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Children's and Family Courses

The Children’s Cooking courses are taught by Gilly Robinson and are aimed at encouraging children to master the basics and encourage them to enjoy and experiment with food, in a friendly and fun environment. All children will take home an apron and recipe card at the end of each course.

The courses available are as follows :

Mini-Chefs : Aimed at budding young chefs, aged 6-9yrs, who can enjoy lots of hands on experience and master the basic skills. An afternoon session, which Includes a goody bag to take home.

Basics for Beginners : For the older age group (10-14yrs), designed to give them confidence in the kitchen learning skills they can try at home. Essential skills such as bread making and basic knife skills will be included. Sessions are run morning or afternoon, with a light lunch or tea served at the end at the demonstration table.

Confident Cook : For children aged 10 - 14yrs, who will have been on a Basics course or had enough experience in the kitchen to be able to cook with confidence and, for simple tasks, unsupervised. This course will inspire a young chef to experiment with more styles and themes of food than before, and cover some fairly complicated techniques. Sessions are run morning or afternoon, with a light lunch or tea served at the end at the demonstration table.

Alternatively, if the scheduled dates don’t suit you or if you would like Gilly all to yourself, Gilly can run a private children’s cookery course for up to four at a time. This can include adults if they would like the opportunity to cook alongside their children.

Sample Menus

Set out below are some sample menus of what would be covered in a course, to give an indication of the various levels of cooking achieved. Recipes are given for each dish, along with cooking and safety tips and suggestions. Please note these are for guidance only.

Basics for Beginners
Menu :
Corn Fritters
Fish Cakes
Pea Risotto
Pasta Dough
Brownies
Lemon Drizzle Cake
Skills :
Cutting / Chopping
Bread Making
Handling Meat
Creaming
Roux based sauce
Pasta making
Making soups

Confident Cook
Menu :
Couronne
Pan Fried Red Mullet with Tomato Salad
Ravioli with Pecorino, Potato and Mint
Dark Chocolate Cake
Skills :
Cutting / Chopping
Bread Making
Handling Meat
Creaming
Roux based sauce
Pasta making
Making soups

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