|  Bliss
Creek Outfitters is
proud to offer yet another new program - Personalized
Cook School. By popular demand, our personalized cook
school is designed to qualify students for work
as a professional camp or ranch cook - plus give you
the skills to be even more beneficial to your potential
employer by learning packing and basic horsemanship.
It
is a private, hands-on school which allows students
to
begin
cooking
on day-one.
In addition to learning to prepare food,
plan a grocery list, pack food in panniers,
food storage, clean up, wilderness food handling,
bear proofing, you will also learn the skills needed to
fill in as a wrangler or camp jack if necessary. This makes
you a valuable addition to any wilderness camp. The price
of our Personalized Camp Cook school is $6,200 per student
for the four-week school.
That is $1,525 per week.
Held in
beautiful Cody, Wyoming, the East entrance to Yellowstone
National Park, the advantage
of personalized training is that we cover everything in
the group class, and more;
Desserts, Dutch-oven Cooking, packing, basic horsemanship,
and so on. Classes
will be
held at either Bliss Creek Ranch or in the Washakie
Wilderness Camp of Bliss Creek Outfitters.
The
curriculum will be as follows. Bliss Creek Outfitters
reserves the right to alter the curriculum as needed.
Menu & Preparation
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Packing
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| 1. Menu Preparation
for Groups |
1. Saddling the
Pack Horse |
| 2. Shopping in Quantities |
2. Packing Panniers |
| 3. Game Meat Preparation & Cooking |
3. Maintaining Loads |
| 4. Fresh Fish Preparation & Cooking |
4. Hitches
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| 5. Tracking Food
Usage |
5.
Pulling a Pack-String
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Client
Interaction
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1.
Communicating with Clients
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Horsemanship
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| 2. Client Dietary
Restrictions |
1. Horse Terms |
| 3. Dietary Preferences
of Clients |
2. Horse Care & First
Aid |
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3. Catching & Saddling
a Horse |
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4. Saddle & Tack
Repair |
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5. Mules |
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Kitchen
Essentials
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1. Camp or Ranch
Cook Duties
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| 2. Kitchen Set-Up |
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| 3. Cleanliness & Bear-Proofing |
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| 4. Employee Ethics |
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| 5. Utensils & Cook-ware |
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| 6. Kitchen Ovens & Cook-Tops |
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Food
Handling & Preparation
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1.
Meal Preparation
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| 2. High Altitude
Adjustments |
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| 3. Baking |
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| 4. Open Fire Cooking |
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| 5. Meat, Fruit & Vegetable
Storage |
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| 6. Family Style Meals |
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| 7. Trail Food Preparation |
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There
is great demand for good camp cooks. Many outfitters
search for months to find a camp cook that knows the
kitchen, can prepare the menu and run the kitchen without
supervision. You would be even more valuable to your
potential employer by having the skills to pack and saddle
a horse.
Our school is only for
those men and women who are VERY serious about becoming
a professional camp or ranch cook. This is a very demanding
school. We turn out only the best camp and ranch cooks.
Being a camp-cook is very demanding, yet rewarding.
If you think you have what it takes, give us a call.
We will teach you what you need to know to become a
top-notch camp or ranch cook.
Email
Us / Request a Brochure
When
requesting a brochure, please include
your mailing address!
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