Cookery Confidence Builder [HPT]

Course intent

This course will build your confidence in the kitchen, enhancing your skills to prepare everyday meals for you and others.

What will I learn?

This short course has a course workbook containing all you need to know. The workbook contains all the course recipes.

Our Confidence Builder has a specific focus each week:

Week 1: Developing knife skills. Grilling. Producing frittata, tortilla or similar.

Week 2: Breadmaking

Week 3: Basic sauces. Introducing red and white sauce to produce a lasagne.

Week 4: Baking a cake.

Week 5: Free choice as agreed by the class.

Throughout the Confidence Builder course, you will also focus on: · Eating for good health and specific diets · Basic mathematics using various weights, volumes, measurements, and budgeting. · Nutrition · Kitchen safety and food hygiene · Store cupboard ingredients and improved shopping.

Who is this course for? Is there anything I need to know before joining?

This course is aimed at those wanting to develop their basic cookery skills, ideally would have completed the Essentials Skills cookery course.

What do I need to bring to the first class? Will there be any extra costs?

Please ensure you have completed the following before the first session:

It is essential all cookery learners click this link https://customer.surreycc.gov.uk/sal-cookery-checklist - please then complete and submit the online form.

All ingredients and resources are supplied

Containers to take your dish(es) home

What can I do when I finish the course?

We offer a variety of cookery workshops and courses to progress onto. Look at the website for the full range.

Additional Information

We welcome learners with additional needs and disabilities. When you enrol, please let us know if you would like to discuss your extra support needs with a member of the Supported Learning Team who will then contact you as soon as possible. If you are enrolling within 10 days of the course start date, we may not be able to contact you before your first class.

We value and support equality, diversity and inclusion by promoting fairness and respect at all times.

How to enrol

You can't currently enrol online for this course, so please call 0300 200 1044 to express your interest or to make an enquiry for further information.

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