Keep Learning & Entertained

With the industry at an almost complete halt, we know you likely have a lot of time on your hands. This list provides courses to keep you learning (many low-cost or free!). As well as, podcasts, shows and books to keep you entertained and inspired. This list is not inclusive and if there is something you think we should add please send us an email or message on social media!

Courses

• ICS Canada
  • Online Catering Training Program 
  • Online Gourmet Cooking Certificate 
  • Online Managing Your Own Business Program
•  Rouxbe
  • Individual Training
• Masterclass
  • Culinary Arts
• Vancouver Pastry School
  • Online Pastry Training School
• Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts
  • Online Pastry
  • Culinary Online
• Udemy Classes
  • Online Pastry School
  • Food and Beverage Courses
• International Career Institute
  • Course in Catering and Cooking
• TheKitchn
  • Cooking School
• BBC Food
  • Food Techniques
• CakeFlix
  • Videos
• The Great Courses plus
  • Videos 
• NYTimes
  • Cooking
• Gluten Free Baking Academy
  • Course
• MIT
  • Kitchen Chemistry
• Delia Online
  • How To Cook
• Food Network
  • Test Kitchen
• SkillShare
  • Baking
  • Cooking
  • Butchery 
• Olds College
  • Intro to Brewing
  • Hospitality Training Courses
• Butcher Magazine
  • ButcherCraft
• Simon Fraser University
  • Human Resources
  • Business Management
• Range Partners
  • Meat Academy
• WSET
  • Online Courses
• Ecole Chocolat
  • Chocolatier School
• Chocolate Academy
  • Courses
• Tea Sommelier
  • Courses
• Academy of Tea
  • Courses 
• World Tea Academy
  • Classes
• Online Culinary School
  • Courses

Podcasts

• Cooks’ Camp Mise-En-Place
• Cheftimony
• Gravy
• The Eater Upsell
• Radio Cherry Bombe
• Burnt Toast
• Evolutionaries
• Spilled Milk
• The Sporkful
• Table Talk
• A Taste of the Past
• Bite
• The Splendid Table
• The Empty Bowl
• Home Cooking
• A Half A Dozen Hospitality
• AnthroDish

Books 

 

• Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

• The Professional Charcuterie Series by Marcel Cottenceau, Jean-Francois Deport and Jean-Pierre Odeau

• Cod by Mark Kurlansky

• Culinary Artistry  by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page

• White Heat by Marco Pierre White

• Tetsuya: Recipes from Australia's Most Acclaimed Chef by Tetsuya Wakuda

• The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller

• The Zuni Cafe Cookbook by Judy Rodgers

• La Varenne Pratique by Anne Willan

• Food, The Chemistry of its Components by T. Coultate

• Neurogastronomy by G.M. Shepherd

• The River Cottage MEAT Book by H. Fearnley-Whittingstall and Washoku

• Recipes from the Japanese Home Kitchen by E. Andoh

• Bread Alone by D. Leader and J. Blahnik

• The AVIARY Cocktail Book by A. &S. Hemberger, M. Melton, N. Kokonas and G. Achatz

Additional Adds Post CTS Social:

• Hotbox: Inside Catering the Food World's Riskiest Business by Matt and Ted Lee
• Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlanksy
• Ratio by Michael Ruhlman
• On Food and Cooking 2nd ed by Harold McGee
• Best of Joel Robuchon by Joel Robuchon
• Grand Livre de Cuisine by Alain Ducasse
• Signature Dishes That Matter Essential Cuisine by Michel Bras
• Coco by Phaidon
• Le Repertoire Dela Cuisine by Eric Ropair
• A Return to Cooking by Michael Ruhlman and Eric Ripert
• Smoke & Pickles by Edward Lee

Shows/Documentaries

• The Chef Show
• Sugar Rush
• Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Great Canadian Bake Off
• The Final Table
• The Big Family Cooking Show
• Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
• The Great British Baking Show
• Zumbo’s Just Desserts
• Nailed It
• Cooking on High
• Chef’s Table
• Ugly Delicious
• The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell
• Million Pound Menu
• FoodNetwork Canada Shows
• Step Up to the Plate