where can i learn to do kosher cooking?

Question

I live in ramsgate kent and i am interested in learning to be a kosher chef , where can i go to learn this .Thanks

Answer 1

Hmmm. Interesting wish. However, you may have to speak with a mashgiach (a kosher supervisor) or with a rabbi. Whatever you do, to learn everything would be a rigorous process that not many non-Jews understand at all.
Btw, being a kosher chef means you can still cook in the same way, you just have an approved by a mashgiach kosher kitchen, utensils, oven, stove, etc. and you use kosher meat of course. There are many rules regarding this, so if I were you I would just give up, lol. Just Kidding. I dunno, try what I said.

Answer 2

You can start, as others suggested, by asking an Orthodox rabbi for direction or after studying the issue by yourself through reading literature, advising with a rabbi on points that are unclear to you. I found a site for you that is quite straight forward on the rules of Kushrut - www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm. Once you understand the rules involved, it is not difficult to prepare foods in the kosher fashion. As you live outside Israel, where it is easy to find kosher meat and other kosher products, you will have to orient yourself as to where you can find kosher meat (i.e. Kosher Meat Clubs) and kosher products. In the supermarket, those items are marked with a "U" or a "K". Beside that, you should be aware that there are also issues with wine and Kushrut.

Good luck to you.

A note to xopiink523: For your information you made a mistake:

Of the "beasts of the earth" (which basically refers to land mammals with the exception of swarming rodents), you may eat any animal that has cloven hooves and chews its cud. Lev. 11:3; Deut. 14:6. Any land mammal that does not have both of these qualities is forbidden. The Torah specifies that the camel, the rock badger, the hare and the pig are not kosher because each lacks one of these two qualifications. Sheep, cattle, goats and deer are kosher.

Answer 3

I am jewish and I keep kosher.
Go to an Orthodox rabbi and he will direct you. Do not go to a conservative or reform rabbi because they might not keep the rules of kashrut (Rules of being kosher).
Once you learn on how to kosher utensils, keep them seperated, ect, you will be quite satisfied and make some very tasty foods.

To start off, heres a couple tips from me to you.
1. do not mix milk and meat products, that is considered non kosher.
2. do not use dairy utensils for making a meat meal, that is also considered non kosher.
3. Pig is never kosher and you cant kosher it no matter what you do.
4. any animal that chews its own cudd and has split hooves is kosher!

It will take alot of work to learn it all but in the long run you will love it. It is amazing stuff to learn.

Answer 4

Go to your nearest synagogue...Ask the rabbi for the information you need. He will inform you where to go to learn about kosher cooking (which by the way is quite delicious, if very painstaking to make sometimes). Kosher cooking is not only the recipes, but also the time consuming process of cooking in the kosher manner

Answer 5

I do not know exactly where you could go, but there are plenty of good Jewish cookery books to be had - try your local library. Or a website.

There is nothing actually alarming about kosher food, just you need to stick to the dietry laws which means that you cannot serve flesh with dairy or dairy with blood etc. These books would explain all that.

Answer 6

There's a really good kosher cookbook by Marlene Spieler that has -- besides good recipes that are tasty and healthy-- an explanation of the dietary laws. It could be a good resource for you. You could find it on amazon.com. I can never remember if her first name is Marlene or Marlena.

Answer 7

Contact this site and ask if they can give you the local information that you're looking for. This is the Toronto location of a world-wide orthodox jewish organization. The are a group that proselytize within the jewish community only, and are always willing to help with spiritual, educational and practical problems.

Answer 8

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