The Sous Chef™ in Education

Judy Brown – Former Teacher at Bob Jones High School, AL

I've received "The Sous Chef" CD.  I have the first one and trained two weeks with Chef O'Neill.  I have taught Culinary Arts in a large high school for the past three years...  I would buy this program in a heart beat if I were still teaching.  Please send me information about cost.  I would like to contact all 26 programs in the state and have them look at this program.  I've used it, loved it, and would highly recommend it to all my culinary teachers in the state.  This one is even better and I would never use a text book with this program.

Judy Brown, NBCT
Education Specialist
Former Teacher at Bob Jones High School, AL
jbrown01 a t alsde.edu

Thomas Rhodes – Baldwin County Public Schools, Loxley AL
CTE Coordinator at Baldwin County Public Schools
Click on the play button to watch this six minute video testimonial of how his school district uses this program in their school system.

Kathryn Thomas – Rindge School of Technical Arts, Cambridge, MA
“We spend a lot of money on other curriculum materials and it hasn’t been very useful for our students but I really like the Sous Chef a lot.  My advanced kids come to the computer two at a time and really absorb the information.”

Denise Baxter – Mountain View High School, Stafford, VA
“I had a student who looked up how to create an orange fruit basket on her own time, went home, bought the tools necessary and made half a dozen for her parents.  When she brought in a digital picture and asked how she did, I told her it was perfect.  I could not be so proud of her.  This is the most impressive product I’ve ever seen for culinary arts.”

Susan Seay – Guam Community College, Guam& Prostart Teacher of the Year 2008
Culinary arts instructor at Guam Community College
Click on the play button to watch a video testimonial of how she uses the Sous Chef in her instruction at Guam.

Mike Zema – Elgin Community College, Elgin IL:
"I really love how this program is laid out.  It simplifies and makes our teaching clearer for the students.  The Sous Chef does a great job at covering the foundation of cooking and supports those skills very well.  I personally love the way it parallels the foundational skills with visuals of equipment the students will be using with those skills."

Barbara Matusky – California School for the Deaf, Freemont, CA:
"Our students really love to use this.  It has great clear pictures, content and wonderful demonstrations which are very instructive for our students.  Our teachers have created great lessons around The Sous Chef for our students."

Elizabeth Rico – Bristol- Plymouth Regional Tech School, Taunton, MA:
"My kids love this!  It really grabs their attention and it's very easy to use.  I showed the Sous Chef during our last open house and all the parents were very impressed with the technology."

William Naifeh – Guthrie Job Corps Center, Guthrie, OK:
"The Sous Chef, which I have been using for over a year, has been an incredible aid in teaching our young trainees.  I use it to demonstrate the proper way to handle a knife and how to make the most common cuts.  To save time and food waste, I have my students watch how to poach an egg before they get on the stove.  The video has proved invaluable in helping our trainees learn to make Hollandaise sauce.  I also use the Sous Chef  to help teach students to identify cuts of beef, pork, poultry, and fish.  Thank you for your fine product."

Kevin Layton – Worcester Vocational High School, Worcester, MA:
"Awesome!"

Jason Zakro – Culinary arts student, Scottsdale, AZ:
"It is definitely the best culinary program.  I discovered The Sous Chef software while at school and looked through the program in my spare time.  I decided that I wanted to purchase a copy as use as a reference for my career.   The skills that Chef O' Neill introduces in The Sous Chef are basic skills that are necessary in the field of Culinary Arts.  I am constantly using The Sous Chef to review tasks that I may not have performed in a long time and to look up information about items I may not know that much about.  The videos and lessons are second to none in demonstration and information.  I would recommend this software to anyone, especially students, to use as a reference tool.  It is definitely worth the money and time!!!"

Steve Miller –Culinary arts student, Havre de Grace, MD:
“My favorite part is butchering.  They don’t teach it very well at school and a lot of people don’t know how to teach it properly.  The Sous Chef is very comprehensive.”

Debbie Raatz – Cortez High School, Phoenix, AZ:
"It has been a great service and wonderful teaching tool to me as a teacher.  The students use it independently on their own daily.  I have it set up so I can project it on an 84x84 screen while the students are in their labs.  What a help when doing knife skills."

Guy Dunagan – Atlantic County Institute of Technology, Mays Landing, NJ:
"I like how many of the videos are short and concise, perfect for use in the classroom.  The vocabulary is very simple and easy to understand and works well in college level courses.  I'm using this to replace textbooks, which rarely gets used by the students."

Rick Rizner – Garlands of Barrington, Barrington, IL:
"This is a great tool I use in my restaurants to get my employees trained in the basics."

Betty Hall – Kingsbury Career and Technology Center, Memphis, TN:
"I love this program.  I felt like a child a Christmas when I received it.  This is an amazing supplement to my Pro Start program"

Becky McGee – Mesquite High School, Chandler, AZ:
"I like the Sous Chef because it reinforces what I teach.  I have such a very diverse group of kids, it helps them all."

Sharon Valentino – South Forsyth High School, Cumming, GA:
"The Sous Chef saves me money because I don't have to go out and buy supplies over and over again for the demonstration.  I only need to demonstrate it once and use it to reinforce or prep my students.  I was bringing in the meat specialist from Outback to perform the demonstrations but I don't need to do that anymore."