Intermediate Cooking Skills

Summary Intermediate Cooking Skills - Part 1

£935.00

Mon 13 Dec - Fri 17 Dec 2021 Show session dates/times
- Mon 13 Dec 2021
  
  09.45-17.00
- Tue 14 Dec 2021
  
  09.45-17.00
- Wed 15 Dec 2021
  
  09.45-17.00
- Thu 16 Dec 2021
  
  09.45-17.00
- Fri 17 Dec 2021
  
  09.45-17.00
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Covering challenging and technical skills, this one week course is aimed at the reasonably confident, regular home cook who wishes to become more adventurous. You will already know your way around the kitchen and have an understanding and experience of the techniques taught on the Key Cooking Skills courses.

Learning with those of a similar skills level you will cook your way through a delicious selection of recipes designed to help you develop a broad range of more challenging techniques. This will enable you to interpret and adapt recipes with confidence.

Your days will be split between a combination of short in-class demonstrations and hands-on practical cooking. All taking place in our bright and spacious kitchens. You will be taught by the same excellent tutors that teach our professional Diploma course, your days will be busy as you explore new recipes and skills with classmates who are at a similar cooking level. The food that you have cooked is eaten for lunch, and often dishes to take home to share with your friends and family. By the end of the week you will be amazed by how much you have achieved, and will have a new repertoire of go-to dishes for cooking every day.

Click on the ‘What you will learn’ tab above to learn more about the contents of this course.

Suitable for:

Regular home cooks looking to develop their skills and repertoire of recipes
Adults wishing to gain more confidence in the kitchen

Part 2 covers further fundamental cooking skills and cooking for dinner parties, including the creation of impressive canapés. Parts 1 and 2 explore different skills and can be taken in any order or as a two week course.

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What you'll learn Intermediate Cooking Skills - Part 1

You will develop a range of kitchen skills including:

Knife skills and kitchen organisation
Basic sauces including flour based and composite sauces
Roasting and organisation and time planning
Bread
Shortcrust pastry
Long slow cooking
Rubbing in method and baking
Fish prep and cook
Risotto making
Whisking egg whites and folding

Sample recipes:

Macaroni cheese with leeks and bacon
Roast beef and all the trimmings
Black pepper shortcrust pastry with figs and blue cheese
Lamb tagine and herbed cous cous
Pan pizza
Grilled plaice with seaweed butter
Raspberry and lemon curd slice
Lemon posset with macerated strawberries with pink peppercorns and frozen mascarpone shards
Chocolate roulade
Pea and mint soup with marinated feta

Practical info Intermediate Cooking Skills - Part 1

What is included:

A Leiths apron
A Leiths How to Cook book
A recipe booklet
All ingredients provided and weighed out for you in advance
We do the washing up!

What you need to bring:

Close-toed flat soled shoes
Long loose trousers and a long sleeved top are advisable
A notebook and pencil

Please note: The food you have cooked in the morning sessions are for you to enjoy as lunch; lunch takes place around our communal table, in our dedicated dining room. Dishes cooked in the afternoon sessions are for you to take home to share with friends and family for dinner. You may bring your own tupperware or use the containers provided by Leiths.

Allergies and dietary restrictions:

We are happy to make adjustments where possible. Some classes are however unsuitable for people with particular intolerances – where the menu would need to be completely different. We need 10 days' notice to be able to properly check the class and adjust the order accordingly. Please read our full policy on allergies and dietary restrictions here.

This was a brilliant course and it encouraged me to give up my career to retrain on the full-time Diploma course. Both thoroughly recommended!
Alison

Yesterday I finished the intermediate course and I wanted to a drop a note over to say thank you. It was a great week and I learnt so much. The teachers and chefs are fantastic, a great team.
Tom

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