Rich's ProChef Certification
  • Type Validation
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Days
  • Cost Paid
Additional Details

Rich's ProChef Certification

Issued by CIA Consulting

The Rich's ProChef Certification program is a custom certification based on CIA ProChef Level I, with additional skills added. Badge earners have demonstrated all of the ProChef Level I competencies plus additional competencies in Baking Skills.

  • Type Validation
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Days
  • Cost Paid
Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Day 1 practical exam includes assorted precision knife cuts and egg cookery
  • Days 2-4  Practical Exam includes a 3-course menu of soup, salad, and entree that is randomly assigned.  Soup will be either a hearty broth, cream, or puree.  Salad will include either a simple vinaigrette, emulsified dressing or creamy dressing.  Entree will reflect one of the basic cooking fundamental methods and will include a sauce, vegetable and starch accompaniments.
  • Day 5 practical exam includes skills from the bakeshop.  Enriched dough made into different shaped rolls, pate a choux filled with pastry cream and finished with ganache, par baked pie crust, and either a genoise or pound cake.
  • Written assessments in Basic culinary math, conversions, ratios, and yields, recipe costing, and baking fundamentals