I’ve been having this idea pretty much ever since I started culinairy school but haven’t been able to flush out how I want to do this.

My idea is to start a cooking channel on YouTube (yeah I know there’s already thousands of those, it’d be for my own education and enjoyment mostly) but don’t do your basic recipe videos. I want to go into basics, explain cooking techniques and their origin. A bit of a mix between Binging With Babish and Tasting History but try to be more “like an actual culinairy school”, if you know what I mean by that. I’m already writing a few script ideas, about produce/equipment knowledge or one about techniques you’ll find in almost all recipes for example. still thought I’d come and ask the lovely folks here about what they’d want to see.

So, I’m wondering: Let’s say you have little to no cooking experience. Maybe frying an egg seems like a challenge to you already. What would you want to see on a youtube channel to help you start cooking. What knowledge do you feel you’re missing to start preparing meals and understand what you’re doing?

I’m not expecting a lot of responses, but if I can find out what people who pretty much never cook feel is holding them back, then that would be an amazing starting point for me.

Edit: i wouldn’t mind ideas for a channel name either. :)

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
    10·
    10 months ago

    I do like the idea of specifically touching on techniques and skills. It often annoyed me in cooking shows that the chef will chop a bunch of veggies lightning fast and not comment at all on how you’re supposed to cut an onion, what kind of knife to use, etc.

    • NPC@lemmy.worldOP
      6·
      10 months ago

      One of the ideas I had was to make a series of short 2-3 minute long videos where I explain either 1 technique or some industry lingo. Then, whenever I use those techniques in a recipe video, link back to them in the video description so people can get a super condensed explanation without having to search for them or put the recipe video in pause for long.

      • AppaYipYip@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 months ago

        I think this is a good idea but I would still like a quick explanation in each video (example: “were going to dice like this but more info can be found in the description”). I honestly may not have the time to watch the complete technique video in the moment but may go back for the next time.

        • NPC@lemmy.worldOP
          3·
          10 months ago

          Oh definitely. I was thinking about starting the video out by saying that all technique explanations can be found in the comments, then when it comes up in the video show a number or something corresponding to the link for it in the description. Hopefully this won’t break the flow of the video and still keeps it easy for people to find more information

        • NPC@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          10 months ago

          Thanks. I recognised that what i would call basic cooking every one just knows, isn’t nearly as much of a thing thst I thought. Even just simple techniques and ideas are a lot harder for a lot of people than I used to think. I want to show people that cooking isn’t nearly ad difficult as a lot of people seem to think.