Professional cooking vs The chef's compendium of professional recipes: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Restauration collective, Quantity cookery, Quantity cooking, Cooking
Professional cooking
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Includes recipes from Le Cordon Bleu cooking school, nutritional analyses, safety information, a glossary of cooking terms, and American, British, and French culinary vocabulary.
The chef's compendium of professional recipes
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Range of principal recipes currently used in hotels, restaurants and other catering establishments.
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The verdict
- Readers rate Professional cooking highest: Professional cooking 4.3 · The chef's compendium of professional recipes 3.8.
- The chef's compendium of professional recipes is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 15 for Professional cooking.
- Professional cooking has the widest readership — 549 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Professional cooking | The chef's compendium of professional recipes | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (549) | 4.0 (4) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | — |
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Reception
| Professional cooking | The chef's compendium of professional recipes | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 549 | 4 |
| Editions | 10 | 10 |
| Want to read | 1675 | 10 |
| Reading it now | 88 | — |
| Written reviews | 27 | — |
| Pages | 818 | 416 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Professional cooking or The chef's compendium of professional recipes?
Professional cooking has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Professional cooking 4.3/5, The chef's compendium of professional recipes 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Professional cooking or The chef's compendium of professional recipes?
The chef's compendium of professional recipes is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The chef's compendium of professional recipes (416 pages, ≈ 7 h 42 m); Professional cooking (818 pages, ≈ 15 h 09 m).
Which is harder to read: Professional cooking or The chef's compendium of professional recipes?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Professional cooking: Moderate; The chef's compendium of professional recipes: Moderate.