About this Professional Certificate
Let’s play with food!
Through the professional certificate in the Science of Cooking, you will not only examine scientific concepts that are essential for everyday cooking, but you will also learn how biology, chemistry, and physics change food flavor, texture, and preservation — making our food more nutritious, delicious, and safe to eat.
In Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science (chemistry), you will learn to think like a chef and a scientist by understanding how chemical reactions affect food properties.
Course two focuses on physics for you to enhance your scientific understanding of food characteristics, exploring elasticity, viscosity, and the benefits and challenges of enzymes in cooking.
Finally, in the third course, Food Fermentation: The Science of Cooking with Microbes, you will explore the role that microbes play in producing, preserving, and enhancing diverse foods.
By the end of this program, you will have gained a comprehensive understanding of how a foundation in food science can be vital to cooking, preparing you for culinary exploration in the kitchen and beyond!
What you'll learn
- How scientific concepts are at the basis of traditional, modernistic, and haute cuisine.
- Explore the science and apply principles of physics, engineering, and chemistry to cooking.
- How to think like a chef and a scientist.
- Understand the scientific principles and application of instruments used for chemical and microbial characterization.
- How to appreciate fermented foods and their history, culture, and science, including food preservation and safety methods., culture, and science, including food preservation and safety methods.
From | Harvard University, HarvardX via edX |
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Hours | 138 |
Instructors | Michael Brenner, Pia Sörensen, David Weitz, Roberto Kolter |
Language | English |
Subjects | Science Personal Development |
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An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
Scientific Writer Specialist $73k
Scientific Communications Executive $78k
Assistant Scientific Advisor 3 $85k
Assistant Scientific Editor $85k
Scientific Copy Editor $86k
Scientific Affairs $106k
Research Scientist - Advanced Concepts Group $110k
Associate Scientific Advisor Manager 2 $112k
Scientific Strategist $116k
Supervisor Scientific Researcher $117k
Assistant Scientific Writer $121k
Team Scientific Specialist Lead $134k
Courses in this Professional Certificate
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Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science (physics) In this course, which investigates physical transformations in food, we will be visited by world-famous chefs who use a number of different styles and techniques in their cooking.... edX | Harvard University, HarvardX |
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During each module of this course, chefs reveal the secrets behind some of their most famous culinary creations — often right in their own restaurants. Inspired by such cooking... edX | Harvard University, HarvardX |
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Food Fermentation: The Science of Cooking with Microbes What’s living in your food? Many of the foods that we consume daily owe their distinct characteristics and flavors to microbes, specifically through a biochemical process of... edX | Harvard University |
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From | Harvard University, HarvardX via edX |
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Hours | 138 |
Instructors | Michael Brenner, Pia Sörensen, David Weitz, Roberto Kolter |
Language | English |
Subjects | Science Personal Development |
Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
Scientific Writer Specialist $73k
Scientific Communications Executive $78k
Assistant Scientific Advisor 3 $85k
Assistant Scientific Editor $85k
Scientific Copy Editor $86k
Scientific Affairs $106k
Research Scientist - Advanced Concepts Group $110k
Associate Scientific Advisor Manager 2 $112k
Scientific Strategist $116k
Supervisor Scientific Researcher $117k
Assistant Scientific Writer $121k
Team Scientific Specialist Lead $134k
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