Enjoy both the cooking and the class while you learn how to interpret recipes, handle cooking equipment, understand technical terms and produce delicious food. You will learn how to entertain at home confidently and efficiently.
There are no formal entry qualifications. These are practical 10-lesson courses held on weekday evenings for beginners or for more experienced amateurs,or 4 to 5 weeks for the Quick and Easy course.The food cooked can be taken home afterwards or eaten at the end of the session in thecase of the Quick and Easy course.
Quick and Easy Cooking
Monday evenings for 4 weeks | 14 Jul 2008 | £320 | places available |
Beginners Cookery Skills
Monday evenings for 10 weeks | 29 Sep 2008 | £640 | places available |
Confident Cooking
Monday evenings for 10 weeks | 29 Sep 2008 | £630 | waiting list |
Confident Cooking
Tuesday evenings for 10 weeks | 30 Sep 2008 | £630 | places available |
Beginners Cookery Skills
Tuesday evenings for 10 weeks | 30 Sep 2008 | £640 | places available |
Beginners Cookery Skills
Wednesday evenings for 10 weeks | 1 Oct 2008 | £640 | places available |
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Cookery Evening Classes are taught at these levels:
Beginners Cookery Skills
This is a practical 10-lesson course held weekly for people with little cookery knowledge. The course teaches you to entertain at home confidently and effectively. You will learn to interpret recipes, handle a variety of cooking equipment, understand technical terms and produce delicious food.
The emphasis of the course is on enjoyment of both the cooking and the classes. The food cooked can be taken home afterwards.
The subjects covered include knife skills, jointing chickens, cooking meat and fish, use of gelatine, creamy sauces, pastries, modern salads and bread-making.
Evening classes begin at 6.30pm and generally finish at about 8.30-9pm. The price includes a copy of Leiths Bible at £30.
Confident Cooking
This 10-week course is particularly designed for busy people who want to put a delicious dinner party together quickly and simply. We assume a basic knowledge of cooking.
This course covers knife skills, boning chickens, making fresh pasta, shellfish cooking, emulsion sauces, classic pastries, enriched doughs and warm salads.
Classes start at 6.30pm and finish at 8.30-9pm.
Quick and Easy Cooking
This is a practical course for beginners and for those who want to learn how to put together very easy meals with little effort but achieve maximum effect.
Students will cook in pairs in a very relaxed environment. At the end of the session they will sit down and enjoy what they have cooked with a glass of wine. There will be few technical skills taught, but lots of handy tips and hints.
The cost of the course includes Leiths Simple Cookery Bible.