Culinary Fundamentals - Cooking School App Reviews

Videos do not play. Another failure by Apple in not checking Aps before full release. Videos take forever to download and if they do all you get is a blank screen. I am sick and tired of wasting money on Apples aps that do not live up to reviews or what they are supposed to do.

I have tried multiple times to download the videos but all I get is a blank screen. I click the option to download all the videos at once and it just takes me to a blank categories screen. I dont even get the option to download individual videos. I thought apple checked that all this worked with their rigorous review process, before allowing it in their store.

So unhappy that I paid money for a app that wont work right..

It takes time to download but I asked for all at once and that gave me plenty to watch. It goes over the steps in cooking and cant wait for them to give complete instruction on cooking an item or meal. Oh dont try downloading all on anything but with wifi, theres a lot of clips. Overall, very useful and I love it.

Currently this was a huge waste because none of the videos will download

Once I reinstalled it I was able to get the video categories to show up and begin downloading. It took a while to get everything but it was well worth it! There are a lot of fundamental things to learn from this app, I find it a great compliment to some other recipe based book apps. A lot of focus on prep,plating,presentation and dish components. Hard to find this info just by poking around online. 4 stars cause I had some difficulty w the videos the first time.

5 bucks thank the lord I got it when it was free. But any who nice app wish the videos were longer though

As a chef instructor, I find the videos both informative and useful. Students now are in the information age an small segmented videos play right into that. Long lectures dont get the point across as well as 15 minute blurbs. I use whatever means at my disposal to ensure I am producing the future trendsetters in the industry. Thanks so much for a great product.

I got it when it was free, had some issues downloading the videos all at once, contacted the company. They said they are working on a update to solve that problem. Good videos, a little short but still helpful. I would pay for it now if I had to.

Okay so its 12:40 am and Im up b/c I wanted to say how disappointed with this app I was!!!! I highly recommend the cooking with chef Gordon Ramsey app because they contain video tutorials with the chef speaking himself- not some creepy lady in the background!! This app has at least 1GB of memory and I didnt find a single video that helped me! I am not an aspiring le cordon bleu graduate/chef. I am an amateur cook who wants to learn the proper way to say chop an onion or what knives to use depending on the food being prepared. This app has 3 ways to chop carrots, celery and radishes. I dont eat either of them!!!! No onions at all!! Dont get this UNLESS you are IN cooking school/ Classes!!!!! There are many terms you will NOT understand. And I cant recommend enough to get the cooking with Gordon Ramsey app. I like the vid tutorials of simple cooking/cutting/preping food!!!! The video quality is shammy for this app and the camera angle is far and doesnt change.... Was useless to me!

Right now I cant even get to a topic. I went to play a video and the page froze up. Now I cant get out of it. Some of the videos I did see were nothing but repeats....a slice is a slice is a slice, whether its a tomato, mushroom, or radish. Its all the same just a different fruit or veggie. Dont waste your money. Next time I spend money, Ill be sure there are comments first!!!! Its not even worth the one star.

I am a culinary student. I have read the reviews on this app an I am disgusted by the comments. The videos are short, direct and on point. I got As in all of my classes because of this app. It is well worth every cent.. I would have paid 100s of dollars to get this information. I just dont understand how anyone can give this app below 5 stars... You will not be disappointed. I showed this to my professor and he said something in french, kissed his two fingers and smiled. I love this app and I refer to it daily.. I highly recommend that you get it!! I you want to know everything about everything about cooking, get it... You will not be disappointed! Chef Leslie (Almost) Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena, CA

I thought this would be good.I even read the reviews and hoped for the best anyway please I am begging you not to by this and waste your money like I did. The videos would not load and when they did it would go up and down in less than a second. Get chef ramsey instead much better

I bought this app in order to enhance my culinary abilities, I am what I like to call a "Home Chef", I cook most of the meals my family eats and am always looking for something to bring it to the next level so when I saw this app I decided "what the heck" if it helps its worth the price. At 4.99 it is quite a bit more expensive than most of the I-tune apps so I really expected it to be something worth having. Well I find the videos to be overly short, incomplete and not helpfull in the least. I wouldnt recommend this app to a friend and I dont recommend it to you. It is an utter and complete waste of money and space on your i phone. Enough said. Chef Tomasso

After reading the other reviewers experiences with this app, I threw caution to the wind and purchased it because I couldnt find another application like it. Fortunately, the app works as expected and the videos are just what I was looking for: quick instruction on how to do one specific thing at a time. I use an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3.1 and I had no difficulty at all downloading, playing, and deleting videos over both Wi-Fi and 3G. If youre a home cook like me, learn visually, and want to learn the fundamentals of precision cuts, fruit preparation, vegetable preparation, meat preparation, poultry preparation, and seafood preparation, I recommend this app.

I purchase this app last September and I continually use it both as a reference guide as well as an instructor and coach!! I have yet to come across another app as comprehensive -- watching these videos is like attending professionally taught culinary courses but without the performance pressure!! If youre looking for an all recipes app, I highly suggest purchase Culinary Fundamentals "sister" app, The Video Cookbook, but if youre looking for instruction on everything from basic cooking knowledge to proper knife (cutting and chopping) skills to food preparation, youll want to download this app then ready yourself for one-on-one culinary instruction!!!

Do no buy it if you really like to cook bad horrible! 1**********!!!!!!

I always look at reviews before purchasing an App, but it becomes difficult at times, particularly when an App receives such mixed reviews. Although this one got some poor reviews (even one I read that assumed the good reviews were fake), Im glad the good overrode the bad as I saw it. Ive cooked (as a hobby) for groups from about 10 to 100 and Im always interested in finding resources to reinforce my skills and to learn new ones. I appreciate all the little tips available here. And I had no problems installing and using the App.

Do not waste your money like I just did. Chefs tips are how to clean pots. Haha, the video on batters pretty much says batters are created by combining dry ingredients like flour and wet ingredients like eggs... Then lists different types of batters you can create by combining wet and dry stuff. Could have provided just a wee bit of actual teaching.

I would give it five stars if it was updated for the iPhone 5. Definitely worth the money.