- ChefUp is a community of learning for chefs who want to develop in culinary arts

This online course will advance your knowledge in Green Cooking, Food Styling and Molecular Gastronomy

- This online course is for you who want to develop yourself in the culinary art. Get new skills and techniques and invest in your future

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Module 1 - Introduction

    • Introduction film

    • Introduction - Tora Olsson

    • Introduction - The Course

    • Equipment list
  • 2

    Module 2 - What is Vegan?

    • Intro - Module 2

    • What is Vegan?

    • Worksheets - Module 2
  • 3

    Module 3 - Basic recipes of Vegan food

    • Intro - Module 3

    • Dressings

    • Sauces

    • Pesto

    • Puree

    • Seitan meat

    • Tofu

    • Pickled vegetables

    • Marinated vegetables

    • Soup

    • Pasta dough

    • Coral

    • Vegan cream cheese

    • Patties

    • Seed crakers

    • Basic vegan food recipes

    • Worksheets - Module 3
  • 4

    Module 4 - Basic recipes of Vegan dessert

    • Intro - Module 4

    • Vegan marshmallows

    • Vegan meringue

    • Vanilla cream and sauce

    • Nice cream cakes

    • Coconut balls

    • Caramelized nuts

    • Energy ball

    • Colored sugar

    • Dried fruit

    • Jam

    • Poached fruits

    • Pickled accessories

    • Fruit chips

    • Cakes

    • Basic vegan dessert recipes

    • Worksheets - Module 4
  • 5

    Module 5 - Breakfast

    • Intro - Module 5

    • Overnight oats

    • Pancakes

    • Scrambled tofu

    • Chia pudding

    • Smoothie

    • Granola

    • Breakfast recipes

    • Worksheets - Module 5
  • 6

    Module 6 - Molecular gastronomy

    • Intro - Module 6

    • Pearls (vegan caviar)

    • Foam

    • Spheres

    • Magical water

    • Black food

    • Food powder

    • Fruit and vegetable spaghetti

    • Molecular gastronomy recipes

    • Worksheets - Module 6
  • 7

    Module 7 - Food styling

    • Intro - Module 7

    • Color theory

    • Visual triangles

    • Styling theory

    • Worksheets - Module 7
  • 8

    Module 8 - Fully recipes with styling - Starters

    • Intro - Module 8

    • Cooking method - Water Tower

    • Styling technique - Water Tower

    • Cooking method - Galaxy

    • Styling technique - Galaxy

    • Cooking method - Lava

    • Styling technique - Lava

    • Cooking method - Foggy dance

    • Styling technique - Foggy dance

    • Cooking method - Fairy tale

    • Styling technique - Fairy tale

    • Cooking method - Pillow talk

    • Styling technique - Pillow talk

    • Cooking method - Veins

    • Styling technique - Veins

    • Cooking metod - The three farmers

    • Styling technique - The three farmers

    • cooking metod - Tunnels

    • Styling technique - Tunnels

    • Starters - fully recipes
  • 9

    Module 9 - Fully recipes with styling - Main courses

    • Intro - Module 9

    • Cooking method - Lace dress

    • Styling technique - Lace dress

    • Cooking method - Tangled castle

    • Styling technique - Tangled castle

    • Cooking method - Green light

    • Styling technique - Green light

    • Cooking method - Hillock

    • Styling technique - Hillock

    • Cooking method - Coral reef

    • Styling technique - Coral reef

    • Cooking method -Swedish forest

    • Styling technique - Swedish forest

    • Main courses - fully recipes
  • 10

    Module 10 - Fully recipes with styling - Desserts

    • Intro - Module 10

    • Cooking method - Fall leaves

    • Styling technique - Fall leaves

    • Cooking method - Coffee break

    • Styling technique - Coffee break

    • Cooking method - Mr Smith

    • Styling technique - Mr Smith

    • Cooking method - Bunny

    • Styling technique - Bunny

    • Cooking method - Princess pear

    • Styling technique - Princess pear

    • Cooking method - Summer high

    • Styling technique - Summer high

    • Cooking metod Rose fall

    • Styling technique - Rose fall

    • Cooking metod - Globe

    • Styling technique - Globe

    • Desserts - fully recipes
  • 11

    Module 11 - Exam

    • Exam quiz

    • Exam task
  • 12

    Module 12- Amuse-bouche

    • Beetroot nest

    • Puffed potato with beetroot powder, white vinegar gel

    • Sushi ball

    • Seaweed chips

    • Carrot cone
  • 13

    Module 13- Recipes of the week

    • Pickled red onion pearls

    • Creamy dill dressing

    • Underwater smoked rutabaga

    • Edible menu

    • Sweet potato nest

    • Sweet potato powder

    • Golden spheres

    • Potato flower

    • Poached pears gel

    • Olive spheres

    • My top 3 ways How to succeed with a dish

    • Spruce shoot syrup

    • Stable foam

    • White balsamic pearls

    • Magical noodles

    • Coffee Cream Veil

    • Flower in spheres

    • Carrot Gel

    • Seaweed crisp

    • Blackberry pearls

    • Beetroot chips

    • Chocolate spagetti

    • Red onion, thyme Veil

    • Blueberry meringue

    • Donuts

    • Chocolate and sea salt truffle

    • Wasabi vinaigrette mini spheres

    • "Halloween" Black pumpkin cone

    • Yoghurt and Rosemary mini spheres

    • Tomato and basil air

    • Rosemary and sundried tomato buns

    • Beetroot, tapioca cracker

    • Tulie Flower

    • Mini Blueberry Spheres

    • Caramelized Onion Cylinder

    • Black "taco" amuse

    • Sweet potato amuse

    • Champagne gel

    • Green pea foam

    • Fluid gel without using heat

    • Kimchi dressing Ingredients

    • Strawberry syrup in a bubble

    • Lingonberry cylinder

    • White chocolate foam

    • Grilled Lemon Pearls

    • Beetroot foam

    • Ginger bred Tulie Flower

    • Cauliflower and caramelized onion foam

    • Snowflakes and rum spheres

    • Smoked pepper cream

    • Carrot Veil

    • Apple crisp

    • Fennel roll

    • Blueberry Tulie Flower

    • Speckled Veil

    • Horseradish cream cheese

    • Apple gel

    • Broccoli stalk circle-“paper”

    • Red cabbage powder

    • Matcha spaghetti

    • Seed "taco" amuse

    • Speckled Veil - pomegranate and cream

    • Parsnip foam

    • Kiwi gel

    • Lemon-Ginger and Oxalis Spheres

    • Vegan Basil cream cheese

    • Basil and garlic pearls

    • Pave

    • Edible Carrot Menu

    • Broccoli stalk leaves

    • Pickled mustard seeds

    • Broccoli foam

    • Parsnip chips

    • Matcha pearls

    • Transparent champagne "ravioli"

    • Carrot air

    • Orange and grapefruit soda

    • Carrot cylinder

    • Carrot and cream Veil

    • Confit Garlic Cream

    • Grapefruit and orange “pralines”

    • Cashew-Chili Cream

    • Golden Onion Cream

    • Strawberry cone

    • Confit potatoes

    • Orange and grapefruit glass

    • Strawberry mousse

    • Mixed Pepper sauce

    • Vegan butter

    • Chocolate Flavored Bubbles

    • Broccoli and Caramelized Shallots Cream

    • Licorice pearls

    • Orange and Grapefruit Gel

    • Berry-Marshmallow Cream

    • Chocolate Flavored Sphere

    • Cashew-Ramson Cream

    • Potato and Ramson Foam

    • Popcorn Ice Cream

    • Ramson pearls

    • Ramson Tuile

    • Ramson Gel

    • Carrot and Ginger Sorbet

    • Plant Based Crème Brûlée

    • Orange and Grapefruit Glaze

    • Vinegar Crisps

    • Lilac Ice Cream

    • Lilac Veil

    • Parsnip and Green onion Foam

    • Red Cabbage Crisps

    • Cardamom Ice Cream

    • Quinoa Taco shell

    • Elderflower and Pear Foam

    • Elderflower Gel

    • Lavender Emulsion

    • Green Olive Spread

    • Blueberry Cone

    • Jalapno Tuile

    • Mojito spheres

    • Tomato Veil

    • Strawberry and Rhubarb Pearls

    • Black Olive Spread

    • Strawberry and Rhubarb Glass

    • Rosemary Emulsion

    • Rutabaga Pavé

    • Lemon Crackers

    • Vegan Strawberry Meringue

    • Basil Dressing Spheres

    • Sparkling Liquorice Veil

    • Orange Syrup Inside a Bubble

    • Cream Foam Crisps

    • Caramel- Chocolate Spheres

    • Leek Cylinder

    • Vegan White Chocolate Cream

    • Apple Bites

    • Smoked Peppers and Tomato Gel

    • Cardamom Spheres

    • Chanterelle Tuile

    • Corn Crisps

    • Chive Veil

    • Chanterelles Spheres

    • Jalapeno Spread

    • Pepper Emulsion

    • Butternut Espuma

    • Butternut and Carrot Foam

    • Blue butterfly pea pearls

    • Hazelnut and Chocolate Cream

    • Saffron Tuile Snowflake

    • Saffron and White Chocolate Mousse

  • Certification

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  • Online

    Available at any time, from anywhere, on any device, and determine your own pace of study

  • 13 Modules

    13 modules that contain more than 80 lessons

  • Recipes

    Downloadable recipes to print

  • Video

    Cooking and styling videos that you can watch over and over again

  • Worksheets

    Downloadable documents with questions to study for your exam

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After the course you will be able to

  • Cook vegan foods and desserts

  • Understand and combine colors for your dish

  • Cook and understand molecular gastronomy

  • Style and create beautiful dishes and desserts

  • Have a knowledge of the vegan concept

  • Style and cook Tora Olssons (ToraFloraFood) dishes

Who is this course for?

  • If your goal is to:

  • Become an extraordinary chef

  • Give a boost to your cooking career

  • Stand out from the crowd

  • Gain knowledge in the culinary art

  • Invest in an education for your future

Course leader

- Tora Olsson

Tora Olsson, maybe more known with her Instagram name "ToraFloraFood", is a Swedish food artist/designer with a master's degree in food and meal science and bachelor’s degree in gastronomy. All of her food creations are plant-based, i.e. vegan. Tora is challenging the vegan cuisine, as she wants to show that vegan food is tasty, beautiful and for everyone to enjoy. Tora is traveling around the world and creating menus to luxury hotels and resorts, training the chefs and hosting experience dinners. Now she has developed an online course and are now able to train more chefs around the world.

What the students say

Personal Chef

Phil Cameron

“Chef Tora's online class is a well crafted and easy to follow vegan masterpiece. Chef Tora is ahead of times with her vegan based class finding balance between elegant plating and amazing flavors. I highly suggest this class to all chefs and home cooks that want to learn plating tricks and vegan food!”

Chef

Luca Bertoneri

“I m very happy I ve joined this course. Tora is an amazing teacher, if u want to discover a new experience, this courses is best choice u can make”

Pikky Maini

“Amazing course!! So well explained and every time I have made the dishes I have so many compliments! It’s like creating art on a plate :) Thank you Tora for sharing your love and knowledge of food with us.”

Sous Chef

Pedro Machado de Faria

“I really enjoyed your course (a lot!!), which was very innovative and useful for me. Thx for all support.”

Chef

Mehmet Cihan Yılmaz

“I was looking to get the best molecular gastronomy course and found Chef Tora's course. This was the best choice I've made. Good information and technology for practicing molecular gastronomy. Tora is a super good teacher, I highly recommend this course.”

Chef

Maya Henderson

“Chef Olsson’s program is incredibly simple to use and packed with information. I truly appreciated that she went through the entirety of every step rather than splicing the steps together after they were finished. She breaks each lesson down to a level that even a complete novice could understand, while giving such thorough information and teaching exciting fresh techniques that even seasoned culinary veterans will find value in. Tora has also been incredibly responsive and quick with any follow up questions. I’m counting down the days until she adds a new course!”

FAQ

  • Can I learn to cook and style online?

    You can definitely learn to cook and style online. However, in order to learn the skills you should also practice in your own kitchen.

  • What will I learn in the food styling module?

    You will learn about color theory, how to choose and combine colors for your dishes. How to place different items on the plate. Visual triangle rules. The rule of odd numbers. How to choose the right kind of plate for your dish. Twisting technique and many tips and tricks about how to succeed with your styling.

  • Will I receive a certificate?

    Yes, you will receive a certificate on the course after passing the exam. It will be provided to you as a PDF so that you can easily forward it to your potential employers.

  • What is the passing grade for the exam?

    The passing grade is 75% for the exam. In the different modules you will receive downloadable worksheets with questions for you to study before the exam.

  • What equipment will I need?

    • A basic set of pots • A basic set of pans • Standard kitchenware • Standard bakeware • Baking molds (description of the molds that I’m using under the recipes) • Squeezing bottle (optional but recommended) • Mixing bowls • Containers • Serving plates • Mandolin • Pasta machine or rolling pin • Blender • Electric mixer • Smoke gun (recommended, but possible to use liquid smoke) • Food grade syringe (for making the molecular spaghetti) • Silicone tube (for making the molecular spaghetti) • Pipette (optional but recommended) • Foam machine (recommended, but possible to use a hand blender) • Slotted spoon (recommended, but possible to use a normal spoon)

  • Am I responsible for acquiring all of the equipments and ingredients?

    All students are expected to provide their own equipments, ingredients, and work space.

  • How many hours a week should I spend on the course?

    Students are responsible for their own pace. The lessons can be completed at a speed that feels most comfortable to the student. You decide yourself how many recipes and styling you apply in the kitchen. The more you practice in the kitchen, the more time it takes, and you will become better and more confident in the cooking and styling.

  • How can I ask a question that is not listed here?

    If you need further information on the course please email to [email protected]