Children's Cookery Class - Ages 11 - 13
This class is specifically designed for children ages 11 – 13 years. All materials are age appropriate and recipes followed in the school are easily replicated at home.
Each day will include creating three dishes – a starter, a main course, a dessert and usually bread or an additional accompaniment.
Children do not need to bring ingredients or any special equipment. We will provide full joining instructions when you make your booking.
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One of a parent's greatest challenges and joys is to teach our children how to feed themselves nutritious food that they enjoy. To help parents develop their children's love for healthy tasty food, Inspired Gourmet offers a range of children's cookery courses according to age and ability.
Our aim is to help children develop a sense of responsibility for their own nutrition and food choices. This is easily achieved when children learn to cook for themselves. A love of cooking fosters creativity and develops an understanding of maths and science. And children get pure pleasure from having their family eat food that they've prepared themselves!
Our children's courses are offered during the school holidays and can be booked for single sessions on the dates below. The children are taught by professional, CRB checked chefs that have a long successful history of teaching children's cookery courses to all ages and abilities.
Typical Children's Dishes include:-
- Home Made Pizza - including focaccia pizza dough and roasted tomato sauce
- Chicken Dippers with home made dips
- Pasta Carbonara with or without chicken
- Sizzling Mexican Fajitas
- Chinese Stir Fry with Noodles
- Salads, crudites, dips and dressings
- Triple Chocolate Brownies
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Blueberry Muffins
- Oreo Cheesecake with Raspberries
- Home Made Doughnuts
- Chewy Flapjacks with apricots, raisins and white chocolate
Children's Cookery Class - Ages 8 - 10
This class is specifically designed for children ages 8 to 10 years. All materials are age appropriate and recipes followed in the school are easily replicated at home.
Each day will include creating two dishes – a starter and a main course or a main course and a dessert.
Children do not need to bring ingredients or any special equipment. We will provide full joining instructions when you make your booking.
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One of a parent's greatest challenges and joys is to teach our children how to feed themselves nutritious food that they enjoy. To help parents develop their children's love for healthy tasty food, Inspired Gourmet offers a range of children's cookery courses according to age and ability.
Our aim is to help children develop a sense of responsibility for their own nutrition and food choices. This is easily achieved when children learn to cook for themselves. A love of cooking fosters creativity and develops an understanding of maths and science. And children get pure pleasure from having their family eat food that they've prepared themselves!
Our children's courses are offered during the school holidays and can be booked for single sessions on the dates below. The children are taught by professional, CRB checked chefs that have a long successful history of teaching children's cookery courses to all ages and abilities.
Typical Children's Dishes include:-
- Home Made Pizza - including focaccia pizza dough and roasted tomato sauce
- Chicken Dippers with home made dips
- Cottage Pie
- Pasta Carbonara with or without chicken
- Sizzling Mexican Fajitas
- Chinese Stir Fry with Noodles
- Salads, crudites, dips and dressings
- Triple Chocolate Brownies
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Blueberry Muffins
- Oreo Cheesecake with Raspberries
- Home Made Doughnuts
- Banana Pancakes
- Chewy Flapjacks with apricots, raisins and white chocolate
Parent and Child Cookery Course
A class for children aged 7 -12. Parents will not be asked their age!
One of a parent’s greatest challenges and joys is to teach our children how to feed themselves nutritious food that they enjoy; our aim is to help parents teach their children to develop a sense of responsibility for their own nutrition and food choices. This is easily achieved when children learn to cook for themselves. A love of cooking fosters creativity and develops an understanding of maths and science. And children get pure pleasure from having their family eat food that they’ve prepared themselves!
Course price is for one adult and one child attending, all ingredients, recipes and a three course lunch with refreshments.
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Turn off the games console, switch off face book and encourage your child to come and spend a fun morning learning how to cook exciting dishes.
All materials are age appropriate and recipes followed in the school are easily replicated at home.
Children do not need to bring ingredients or any special equipment. We will provide full joining instructions when you make your booking.
Our children's courses are taught by professional, CRB checked chefs that have a long successful history of teaching children's cookery courses to all ages and abilities.
Dishes taught may include: -
Herb Focaccia
Leek and potato soup
Sweet Potato Wedges
Chicken Carbonara
Spaghetti Bolognaise
Homemade Pizza
Triple Chocolate Brownies
Chewy Flapjacks
The price is for two people attending:- one adult and one child. Each pair to share their own kitchen. The price includes professional cookery tuition, all ingredients, recipes, refreshements and a three course lunch with plenty to take home to share with the rest of the family.
The price is for 2 people attending:- one adult and one child!
Teen Cuisine Cookery Course
The professional cookery course for teenagers (ages 13 – 16).
This is a course designed for all teens looking to spend a day with a professional chef to develop and learn new skills and techniques.
Ideally, you will already have a high level of interest in cooking and have achieved a good competency level in the kitchen. Product knowledge, cooking techniques and knife skills will be tutored throughout the day.
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You will be welcomed at 10:00am with a drink and snack. The day will be spent preparing, cooking and then enjoying a three course lunch, after which a session of baking and bread making will follow before finishing at approximately 3:00pm.
Cooking techniques to be taught will include the following:-
- Professional knife sharpening and handling
- Vegetable and fruit chopping and preparation techniques
- Meat and fish preparation – handling and trimming fresh produce
- Cooking dishes with the right level of seasoning
- Plate presentation techniques
Dishes will be seasonal, using the best British produce available.
The course price includes professional tuition from qualified chefs, all ingredients, recipes, refreshments, a three course lunch and PLENTY of leftovers to take home to family and friends.
The Designer Cupcake Course - Parent & Child
The Parent & Child cupcake course has been designed to allow you to bring a child aged 8+ with you to attend the course with you.
This course is specially designed to teach you and your son or daughter the wonderful art of both cooking and decorating the most exquisite Cupcakes. Cupcakes are simple and easy creations however with some creative flair and a few basic skills you can turn bare buns into luxurious works of art.
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Specific skills to be taught on this course are:
- Baking Cupcakes using a variety of flavours.
- How to make the perfect butter cream to ice your Cupcakes for perfect results every time including colorings and flavours.
- Basic piping bag skills using a range of nozzles to create wonderful designs and finishes including the fabulous butter cream rose.
- Using sugar paste to create Cupcake toppers with cutters, presses and hand-made flowers
- An introduction to moulds and luster dust and techniques to create perfect Cupcake toppers with minimum effort
Everything to need to create beautiful and delicious cupcakes at home for your family is included in this course.
Book early to avoid disappointment - we expect the course will fill quickly.
We ask that your child is a minimum of 8 years old. You will be working together on creating your cupcakes throughout the course.
The Student Cookery Course
When you arrive at your University, it may be the first time in your life that you have lived away from home and had to fend for yourself. Among the many challenges of student life, is the task of feeding yourself both economically and healthfully.
This course has been designed to give you some fantastic cooking tips and recipes that will enable you to prepare and enjoy delicious food either with friends or when you have a big night of revising ahead.
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During this 3 day course you will:-
- learn basic knife skills
- gain a repertoire of easy to prepare and healthy dishes
- learn how to gain and sustain the energy to study and have fun through having the right diet
- how best to make your budget go further
Day 1
• 10am – 11am discuss healthy eating, shopping on a budget and handy tips
• 11am – 2pm Knife Skills
• 2pm – 4pm Pasta Dishes and Sauces
Dishes to include: -
Chicken Stir Fry, Bean Cassoulet, Vegetable Paella
DAY 2: -
• Roast Chicken (to be used later for leftovers and soup)
• Chilli con Carne
• Spaghetti Bolognaise
• Cottage Pie
• Minced Beef Cobbler
• Fruit Smoothies
• Rice and vegetable cookery
DAY 3: -
• Soups (Make 4)
• Bread Making (Basic Focaccia)
• Pizza
• Flapjacks
• Yogurt Cake & variations
• Ice Cream
Dishes will be seasonal, using the best and most economical British produce available.
The course price includes professional tuition from qualified chefs, all ingredients, recipes, refreshments, a three course lunch each day and plenty of leftovers to take home to family and friends.
This is a 3 day course:
10am – 4pm each day
Ages 16 – 20 welcome
