Now bigger and better! Continuing to receive rave reviews from guest (please read the testimonials below), this is a comprehensive course for those who barely cook at all as well as those who do cook, but wish to firm up on all the classic building blocks and develop their repertoire. The course, running on Tuesday nights, will NOT run during half term to fit in with parents of school-age children. The final date is therefore 12 March 2013.

The course covers:
Week 1: Health & Safety, Knife Skills, Cooking with eggs
Week 2: Stocks and Sauces, Seasoning, every-day staples, using gelatine
Week 3: Jointing chicken, how to get 4 meals from 1 chicken, classic potato dishes
Week 4: Flour-thickened sauces, pastry and soufflees
Week 5: Meat Master Class, cooking with rice, emulsion sauces
Week 6: Fish Master Class
Week 7: Classic Italian with guest chef Ursula Ferrigno
Week 8: Bread Making

Testimonials “A fabulous, well-structured course exploring a broad range of culinary skills and providing an interesting challenge for novice and seasoned cooks alike. All conducted in a professional and good natured environment with just the right element of competition …or was that just me? Would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone with an interest in food, whatever their ability.” John Adamson

Testimonials from people who took this course

A great course for beginners like me, although we had some quite competent cooks in the group. I caught up with them though! Andy, 43

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