Courses

Watch world-renowned pastry chef Amaury Guichon demonstrate his extraordinary chocolatier skills in this live TED talk as he shares his culinary journey and craft secrets with podcaster Latif Nasser. Discover the intricate techniques and artistry required to create elaborate, lifelike sculptures using 100 percent confectionery ingredients while observing Guichon complete his signature chocolate clock pastry featuring delicate, edible gears. Learn about the precision, creativity, and technical expertise that transforms chocolate into stunning works of art that are as visually impressive as they are delicious. Gain insights into the professional pastry world and the dedication required to master the complex skills of chocolate sculpture and confectionery design through this engaging 13-minute demonstration recorded at TED2025.

Watch as a pastry chef takes on the challenge of creating gourmet Pop Rocks in this 26-minute video from Bon Appétit's "Gourmet Makes" series. Follow Claire Saffitz's journey as she explores the history of this crackling confection, experiments with green apple flavoring, and uses dry ice to recreate the iconic carbonated candy. Learn about the scientific principles behind Pop Rocks and witness the fusion of culinary craft and scientific ingenuity. Discover the step-by-step process of making homemade Pop Rocks, from initial attempts to the final gourmet recipe. Gain insights into the challenges of replicating this modern marvel of candy-making and enjoy the entertaining blend of cooking expertise and creative problem-solving.

Imagine sinking your teeth into a flaky and buttery croissant, fresh from your own oven! Join executive pastry chef Colette Christian and learn to make four mouth-watering recipes, from the traditional to savory to sweet almond-filled pastries. Crafting perfect croissants at home might seem intimidating, but Colette breaks it down for bakers of all levels.

Learn three easy recipes you’ll love to make. Master pastry chef Colette Christian shares mixing and baking tips from her own kitchen. All of the ingredients for these sweet treats should be readily available at home and can be modified as needed.

Meet any cake request with a heavenly dessert sure to be a sweet success! Join renowned pastry chef James Rosselle as he teaches you how to select and create the best cakes for fondant and other decorating mediums. Get your mixer spinning as James takes you step by step through recipes for a classic butter cake, a rich chocolate cake, a luscious red velvet cake, a scrumptious carrot cake and a light-as-air chiffon cake. With these tasty cakes bases in your toolkit, you’ll learn to make both an American buttercream that’s perfect for piping and a sumptuously smooth Swiss meringue buttercream. Move on to creating decadent chocolate ganache and refreshing lemon curd fillings sure to tempt any set of tastebuds. Along the way, you’ll get tips for custom cake flavors, super smooth crumb coats and more.

Learn how to create the ethereal cakes popping up on blogs, in magazines and in your client’s minds. Trained pastry chef and cake decorator Megan Joy shares her simple techniques for making a feather cake, building organic texture and adding watercolor effects for show-stopping cakes.

Learn the art of croissant making in this 17-minute instructional video featuring world-famous pastry chef Dominique Ansel, creator of the Cronut, as he demonstrates his techniques at his NYC bakery. Master every essential step of the croissant-making process, beginning with mixing and fermenting the dough, then progressing through the crucial lamination technique using French butter to create those signature flaky layers. Discover professional methods for shaping and degassing the dough, followed by precise cutting and shaping techniques that give croissants their distinctive form. Understand the critical proofing process that develops flavor and texture, and learn the baking techniques that achieve the perfect golden crust and moist honeycomb interior. Follow along with detailed timestamps that break down each phase: dough preparation, shaping and degassing, lamination, cutting and shaping, proofing, and final baking, giving you a comprehensive foundation for creating bakery-quality croissants at home.

Crispy, chewy, caramel-y … there are SO many reasons to love canelés! In this short tutorial, pastry chef Jenny McCoy shows you how to make this delicious dessert from start to finish.

Learn the secrets of baking like a professional with this course taught by a master pastry chef from the world's premiere culinary college, The Culinary Institute of America.

Expand your frosting toolkit for an endless repertoire of show-stopping cakes. From buttercream to ganache and even fudge, pastry chef Jenny McCoy shares her secrets in the only frosting guide you’ll ever need. Warning: This class may result in overwhelming demand for your dessert creations!

Bake healthier versions of your favorite sweet treats! Pastry chef Michelle Doll shares her secrets for baking guilt-free sweets that you’ll crave. Discover simple, smart, healthy substitutions for butter, oil, refined sugar and dairy, and enjoy healthier results, without sacrificing on flavor. Looking for more options on dairy substitutions? Check out this article: Here Are All the Milk Substitutes You Might Need for Baking

Learn how to use Chef, a powerful platform that transforms your infrastructure into code, to simplify and automate configuration management.

This course provides a gameplay runthrough, extended gameplay, and final thoughts on the board game Sweet Mess: Pastry Competition. By watching the videos, learners will understand the rules, strategies, and overall gameplay of the board game. The teaching method involves video demonstrations and explanations. This course is intended for board game enthusiasts and players looking to learn more about Sweet Mess: Pastry Competition.

Create decadent texture and tastes as you learn how to make French pastries, guided by expert pastry chef Colette Christian! Discover pâte à choux, the only pastry dough cooked on the stovetop, and learn to hand pipe it into perfect éclairs and cream puffs. Whip up luscious vanilla pastry cream, chocolate ganache, and Chantilly cream, and transform pâte sucrée into an incredible tarte aux fruits and a poached pear and almond cream tart. Plus, make phenomenally flaky puff pastry with step-by-step guidance from Colette, and turn it into exquisite palmiers, addictive cheese straws and a flavorful apple tarte tatin, complete with homemade caramel. Once you’ve mastered these elemental doughs and techniques, combine your new skills to create your grand finale: a Gâteau St. Honoré complete with spun sugar topping!

This course provides an extended gameplay session for the board game Sweet Mess: Pastry Competition. The learning outcomes include understanding the rules and strategies of the game through a detailed gameplay demonstration. The course teaches players how to navigate the game mechanics and make strategic decisions. The teaching method involves watching a video of an actual gameplay session, divided into different parts for better understanding. This course is intended for board game enthusiasts and players looking to enhance their skills and knowledge of Sweet Mess: Pastry Competition.

Ready to dive into the satisfyingly delicious art of baking? Join expert Zoë François in this comprehensive beginner’s class, where she’ll teach you the basics of making delicious baked goods at home. Explore a range of key tools, equipment and techniques to make a variety of pastries and desserts from scratch, including biscuits, pies, cakes, quick breads, cookies and more. Plus, Zoë will walk you through each step and share her tips and tricks along the way, so that you can start baking with confidence!

Managing thousands of servers in your infrastructure is extremely complex. In this course, Deploying Chef Cookbooks, you will gain the ability to automate the management of your servers using Chef Server. First, you will learn to bootstrap servers running Linux and Windows. Next, you will discover how to organize nodes using roles, environments, and policies. Additionally, you will explore how to automate the provisioning of new servers. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of Chef Server needed to automate the management of your infrastructure.

This course is designed to help you obtain the knowledge and skills required to sit the Chef Principles certification exam. By taking this course, you will gain foundational applied knowledge using Chef OSS tools, products, and solutions. You will learn about: Chef Infra Chef InSpec Chef Habitat Chef Automate Chef ComplianceAdditionally, we will discuss the Ruby programming language as it applies to this exam.

Master Chef DevOps Essentials and automate infrastructure with ease through practical, hands-on experience What you'll learn: Introduction to Chef and DevOps: Understand the role of Chef in automating system configurations within a DevOps environment.Workstation Components and Chef Structure: Learn about the essential components of Chef, including its client-server architecture and nodes.Installing and Configuring Chef: Step-by-step installation and configuration of Chef Server and Workstation.Creating and Managing Cookbooks: Explore the creation, management, and execution of Chef cookbooks to automate infrastructure tasks.Basics of Rogi Programming Language: Gain a foundational understanding of Rogi programming for writing Chef code, including working with classes, objectsAutomation and Deployment with Chef: Learn how to deploy configurations across multiple servers using Chef's automation capabilities.Version Control and Infrastructure as Code: Implement version control best practices and infrastructure as code using Chef resources. Course Description:In this Chef DevOps Essentials course, students will learn how to leverage Chef, a powerful configuration management tool, to automate the deployment, management, and scaling of applications across servers. From understanding the core components of Chef to writing and managing cookbooks, this course takes a hands-on approach to provide an in-depth exploration of Chef's ecosystem. By the end of the course, learners will be proficient in automating infrastructure with Chef and handling multiple servers with efficiency, all while gaining a solid foundation in Rogi programming language and Chef's client-server model.Introduction:The course begins with an introduction to Chef DevOps, covering the role of Chef in DevOps practices and infrastructure automation. Students will understand the basics of Chef, its capabilities, and its significance in managing system configurations across multiple nodes. The introductory section also lays out the foundational concepts of Chef's client-server architecture, setting the stage for practical applications in subsequent lessons.Chef DevOps EssentialsIn this section, students are introduced to the essential components of Chef and how it works in a real-world DevOps environment. First, you'll explore the workstation components and how Chef interacts with various nodes—the machines Chef manages. The course also delves into the structure of Chef, providing a detailed look at the internal workings of this tool, from its server-client architecture to configuration management principles.You'll then learn how to install Chef Server and code for it, followed by practical demonstrations of creating new users and configuring Chef's workstation. The lessons progressively build up your skills with coding for the workstation, setting up client nodes, and working with Chef cookbooks, the reusable definitions that define infrastructure policies.A key highlight of this section is the introduction to Rogi programming language, which is used within Chef to define resource states. You'll cover the basics of Rogi, from classes and objects to implementing conditional and case statements, equipping you with the essential programming knowledge to extend Chef's functionality.Finally, students will learn to create and manage cookbooks effectively, execute them on client nodes, and explore various types of resources Chef supports to automate infrastructure tasks. This section closes with mastering the Sudo Chef Client, enabling you to deploy and manage configurations on a large scale.Conclusion:By the end of this section, students will have gained a thorough understanding of Chef's architecture and capabilities. They'll be equipped with practical knowledge on setting up and managing Chef servers and workstations, coding for infrastructure automation, and utilizing Chef cookbooks. Additionally, students will have a solid grasp of Rogi programming, enhancing their ability to write flexible and scalable automation scripts. This foundation will prepare learners for advanced Chef features and make them proficient in Chef-based infrastructure management.

Explore 13 creative pantry pasta recipes as professional chefs from Bon Appétit demonstrate their culinary expertise from home. Learn how to craft delicious dishes using staple ingredients, including gemelli, kale pasta, chicken pasta, vegetarian puttanesca, adult mac and cheese, Hedrick pasta, koshary, and mackerel with tubular pasta. Discover innovative techniques and flavor combinations to elevate your pasta game, perfect for when you need to whip up a satisfying meal with limited ingredients.