Culinary Immersion

If you want to learn a new language, the best way of learning it is to live among the people and under the culture that uses that language. You will not only be familiarized with the formal grammar and usage but also with the real cultural situations certain idioms are used. This principle also applies in gaining expert gastronomic skills. Some big restaurants offer travel and training incentives to their best chefs. Chefs immerse themselves to the culture of a particular country to learn and polish their skills. Chefs may travel to Italy, for instance, in an exchange program just to gain expertise in cooking certain Italian food that only a true blooded Italian chef can teach under the ambience of his own country.