A greatly upgraded and enhanced version of the Sous Chef™, the computer-based culinary arts education resource, will be released in the summer of 2008, announced publisher KP Education Systems.  The all new Version 7 features additional content, a broad range of new and improved features, and a complete graphical and functional redesign.  This new version, much of it based on teacher and student feedback, makes the Sous Chef™ even more attractive as a textbook replacement for secondary and post-
secondary classes in culinary arts, foods, and nutrition. KP Systems has made every effort to create an interactive teaching tool that anticipates a teacher’s needs and allows her or him to maximize teaching time and effort.

Set to release in the summer of 2008, information about the new product can be downloaded in this PDF document.  2008 KP Product Line.

Partial list of new features:

• Differentiated Content – New Version 7 comes in three separate product lines, each with varying content and features to meet the needs of different programs and classes.
• KPI3® = KP Intuitive Interactive Interface®, the unique customizable backbone of the Sous Chef™.
• Professional slides with extensive text and full color photos/illustrations.
• Professional instructional videos.
• French – Over 800 culinary French terms and their spoken pronunciations.
• KP Print – The Sous Chef™ comes with the unique license to print any slide in the program and use as a student handout effectively eliminating the need to purchase expensive workbooks.
• Lesson Plan Builder – build lesson plans within the Sous Chef™ for presentations, student make up work and self paced learning.
• Slide Importer – import your own slides and integrate them into the Sous Chef™.
• Note Taker – annotate any slide with your own words.
• Question Creator – create your own quiz questions, referenced to any slide.
• Recipe Importer – add your own recipes or import them from Mastercook™.
• Full Text Search – quickly and easily find the information you need using the power of Google™
• KP Community – online integration to link educators across the country.
• KP Live – gain the advantage of accessing live content, updates, and the World Wide Web.
• KP Modules – as new advanced features are developed and introduced, they can be plugged in to the Sous Chef™.

Please download our complete product sheet here.