Chefs Skills Course
Chefs Skills Course
Six week course (runs six consecutive nights from 6.30-9.30)
A hands on, interactive cookery course, designed for those with a passion for cooking but are perhaps lacking the necessary skills or confidence to absolutely shine! We should not be spending hours slaving away in the kitchen, cooking can be fun, creative, fulfilling and rewarding. We will prepare show stopping meals based on the fundamentals of essential cookery techniques but you will learn how to simplify and adapt these skills to make meals which take minimal time or effort to prepare! The focus is on enjoying the experience, gaining confidence, and learning essential presentation and cooking techniques. Each lesson features a specialty bread, a starter, main course and a decadent dessert. We also get to enjoy a feast of all the delicious food we prepare, so your lesson will be a delicious culinary adventure!
Discover the art of:
- Bread-making - focaccia, pizza, rolls, loaves, stuffed breads, rolls, pita and naan bread.
- Introduction to ingredients
- Stocks
- Sauces and Emulsions
- Reductions
- Flambè
- Deboning and trussing
- Preparing the perfect steak - rare, medium rare, medium perfectly every time
- Overview of meat and fish cuts
- Specialised fruit and vegetable cuts
- Curing and preserving
- Pasta Making: All types
- Presentation skills. Garnishes and decorations
- Knife and carving skills
- Chccolate work
- Sugar work
- Cheesemaking
- Icecream and gelato
- Nougats, macaroons etc
- Pastries: Choux, Danish
- And so much more.......
