Fermentation Foundation

Ferment with confidence: step-by-step framework for understanding and using fermentation.

Unleash your inner chef and learn the secrets of fermentation with our comprehensive blended e-leaning course. Whether you're a seasoned hobby cook, a professional chef, a nutritionist, or a producer of fermented foods, our course is designed to help you master the art of fermentation.

Course Information

Goal

The participants have a deep and vast understanding of the significant fermentation techniques. They can safely create the ferments on their own.

Topics

Lacto-fermentation, kimchi, fermented drinks with various cultures, koji and miso, fermented doughs. Bonuses: vinegar, tempeh. Extra-modules: gastronomy, microbiome.

Instructors

Fran, certified fermentista and Darren, chef, culinary arts chef instructor and former restaurateur. Combined they have taught over 1500 people in the past five years.

Scope

53-80 lessons, depending on the modules of your choice. Webinars, instruction videos, practical tasks, online forum, regular live calls.

Duration

8 weeks to 4 months, depending on the amount of invested time. Choose from 1 hour to 3 hours per week.

Course Topics

Lactic-Acid Fermentation

Vegetables, herbs, foraged plants, fruit. Self-brined, with added brine, pastes, salsas, sauces, powders. Cooking with lacto-ferments.

Kimchi

Paste kimchi (napa cabbage, cucumber, radish), water kimchi (nabak and dongchimi), white kimchi, culture and history and health of kimchi, cooking with kimchi (traditional and new ways).

Koji Fermentation

Koji theory, shio koji, miso making, amazake, cooking with the mentioned ferments.

Fermented Drinks

Fermented drinks with wild yeast such as ginger beer and tepache, fermented drinks with commercial yeast such as sima, kombucha, water kefir, milk kefir, whey soda, cooking with fermented drinks.

Fermented Doughs

Fermented doughs around the world, injera, dosa, side dishes for the mentioned doughs.

Bonuses And Industry Specific Skills

Bonuses: Vinegar: from wine and from fruit, cooking with vinegar, vinegar-based drinks. Tempeh: cooking with tempeh, fermentation of tempeh. Gastronomy module for chefs and food producers. Microbiome module for nutritionists and interested amateurs.

Look Inside The Course

The Instructors

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Fran

Certified Food Fermentation Specialist

Fran is a certified food fermentation specialist who has taught over 800 students in the past three years. Through her former company, Fermentista Academy, she used to run workshops in Switzerland both for hobby cooks and professional chefs. She also created Switzerland’s first online course platform for fermentation knowledge. More about Fran

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Darren

Chef Instructor And Restaurateur​

Darren is a chef instructor and a restaurateur. Starting his career in a fine dining Italian restaurant, he then progressed to work in Michelin starred restaurants and hotels in Morocco, Switzerland and France. In 2015 opening his own Restaurant ‘Le Bois Sauvage’ situated in the heart of the Swiss Alps, the restaurant was focused on sustainability and local products. More about Darren

How We Teach

We are passionate about sharing our knowledge; our most important goal is to provide our students with solid fermentation skills, both in theory and practice. After this course, you’ll have a profound understanding of the most important fermentation techniques. You’ll be able to create new recipes by yourself, detect issues and incorporate the ferments in your menus.

E-Learning Modules

Practical Homework

Recipe & Theory PDFs

Calls & Online Forum

What Our Learners Say

Our Offer

Amateur

For Hobby Cooks
512
378 One-Time
  • 5 Core Modules
  • 2 Bonuses
  • Regular Live Calls
  • Online Community
  • That's It
offer

Chef

For Professional Chefs
659
487 One-Time
  • 5 Core Modules
  • 2 Bonuses
  • Gastronomy Module
  • Regular Live Calls
  • Online Community
offer

Nutritionist

For Nutritionists
659
487 One-Time
  • 5 Core Modules
  • 2 Bonuses
  • Microbiome Module
  • Regular Live Calls
  • Online Community
offer

Producer

For Food Producers
659
487 One-Time
  • 5 Core Modules
  • 2 Bonuses
  • Gastronomy Module
  • Regular Live Calls
  • Online Community
offer

Got Any Questions?

If you’re still unsure whether this course is right for you, we’d love to hear from you. Get in touch with us so we can discuss what you’re looking for and what we can offer you.

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