Whether you're a reluctant novice or a professional, everyone who sets foot in a kitchen needs to sharpen their skills first. Below shared are a few tips you can adapt and can aid you in the kitchen.

There are presumably a million things that make people good at cooking but adhering to some significant detail is important.

Below are easy everyday approaches you can kick start your journey to being a chef.

1CLEAN

This is a necessary part of your cooking journey. Cooking in a tidy setting makes you more organized and well-ready to do a good job. A chaotic kitchen means disarray and with time leads to anger and a hectic time looking for things.

Take time to clean the surfaces and the utensils you have used. Put away all the bowls, and cooking utensils if you do not have the time immediately to clean them.

2PLAN AHEAD

If you have to print out your recipes beforehand or buy all ingredients, anything that gives the peace of mind you need for smooth cooking. Using your phone directly may cause accidents that could have been easily evaded. After all, no one wants soup off their phone.

Ensure your cooking place, kitchen surfaces are clean beforehand. Imagine walking into a clean kitchen in the morning, it inherently boosts the cooking enthusiast.

3TAKE NOTES AS YOU GO

It acts as a good reminder of discoveries and other details that may come in handy later. The tip you put down will be handy in your next cooking.

4TAKE YOUR TIME

Small details like paying attention to your recipe will go a long way. Read the whole recipe before you begin. "Rushing through a recipe only increases your chances of messing things up—like skipping a step or using the wrong measurement," says Lori Bogedin, chef/owner of. You need patience, particularly when it comes to cooking.

Taking your time to do things right, whether that means unhurriedly adding ingredients to a recipe instead of ditching them all in at once or waiting for the potatoes to boil to completion, will make all the difference in how your food turns out. This means taking your time and energy to prepare as well. Fortunately, once you have extended exercise, timing your dishes so that they're ready all at once will come easy, too.

5COOK LOT

Practice makes perfect. This applies to cooking as well. Cooking a lot also means cooking more than enough food for later. Cooking a lot saves both time and ingredients. Cooking meals at home regularly will help you distill your skills. What starts as a complicated meal will soon be your easy to go to meal.

6UNDERSTAND THE RECIPE

Do not learn the recipes like scripts, understand them and know that there is always room for adjustments. Be flexible and the dish may come out even better. Learn a few tricks in cooking too; Learning and practicing the basics, like charring a chicken, and making a sauce from scrape, will help you build solid ground.

Examples of tricks include;

• Warm salt water allows for soaking up the dressing easily.

• While boiling potatoes, add a bit of salt, it helps in skin the skin easily.

• Add sugar before you boil the peas to maintain the bright green color.

• A heavy bottom pan helps in dissuading food from burning.

• Steam helps in restoring the moisture content of muffins.

7ADD SALT

Do not underrate the role of salt in your food. Some people even advise adding salt to your salads. Salting food before you cook it will allow it to adequately absorb the sodium. When you salt at the end of cooking, you're giving your recipe a sodium crust, making it taste much saltier although you're not using more than the advised amount.

8COOK INGREDIENTS IN ORDER

There is a particular way you can follow a specific order while cooking your ingredients. For instance, you can start with onions, then garlic, and then ginger and tomato as each veggie have its own cooking time. Following a particular order tends to exhaust all the flavors from the ingredients perfectly.

QUALITIES OF A GOOD COOK

-Dedication- Being a chef or dedicating your time and energy to improving your cooking means grit and resilience. You will pull longer hours than other professions, so having a deep-rooted passion for the art is crucial to your victory.

• Be open-minded- This is more prominent among new chefs or first-timers. Everyone has an opinion about your food and not all of those opinions are going to be good. Even the outstanding chefs in the world have something to learn still, and it can only be beneficial through an open mind.

• Attention to detail- The pettiest of details from the right amount of salt or the right temperature could dent perfect progress for someone. You need to take note of the matters that instruct your undivided attention and ensure that you are tending to these to the best of your capacities. Work on your concentration and focus.

• Strive to be better - Always work towards being the best you can be. Seek to provide their best dishes every time they prepare something. From choosing the finest ingredients to the latest techniques, keep up with the changing trends and adapt new techniques your way.

Remember, looks aren't everything, but they do tally for a big part of your presentation and the attractiveness of your dish. Learning to properly plate your formulae allows your culinary innovations to gleam and gives you an upper hand at captivating the eye.