching each ingredient and intended use with a safe method such as freezing, tested canning, fermentation, drying, or cold storage.

Ontario food service worker completing food safety certification training with kitchen examples

Food safety certification in Ontario: Understan...

Taylor Corbett

Ontario food-service premises must have at least one trained food handler or supervisor onsite during every operating hour, with training from a recognized provider.

Food safety certification in Ontario: Understan...

Taylor Corbett

Ontario food-service premises must have at least one trained food handler or supervisor onsite during every operating hour, with training from a recognized provider.

Chef consultant reviewing recipe costs and plated dishes with a restaurant team

What is a chef consultant? Turn culinary proble...

Taylor Corbett

A chef consultant helps restaurants and food producers solve defined culinary and operational problems through menu development, R&D, systems, preservation, and team training.

What is a chef consultant? Turn culinary proble...

Taylor Corbett

A chef consultant helps restaurants and food producers solve defined culinary and operational problems through menu development, R&D, systems, preservation, and team training.

Dry-aged and wet-aged strip steaks side by side on a dark butcher block

Dry-aged vs wet-aged steak: Choose the right ag...

Taylor Corbett

Dry-aged and wet-aged steak both become more tender with time, but their environments create very different flavour, moisture, cost, and cooking characteristics.

Dry-aged vs wet-aged steak: Choose the right ag...

Taylor Corbett

Dry-aged and wet-aged steak both become more tender with time, but their environments create very different flavour, moisture, cost, and cooking characteristics.