£180.00 Per Person
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Course Type: Full Day Courses
Dietary Requirements: Vegetarian, Pescetarian
If the course date you require is sold out, please email info@rutlandcookery.co.uk to be placed on our waiting list.
Knife skills and Key Cookery Techniques
Learn an array of professional knife skills plus some essential cookery techniques.
This course is suitable for beginners as well as more experienced cooks.
A sharp knife, and the skill to use it correctly, is the foundation of all good cooking. You will be amazed how much time this saves you in the kitchen!
You will learn which knives to buy and how to maintain them. You will also learn how to chop, slice and dice vegetables correctly and then use these vegetables to make a fresh vegetable stock and vegetable soup, a crisp vegetable stir fry, and a crunchy vegetable salad. If you have sharp knives you wish to bring to practice with, then please do bring them, otherwise knives will be provided.
You will then go on to learn some essential cooking techniques such as how to season correctly, understanding safe cooking temperatures, how to 'sweat', sear, sauté, and poach, plus how to make an emulsion for mayonnaise, and a fresh herb oil.
This course is packed full of advice and techniqes!
You will learn how to:
- maintain your knives plus what sort/size of knives you need in the kitchen **
- chop, slice, dice correctly and then practice these skills on a variety of vegetables
- 'sweat' vegetables and make fresh vegetable stock
- stir fry, with guidance on how to scale up for family size stir fry's
- sweat', sear, sauté, and poach food
- make a fresh mayonnaise based dressing, a fresh sweet and sour sauce and fresh herb oil
- lots of general tips and helpful information about food safety.
** On this course, advice will be given on how to keep knives sharp. If you wish to learn how to use a steel and stone, then please bring your own oil/whet stone and a steel plus a knife you wish to sharpen. If you do not wish to learn how to use a stone/steel then that is not a problem as this time can be used to practise more knife skills.
We’ll stop for a well-earned lunch of and share a glass of wine with our fellow foodies. While we’re sure you’ll want to sample some of the delights you have made along the way, there will be lots to take home at the end of the day, so please bring plenty of containers.
Dietary information
This workshop is suitable for vegetarians. It is not suitable for vegans or coeliac diets. Please email us if you need to know more about the ingredients we will be using in this course.
Other information
This workshop starts at 10am and aim to finish at 4pm, please arrive at 9.45am to allow for introductions and coffee. Tea and coffee are available for you to help yourself to throughout the day. All ingredients, equipment and aprons are provided. The day’s recipes will be sent to you by email so that you can try the recipes you have learned at home.
Please read our Cancellation and Transfer Policy before booking
Most course bookings are made many months in advance and it can be hard for us to resell a place the nearer to the course date we get.
Our cancellation policy is designed to allow customers to change a course booking with minimal penalty when enough notice is given. We will always try and help wherever possible, but please familiarise yourself with our terms of cancellation and transfer below before booking especially if you are booking for someone else.
Please note, all courses are non-refundable.
If cancelled more than 28 days before the course date, you are welcome to transfer to any other course - subject to availability.
If you cancel your course with less than 28 days notice, we are unable to reschedule your course unless we can refill your place. We will however endeavor to sell your place for you, subject to an administration fee of £25. If we resell your place, we will issue you with a credit note for the balance of your fee.
If you fail to attend the course on the day, we are unable to offer you a credit note or reschedule your course.
If you arrive more than 30 minutes after the course has started you may be refused admittance and will forfeit your course fee.
Insurance can cover you for many issues that may prevent you from attending your course such as travel disruption, sickness or sickness of a near relative. We strongly recommend that you look at this option to insure yourself against loss of fees.
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