Take your cooking skills to a whole new level with this program! Offering step-by-step chef demonstrations of fundamental techniques - including roasting, braising, carving, stock preparation, cutting techniques, knife safety, and more - this informational DVD is a food enthusiast must-have!

Join Chefs John DeShetler, Hinnerk von Bargen, and David Kamen in the CIA Hyde Park kitchens as they teach the fundamentals learned in the Culinary Boot Camp program. Demonstration-based learning modules offer more than three hours of video featuring the following techniques:

Braising osso buco
Carving a roast
Chopping herbs and examining vegetable cuts
Sautéing and pan-frying
Setting up a cutting station
Creating the perfect consommé
Tying chicken and beef
Fabricating chicken
Grilling beef, chicken, and fish
Preparing tomato concassé
Preparing basic beurre blanc
Preparing a classic stock
Preparing rice pilaf
Preparing spaetzle
Roasting beef and chicken
Toasting nuts
Knife maintenance
Plus, Chef D takes you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the CIA storeroom!

"The Best of Boot Camp DVD is the most useful film I've ever seen devoted to both basic and advanced cooking techniques. Clean and honest documentary film-making is used throughout, with little time wasted on stylistic nonsense. Sound is crisp and clear also, with correct adjustments made for the sometimes unfortunate acoustics of many kitchens. The lesson layout of the DVD is admirably arranged, it is obvious that much thought and care for detail went into this production. The CIA has outdone itself, creating a modern classic that will stand the test of time. Bravo!"