Offal with Murat Deniz Temel
This 3-day intensive specialization program prepared for professional chefs working with offal, culinary candidates, and anyone who wants to specialize in this field, addresses offal not only as a product but also as a material that can be understood through its anatomy, texture, and technique. Starting with the correct classification of red (bloody) and white (bloodless) offals; it offers a comprehensive content that spans from cleaning pre-processes, pre-cooking processes, short and long cooking techniques, to the culinary heritage of Anatolian Ottoman cuisine and modern creative dishes.
At the end of the program, participants will reach a level where they can choose the correct technique according to the fiber, fat, and blood ratio of offal, design heat management according to the moment of service, reinterpret classic recipes on the plate, and confidently add offal dishes to their menu.
The duration of the new training period will be announced.
The new training period will be announced.
The hours of the new training period will be announced.
Training Program
The entire training program is designed by our expert instructor chefs to ensure you are fully equipped for your culinary career.
DAY 1 – From Anatomy to Fire: Introduction to Red & White Offal
Key Topics
• Classification of offal: red / white distinction
• Anatomy: the place of the piece in the body and its effect on the correct technique
• Reading fiber / fat / blood ratio
• Target tissue management after cooking
• Cleaning, pre-blanching, flavoring
• Pre-processes for long-cooked products
Technical Introduction to Red Offal
• Maillard effect
• Tissue–blood–heat relationship
Anatolian & Ottoman Repertoire
• Classic techniques
• Use of tail fat
Global Approaches
• Examples from around the world
• The concept of pâté / terrine
DAY 2 – White Offal: Short and Long Cooking
Short-Cooked Whites
• Sweetbreads
• Almond
• Kokoreç
• High heat – short time technique
Plate Studies
• Sautéed beef sweetbreads
• Lamb almond
• Kokoreç & kokoretsi
• Brain pâté
Long-Cooked Whites
• Tripe applications
• Head–trotter
• Tongue terrine
DAY 3 – Modern Interpretation and Creative Applications
Creative Thinking with Offal
• Bringing tradition to modern presentation
• Designing sellable plates
• Tissue and acid–fat balance
Creative Recipes
• Tail fat pastry
• Albanian liver toast
• Goose liver ice cream
• Tripe chips + tail fat dip
• Rice between chicken skin
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Certificates held by USLA graduates
Participants who attend at least 80% of the program will be entitled to receive the USLA certified “Offal Specialization Training with Murat Deniz Temel” participation certificate.
Training Rules
- • The minimum age limit for all trainings is 18.
- • Our students are required to wear the student uniforms provided by USLA for all kitchen classes outside of classroom lessons.
- • It is mandatory to bring the equipment provided by USLA for use during the lesson.
- • Both male and female students are prohibited from wearing earrings – piercings, watches, bracelets, and rings. Our students must enter classes with trimmed nails, without nail polish, and without makeup. Students with long hair must tie their hair back. Mustaches and beards are prohibited for male students during the training period. They must attend classes clean-shaven.
- • USLA reserves the right to make possible changes to the lessons and add extra lesson days during the training period. Changes in lesson dates and excursion information are communicated by the Student Affairs.
- • USLA plans to organize industry visits on Fridays during the training period. Participation in field trips is not mandatory, but it is recommended. Date notifications will be made by student affairs.
- • The instructor chef has the right to refuse entry to students who do not comply with the rules.
- • Students must be at school 1 [one] hour before the lesson starts and prepare for the upcoming lesson.
- • Students are responsible for arriving on time according to the assigned weekly tasks and must be ready at their workstations prepared before the lesson starts after fulfilling their duties.
- • Students who arrive late to class will not be admitted until the first break, and it will be counted as half a day of absence.
- • The practical lesson flow continues after the theoretical and practical explanation of the lesson chef in the kitchen, where students proceed to their stations to prepare their recipes as demonstrated.
- • At the end of the lesson, cleaning and washing of the gastronomes is the student's responsibility, and the classroom must be left clean.
- • For students registered in the internship program who complete the first term training, the internship location is determined by USLA based on the students' opinions. It is mandatory to intern at the designated location, and no changes to the internship location are allowed. The average grade obtained by the student during their training period is one of the determining factors for the internship location.
- • Industry visits will be conducted during the program. Personal food/drink expenses during industry visits are the responsibility of the student.
Others
49.000,00₺
JANUARY 2027
44.000,00₺
The date of the new training period will be announced.
The new training hours will be announced.
48.000,00₺
OCTOBER 2026
72.000,00₺
The new training period will be announced.
The hours of the new training period will be announced.


